Apple's founders: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976. Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft, a rival to Apple. Bill Gates's investment in Apple: In 1997, Gates invested $150 million in Apple to help save it from bankruptcy. Gates has sold most of his Microsoft holdings since 1995, and is no longer the company's biggest investor. He still owns more than 1% of Microsoft's shares, which was worth over $40 billion in August 2024. Bill Gates Imagine being able to ann