{"entity":"apple","id":"ent_apple","name":"Apple Inc.","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/apple/founder","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, Apple Inc.'s founders on the AsOf record are Ronald Wayne, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, each a claim of its own with its date, from 5 sources in all. The record holds 3 claims on Apple Inc.'s founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_C8C1587A1395","clm_D58E139702EE","clm_D8863D84DC73"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_C8C1587A1395","value":"Ronald Wayne","valid_from":"1976-04-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2016-04-01","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.85,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded","tier":"secondary","publisher":"cultofmac.com","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35940300","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2016-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"April 1, 1976: The Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.","url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded"}},{"id":"clm_D58E139702EE","value":"Steve Jobs","valid_from":"1976-04-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2026-04-01","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded","tier":"secondary","publisher":"cultofmac.com","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.techspot.com/trivia/14-who-3-founders-apple-steve-jobs-steve-wozniak/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"techspot.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"April 1, 1976: The Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.","url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded"}},{"id":"clm_D8863D84DC73","value":"Steve Wozniak","valid_from":"1976-04-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2026-04-01","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.85,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/april/apple-computer-founded","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/apple-history/apple-computer-founded","tier":"secondary","publisher":"cultofmac.com","published_at":"2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"Apple Computer, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who brought to the new company a vision of changing the way people viewed computers.","url":"https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/april/apple-computer-founded"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"Who are Apple Inc.'s founders?","answer":"Ronald Wayne (since April 1, 1976), Steve Jobs (since April 1, 1976) and Steve Wozniak (since April 1, 1976), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}