In 1977, Steve and Woz a "rich," investment of $ 250,000, and established the company, this person is markkula (Mike Markkula), Apple, the third employee, former Apple CEO and President.

According to the Mercury News Silicon Valley media reported, markkula Uptown San Diego, ready to sell a luxury ranch with private Lake and runway, selling for $ 45 million.

Markkula's farm "Rana Creek Ranch" is located in northwestern San Diego's rich concentration of Carmel Valley, Carmel real estate company said, this is their life seen selling the most expensive real estate. This is the Carmel Valley single largest privately held plots of land.

Markkula in Apple's history, second only to Steve and Woz. Apple has just set up, markkula provided capital, credit management, business management experience. As a return on investment, markkula owns one-third shares of Apple.

From 1981 to 1983, markkula as President and Chief Executive Officer of Apple, from 1985 to 1997 served as President, within this period, he witnessed his was driven out of the company, and later returned to Apple in 1997.

In 1997, markkula left Apple in 2012, his personal wealth up to 1.2 billion dollars.

Markkula and his wife in 1982, bought this farm, including houses and 55,000 acres of land, a total of $ 8 million.

Markkula said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he and his wife saw the land, they bought, they want to have a lot of land around the House, so privacy and quiet.

Allegedly, this farm has a private Lake and airport runways.

Markkula said, they sold the farm, because do not want to use it as a retirement home, "we used to enjoy doing it, now is the time to move. ”

1977年，乔布斯和沃兹靠一个“有钱人”投资的25万美元，才成立了苹果公司，此人就是马库拉（Mike Markkula），苹果第三号员工，曾经担任苹果首席执行官和总裁。

据硅谷媒体《墨丘利新闻》报道，马库拉准备卖出圣迭戈富人区的一个豪华农场，拥有私人湖泊和飞机跑道，卖价为4500万美元。

马库拉的农场“Rana Creek Ranch”位于圣迭戈西北部富人集中的卡梅尔谷，卡梅尔地产公司的人士表示，这是他们这一辈子见过的卖出的最贵的房地产。这也是卡梅尔谷单一最大的私人持有地块。

马库拉在苹果的历史地位，仅次于乔布斯和沃兹。在苹果公司刚刚成立时，马库拉提供了有关资本、信贷管理、企业管理的丰富经验。作为投资回报，马库拉持有苹果三分之一的股权。

从1981年到1983年，马库拉担任苹果总裁兼首席执行官，从1985年到1997年担任董事长，这一时期内，他见证了乔布斯被赶出苹果公司，之后又在1997年重返苹果。

1997年，马库拉离开了苹果，2012年他的个人财富高达12亿美元。

马库拉和妻子在1982年买入了上述的农场，包括房产和5.5万亩的土地，一共花费了800万美元。

马库拉在接受《华尔街日报》采访时曾表示，他和妻子第一眼看到这个地块，就买了下来，他们希望房子周围有很多土地，这样有个人隐私，又比较安静。

据称，这个农场中还有一个私人湖泊和飞机跑道。

马库拉表示，他们之所以卖出这个农场，是因为并不想把它当作退休养老的住所，“我们曾经很享受它，现在是搬家的时候了。”