When we think of the giant technology companies of today, we tend to think in terms of their founding story. Their ethos.

For Apple Computer we think of the story of the Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak inventing their personal computer in the Job's family garage. Or bill Gates, dropping out of Harvard, and acquiring the software that would later power Microsoft.

But these founding stories, greatly understate the scope and range, that these companies became. Each one of them, quickly morphed from an innovative technology startup, into a financial colossus.