Apple has bought more than 100 companies in the last six years: Tim Cook

Apple has acquired about 100 companies over the last six years, the company’s chief executive Tim Cook has revealed.

According to BBC, that works out at a company every three to four weeks, he told Apple’s annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday.

Apple recently delivered its largest quarter by revenue of all time, bringing in $111.4 billion (£78.7bn) in the first-quarter of its fiscal year 2021.

Cook told the shareholders meeting that the acquisitions are mostly aimed at acquiring technology and talent.