Monday, March 19, 2012

A Sense of Scale

Apple's recent announcement of it's cash pile and the California government's much maligned money problems got me thinking about the following numbers:
California:

Population: 39 Million
GDP : $ 2 Trillion
Budget deficit: $10 Billion
Total debt: $ 360 Billion

Apple Inc:

Employees: 60 K
Revenue: $ 110 Billion
Profit : $ 26 Billion
Cash Reserves: $ 100 Billion

Stanford University:

Staff+Students: 20 K
Revenue: $3.8 Billion
Net Inflow: $4.0 Billion
Total Endowment: $ 18 Billion
 
To be continued....