# Prof. Richard Sylla on Apple holding the largest stock value of any US company

1 Faculty News August 20, 2012 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443855804577601773524745182.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) -- "'It is one of those iconic companies,' says [Richard Sylla](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla), professor of financial history at New York University's Stern School of Business. 'When I think about these companies, their products were used by all kinds of people and their leaders were considered geniuses.'"

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Additional coverage appeared in [Nasdaq.com](http://www.nasdaq.com/article/apple-now-historys-richest-company-20120820-00988).