11 Facts about Apple Posted on November 6, 2015September 25, 2017 by TFE Times Prev10 of 11Next Steve Jobs was the “anonymous party” that sold 1.5 million shares of Apple stock in 1997, causing Apple to hit a 12-year low in stock price. That event lead to a boardroom coup of CEO Gil Amelio and placed Steve Jobs as new CEO of Apple. Related