The multi-billion dollar valuation company was founded on April 1st, 1976 and about 11 years later, in 1987, acquired the domain Apple.com.
It’s quite clear that Apple, like everyone else until 1995, paid zero dollars to acquire their premium .com domain.
Read MoreAt the time that the domain was registered, on February 19, 1987, Steve Jobs was not with Apple, having left in 1985 to start NeXT computers and Pixar. Jobs did not return to Apple until 1997, after the acquisition of NeXT by Apple for $429 million dollars...