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Largest? You mean employing the most people or having the largest area? As for the employees, Apple has about 115 thousands, IBM has about 379 thousands, Samsu
by krzyk 10y ago
Largest? You mean employing the most people or having the largest area?
As for the employees, Apple has about 115 thousands, IBM has about 379 thousands, Samsung has 319 thousands, HP has 289 thousands (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_information_technology_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_informatio...).
You probably meant the most valuable (stock number * stock price).
- mwfunk 10y agoHe probably just meant "having the most resources" in some very general sense. But it's true, in terms of # of employees it's nowhere near the largest. In fact the vast majority of those 115000 people are retail employees. I would estimate that in terms of engineers, it's more like 20k or less.
- Eric_WVGG 10y agoIf that figure includes Apple Store employees, the number of engineers and product people is even lower. Cook has said multiple times that their biggest challenge is acquisition and retention of talent.
- mahyarm 10y agoMaybe they could give market rate offers (ie facebook or google rates) to sr engineers then. You have to work there for 2 to 3 years before you start matching FB or Google.
- desireco42 10y agoPer product, they probably have most employees, both overall and if you count R&D