Apple Inc. is a publicly traded company, so it is owned by a wide range of shareholders including institutional investors, individual investors, and insiders. The ownership breakdown is approximately 50.57% by institutional investors, 0.06% by insiders, and 49.38% by public companies and individual investors
. The largest institutional shareholders of Apple include:
- Vanguard Group, owning about 1.4 billion shares, representing roughly 8.76-9.3% of total shares
- BlackRock Inc., holding around 1.04 to 1.14 billion shares, about 5.8-7.6% of shares
- State Street Corporation, owning approximately 3.7-4% of shares
- Berkshire Hathaway, holding around 5.8% of shares, though it has recently reduced its holdings
Among individual insiders, the largest shareholders are:
- Arthur D. Levinson, Apple's chairman, owning over 4.2 to 4.5 million shares, making him the largest individual insider shareholder
- Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, owning around 3.5 million shares, the second-largest individual insider shareholder
- Jeff Williams, Apple's COO, is also a notable individual shareholder
In summary, Apple is owned collectively by a broad base of institutional investors and individual shareholders, with Vanguard and BlackRock being the largest institutional owners, and Arthur Levinson and Tim Cook the largest individual insiders
