As of March 2026, no single person owns a "majority" of Apple (AAPL) because it is a publicly traded company with billions of shares outstanding. Instead, the majority of Apple is owned by institutional investors. The largest shareholder is consistently The Vanguard Group, which holds approximately 8% to 9% of the company's shares. Following Vanguard is BlackRock, Inc., which typically holds around 6.5% to 7.5%. Other major institutional owners include Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett's firm) and State Street Corporation. Among individual "insider" shareholders, Arthur Levinson (Chairman of the Board) and Tim Cook (CEO) hold the largest stakes, but their combined ownership represents less than 1% of the total company. This structure means that Apple's direction is influenced heavily by large investment funds that manage the retirement accounts and portfolios of millions of individual people worldwide.