The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization. In the global business media, they are described as being the world's most valuable companies as a reference to their market value.[1]
Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares.[2] Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison.[3]
Trillion-dollar companies
The table below lists all companies which have, at any point, had a market capitalization in excess of $1 trillion, the date on which their market cap first exceeded $1 trillion and their record market cap.[4]
| Company | Country | When first passed | Record value date | Record value (in billions USD) | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 trillion | $2 trillion | $3 trillion | Unadjusted | Inflation- adjusted[5] | ||||
| Apple | 2 August 2018 | 19 August 2020 | 3 January 2022 | 14 December 2023 | 3,081 | 3,081 | [6][7][8].: | |
| Microsoft | 7 June 2019 | 22 June 2021 | — | January 12, 2024 | 2,887 | 2,887 | [9][10][11][12].: | |
| Saudi Aramco | 11 December 2019 | 12 December 2019 | — | 10 May 2022 | 2,450 | 2,450 | [13][14].: | |
| PetroChina | 5 November 2007 | — | — | 5 November 2007 | 1,200 | 1,640 | [note 1] | |
| Alphabet | 16 January 2020 | 8 November 2021 | — | 18 November 2021 | 2,000 | 2,160 | [18][19][20][21].: | |
| Amazon | 4 September 2018 | — | — | 13 July 2021 | 1,900 | 2,052 | [22] | |
| Meta | 28 June 2021[23].: | — | — | 7 September 2021 | 1,078 | 1,164 | [note 2][24].: | |
| Tesla | 25 October 2021 | — | — | 1 November 2021 | 1,235 | 1,334 | [25].: | |
| Nvidia | 30 May 2023 | — | — | 10 January 2024 | 1,342 | 1,342 | [26][27][28].: | |
Publicly traded companies
All market capitalization figures are in USD millions. Only companies with free float of at least 15% are included; the value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list.[3]
2023
This list is up to date as of 31 December 2023. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 4 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Nvidia |
Nvidia |
Nvidia |
Nvidia | ||||
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Tesla |
Tesla |
Meta | ||||
| 7 | Tesla |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Meta |
Tesla | ||||
| 8 | Meta |
Meta |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 9 | TSMC |
TSMC |
Eli Lilly |
Eli Lilly | ||||
| 10 | Visa |
Visa |
Visa |
TSMC | ||||
2022
This list is up to date as of 31 December 2022. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple
| ||||
| 2 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft
| ||||
| 3 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet
| ||||
| 4 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon
| ||||
| 5 | Tesla |
Tesla |
Tesla |
Berkshire Hathaway
| ||||
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
UnitedHealth
| ||||
| 7 | Nvidia |
UnitedHealth |
UnitedHealth |
Johnson & Johnson
| ||||
| 8 | Meta |
Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
ExxonMobil
| ||||
| 9 | TSMC |
Tencent |
Visa |
Visa
| ||||
| 10 | UnitedHealth | Meta |
Meta |
Tencent
| ||||
2021
This list is up to date as of December 31, 2021. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 4 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Amazon |
Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Meta |
Meta |
Meta |
Tesla | ||||
| 6 | Tencent |
Tencent |
Tesla |
Meta | ||||
| 7 | Tesla |
Tesla |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Nvidia | ||||
| 8 | Alibaba Group |
Berkshire Hathaway |
TSMC |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 9 | TSMC |
TSMC |
Tencent |
TSMC | ||||
| 10 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Alibaba Group |
Nvidia |
Tencent | ||||
2020
This Financial Times–based list is up to data as of December 31, 2020. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft |
Apple |
Apple |
Apple | ||||
| 2 | Apple |
Microsoft |
Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon |
Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet |
Alphabet | ||||
| 5 | Alibaba Group |
Facebook |
Alibaba Group |
Facebook | ||||
| 6 | Facebook |
Tencent |
Facebook |
Tencent | ||||
| 7 | Tencent |
Alibaba Group |
Tencent |
Tesla | ||||
| 8 | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Alibaba Group | ||||
| 9 | Visa |
Visa |
Visa |
TSMC | ||||
| 10 | Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
TSMC |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
2019
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2019. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | Apple | ||||
| 2 | Apple | Amazon | Apple | Microsoft | ||||
| 3 | Amazon | Apple | Amazon | Alphabet | ||||
| 4 | Alphabet | Alphabet | Alphabet | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | Facebook | Berkshire Hathaway | Facebook | ||||
| 6 | Facebook | Berkshire Hathaway | Facebook | Alibaba Group | ||||
| 7 | Alibaba Group | Alibaba Group | Alibaba Group | Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 8 | Tencent | Tencent | Tencent | Tencent | ||||
| 9 | Johnson & Johnson | Visa | Visa | JPMorgan Chase | ||||
| 10 | Visa | Johnson & Johnson | JPMorgan Chase | Visa | ||||
2018
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2018. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | Apple | Apple | Microsoft | ||||
| 2 | Alphabet | Amazon | Amazon | Apple | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Alphabet | Microsoft | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Amazon | Microsoft | Alphabet | Alphabet | ||||
| 5 | Tencent | Facebook | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway | Tencent | Facebook | Facebook | ||||
| 7 | Alibaba Group | Alibaba Group | Alibaba Group | Tencent | ||||
| 8 | Facebook | Berkshire Hathaway | Tencent | Alibaba Group | ||||
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 10 | Johnson & Johnson | ExxonMobil | Johnson & Johnson | JPMorgan Chase | ||||
2017
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2017. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[51][note 3] | Second quarter[52][note 3] | Third quarter[53][note 3] | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 2 | Alphabet | Alphabet | Alphabet | Alphabet | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway | Facebook | ||||
| 6 | ExxonMobil | Johnson & Johnson | Alibaba Group | Tencent | ||||
| 7 | Johnson & Johnson | Facebook | Tencent | Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 8 | Facebook | Alibaba Group | Facebook | Alibaba Group | ||||
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase | Tencent | ExxonMobil | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 10 | Wells Fargo | ExxonMobil | Johnson & Johnson |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
2016
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2016. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[55][note 3] | Second quarter[56][note 3] | Third quarter[57][note 3] | Fourth quarter[58][note 3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 2 | Alphabet | Alphabet | Alphabet | Alphabet | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft |
Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | Amazon | Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 6 | Johnson & Johnson | Amazon | Berkshire Hathaway |
Amazon | ||||
| 7 | General Electric | Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 8 | Amazon | General Electric | Facebook |
JPMorgan Chase | ||||
| 9 | Facebook | Facebook | Tencent | General Electric | ||||
| 10 | Wells Fargo | AT&T | General Electric | Wells Fargo | ||||
2015
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2015. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[59] | Second quarter[60] | Third quarter[61][note 3] | Fourth quarter[62][note 3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil | Microsoft | Google | Alphabet | ||||
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway | ExxonMobil | Microsoft | Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Google | Google | Berkshire Hathaway |
Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 5 | Microsoft | Berkshire Hathaway | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 6 | Petro China | Petro China | Johnson & Johnson | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Wells Fargo | ICBC | General Electric | General Electric | ||||
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | Wells Fargo | China Mobile | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 9 | ICBC | Johnson & Johnson | Novartis | Wells Fargo | ||||
| 10 | Novartis | General Electric | Nestlé | JPMorgan Chase | ||||
2014
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2014. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[64] | Second quarter[65] | Third quarter[66] | Fourth quarter[67] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Google | Microsoft | Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Google | Microsoft | Google | Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway | Berkshire Hathaway | Google | ||||
| 6 | Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | PetroChina | ||||
| 7 | Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 8 | General Electric | Royal Dutch Shell | General Electric | Wells Fargo | ||||
| 9 | Hoffmann-La Roche | General Electric | Novartis | Walmart | ||||
| 10 | Walmart | Hoffmann-La Roche | Hoffmann-La Roche | ICBC | ||||
2013
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2013. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[68] | Second quarter[69] | Third quarter[70] | Fourth quarter[71] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | ExxonMobil | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil | Apple | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway | Microsoft | Berkshire Hathaway | Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | PetroChina | Berkshire Hathaway | Microsoft | Google | ||||
| 5 | Walmart | Walmart | Johnson & Johnson | Berkshire Hathaway | ||||
| 6 | General Electric | Johnson & Johnson | General Electric | General Electric | ||||
| 7 | Microsoft | General Electric | Walmart | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 8 | IBM | Google | Google | Walmart | ||||
| 9 | Nestlé | Chevron Corporation | Chevron Corporation | Hoffmann-La Roche | ||||
| 10 | Chevron Corporation | ICBC | Hoffmann-La Roche | Chevron Corporation | ||||
2012
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2012. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[72] | Second quarter[73] | Third quarter[74] | Fourth quarter[75] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | PetroChina | PetroChina | PetroChina | PetroChina | ||||
| 4 | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | BHP Billiton | ||||
| 5 | IBM | Walmart | Walmart | ICBC | ||||
| 6 | ICBC | IBM | General Electric | China Mobile | ||||
| 7 | Royal Dutch Shell | General Electric | IBM | Walmart | ||||
| 8 | China Mobile | China Mobile | Chevron Corporation | Samsung Electronics | ||||
| 9 | General Electric | Royal Dutch Shell | China Mobile | Microsoft | ||||
| 10 | Chevron Corporation | ICBC | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
2011
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2011. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[76] | Second quarter[77] | Third quarter[78] | Fourth quarter[79] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | Apple | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | PetroChina | Apple | ExxonMobil | Apple | ||||
| 3 | Apple | PetroChina | PetroChina | PetroChina | ||||
| 4 | ICBC | ICBC | IBM | Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 5 | Petrobras | BHP Billiton | Microsoft | ICBC | ||||
| 6 | BHP Billiton | Royal Dutch Shell | ICBC | Microsoft | ||||
| 7 | China Construction Bank | Microsoft | China Mobile | IBM | ||||
| 8 | Royal Dutch Shell | Nestlé | Royal Dutch Shell | Chevron Corporation | ||||
| 9 | Chevron Corporation | Petrobras | Nestlé | Walmart | ||||
| 10 | Microsoft | IBM | Chevron Corporation | China Mobile | ||||
2010
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2010. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[80] | Second quarter[81] | Third quarter[82] | Fourth quarter[83] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PetroChina | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | ExxonMobil | PetroChina | PetroChina | PetroChina | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Apple | Apple | Apple | ||||
| 4 | ICBC | ICBC | Petrobras | BHP Billiton | ||||
| 5 | Apple | Microsoft | ICBC | Microsoft | ||||
| 6 | BHP Billiton | China Mobile | Microsoft | ICBC | ||||
| 7 | Walmart | Berkshire Hathaway | China Mobile | Petrobras | ||||
| 8 | Berkshire Hathaway | China Construction Bank | Berkshire Hathaway | China Construction Bank | ||||
| 9 | General Electric | Walmart | China Construction Bank | Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 10 | China Mobile | Procter & Gamble 172,736.5 | BHP Billiton | Nestlé | ||||
2009
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2009. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[84] | Second quarter[85] | Third quarter[86] | Fourth quarter[87] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil | PetroChina | ExxonMobil | PetroChina | ||||
| 2 | PetroChina | ExxonMobil | PetroChina | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Walmart | ICBC | ICBC | Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | ICBC | Microsoft | Microsoft | ICBC | ||||
| 5 | China Mobile | China Mobile | HSBC | Walmart | ||||
| 6 | Microsoft | Walmart | China Mobile | China Construction Bank | ||||
| 7 | AT&T | China Construction Bank | Walmart | BHP Billiton | ||||
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | Petrobras | Petrobras | HSBC | ||||
| 9 | Royal Dutch Shell | Johnson & Johnson | China Construction Bank | Petrobras | ||||
| 10 | Procter & Gamble | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Dutch Shell | Apple | ||||
2008
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2008. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[88] | Second quarter[89] | Third quarter[90] | Fourth quarter[91] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil |
ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | PetroChina | PetroChina | PetroChina | PetroChina | ||||
| 3 | General Electric | ICBC | ICBC | Walmart | ||||
| 4 | Gazprom | Microsoft | Microsoft | China Mobile | ||||
| 5 | China Mobile | China Mobile | HSBC | Procter & Gamble | ||||
| 6 | ICBC | Walmart | China Mobile | ICBC | ||||
| 7 | Microsoft | China Construction Bank | Walmart | Microsoft | ||||
| 8 | AT&T | Petrobras | Petrobras | AT&T | ||||
| 9 | Royal Dutch Shell | Johnson & Johnson | China Construction Bank | Johnson & Johnson | ||||
| 10 | Procter & Gamble | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Dutch Shell | General Electric | ||||
2007
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 31 December 2007. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[92] | Second quarter[93] | Third quarter[94] | Fourth quarter[95] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | Petrochina | ||||
| 2 | General Electric | General Electric | General Electric | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Microsoft | China Mobile | General Electric | ||||
| 4 | Citigroup | Royal Dutch Shell | ICBC | China Mobile | ||||
| 5 | AT&T | AT&T | Microsoft | ICBC | ||||
| 6 | Gazprom | Citigroup | Royal Dutch Shell | Microsoft | ||||
| 7 | Toyota | Gazprom | Gazprom | Gazprom | ||||
| 8 | Bank of America | BP | AT&T | Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 9 | ICBC | Toyota | Citigroup | AT&T | ||||
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell | Bank of America | Bank of America | Sinopec | ||||
2006
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of December 2006. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.
| Rank | First quarter[96] | Second quarter[97] | Third quarter[98] | Fourth quarter[99] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | ||||
| 2 | General Electric | General Electric | General Electric | General Electric | ||||
| 3 | Microsoft | Gazprom | Microsoft | Microsoft | ||||
| 4 | Citigroup | Citigroup | Gazprom | Citigroup | ||||
| 5 | BP | Microsoft | Citigroup | Gazprom | ||||
| 6 | Bank of America | BP | Bank of America | ICBC | ||||
| 7 | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Dutch Shell | Royal Dutch Shell | Toyota | ||||
| 8 | Walmart | Bank of America | BP | Bank of America | ||||
| 9 | Toyota | HSBC | HSBC | Royal Dutch Shell | ||||
| 10 | Gazprom | Walmart | Pfizer | BP | ||||
2005
This Financial Times–This list is up to date as of 31 March 2005.[100]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 4 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 5 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 6 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 7 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | |
| 9 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 10 | Bank of America | United States | Banking |
2004
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as 31 March 2004.[101]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 5 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 6 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 7 | American International Group | United States | Insurance | |
| 8 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 9 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 10 | HSBC | United Kingdom | Banking |
2003
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as December 2003.[102]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 5 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 6 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 7 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | |
| 8 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 9 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 10 | IBM | United States | Computer software, computer hardware |
2002
This Financial Times–based list is up to date December 2002.[103]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 5 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | |
| 6 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 7 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 8 | BP | United Kingdom | Oil and gas | |
| 9 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Health care | |
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas |
2001
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as 31 March 2001.[104]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | United States | Networking hardware | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | 263,996 |
| 5 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 6 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 7 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 250,143 |
| 8 | Vodafone | United Kingdom | Telecommunications | 227,175 |
| 9 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | 206,340 |
2000
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as 31 March 2000.[105]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | NTT Docomo | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 4 | Cisco Systems | United States | Networking hardware | |
| 5 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 6 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 8 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 9 | Lucent | United States | Telecommunications | |
| 10 | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | Telecommunications |
1999
The 10 largest companies in the world by market capitalization in 1999[106]
| Rank | Name | Country | Industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | Cisco Systems | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 4 | Wal-Mart | United States | Retail | |
| 5 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 6 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 8 | Lucent | United States | Telecommunications | |
| 9 | Nokia | Finland | Telecommunications | |
| 10 | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | Telecommunications |
1998
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1998.[107]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | United States | Software | |
| 2 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 3 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 4 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 5 | Merck | United States | Health care | |
| 6 | Pfizer | United States | Health care | |
| 7 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 8 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | |
| 9 | Walmart | United States | Retail | |
| 10 | IBM | United States | Software, computer hardware |
1997
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1997.[108]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | |
| 3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | |
| 4 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | |
| 5 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | |
| 6 | Intel | United States | Computer hardware | |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | |
| 8 | Merck | United States | Health care | |
| 9 | Toyota | Japan | Automotive | |
| 10 | Novartis | Switzerland | Health care |
1996
This Financial Times–based list is up to date as of 30 September 1996.[109]
| Rank | Name | Country | Primary industry | Market value (USD million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 136,515 |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands
United Kingdom |
Oil and gas | 128,206 |
| 3 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | 117,258 |
| 4 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | 113,609 |
| 5 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil and gas | 102,161 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ On 5 November 2007, A shares of PetroChina ended their first day of trading after an IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange yielded a market cap of approximately $1 trillion.[15] Only 4 billion A shares were floated during the IPO, another 158 billion A shares were still held by China National Petroleum Corporation. 21.9 billion H shares were already floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[16] However, market capitalization based on H shares never reached $500 billion.[17]
- ↑ Meta was formerly Facebook Inc. and traded as Facebook, Inc. at the time it first reached a $1tn capitalization
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Note that in case some companies with multiple classes of stock only one class is considered.
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