Who Owns Apple

Apple 🐔🐔🐔

Capitulation Rank: Capitulating
Category: Online Platforms & Streaming 
Market Cap: $3.00 trillion

Apple CEO Tim Cook personally donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee. He congratulated the incoming president on his 2024 win, later adding: “We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to help make sure the United States continues to lead with and be fueled by ingenuity, innovation and creativity.”

But Cook wasn’t done there. At a White House event in August 2025, he announced that Apple would be making a $100 billion investment in hardware and software production in the United States. During the announcement, Cook praised Trump and presented the president with a custom-made 24-karat gold gift.

In addition to gifting golden trinkets, Apple has caved to White House demands. In fall 2025, Apple responded to Department of Justice pressure by banning apps such as ICEBlock, which reported on the whereabouts of ICE enforcement efforts to raise awareness in local communities. According to 404 Media, Apple has also banned an app, Eyes Up, that preserved TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports and other videos documenting ICE abuses. 

Cook’s ongoing efforts to woo Trump have yielded few benefits for the company. According to The New York Times, “[Cook] has gone from one of Mr. Trump’s most beloved chief executives … to one of the White House’s biggest corporate targets.” 

In February 2026, the Federal Trade Commission warned Apple not to stifle conservative viewpoints on its Apple News platform, raising additional concerns that Cook will bend even further to the administration’s will.

All of Cook’s capitulating to the Department of Homeland Security has made Apple employees “livid.” According to reporting by The Intercept,  large numbers of Apple workers are criticizing Cook via internal networks, calling on their boss to stop aiding ICE’s unconstitutional campaign of brutality.
 

DEI Doublespeak:

At Apple’s annual shareholders’ meeting in February 2025, 97 percent of stakeholders rejected an anti-DEI proposal a conservative think tank submitted, solidifying Apple’s commitment to DEI despite Trump’s demands. However, Apple boss Tim Cook has said his company “may have to change its diversity practices as the U.S. legal landscape shifts.” Apple’s website continues to express a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

What It Owns:

Apple is a major consumer-electronics, computing-hardware and software company, and owns subsidiary companies in a number of industries. In addition to its own branded hardware and software, notable companies and services it owns include Apple Card, Apple Pay, Beats by Dre, Beddit.com, BIS Records, Braeburn Capital, Claris, DatakaLab and Mira Labs. It also offers various online services, including Apple Arcade, Apple Books, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple TV+, DarwinAI, Primephonic, Shazam, Siri and the iTunes Store. Apple Studios is its media-production subsidiary.

Money & Influence Game:

Apple paid lobbyists $7,820,000 in 2024, and its employees made $5,315,297 in contributions to political candidates (2024 cycle). (SOURCE: Center for Responsive Politics)