20 Biggest Tech Companies In The World in 2021
1. Apple – $260.174 Billion
Apple Inc, a Cupertino-based American tech company, is the world’s most profitable and most successful brand with a revenue of 260 billion dollars as of 2020. It was founded in 1976 by three tech wizards – Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Jobs.
Apple was initially engaged in the personal computer segment, which later grew exponentially after its huge success when it entered into the mobile phone segment. Apple Inc, which started with Laptops and iPhones, has now diversified into a wide range of products like Smartwatch, iPod tablets, Television, Accessories, etc.
Apple has a big fan base of millions of users worldwide who stand for hours together outside Apple stores to grab its products during their launch. Apple is one of the most admired brands in the history of corporate America.
2. Samsung Electronics – $197.705 Billion
Samsung is Seoul, South Korea-based multinational electronics company, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturing company.
It is a big conglomerate that makes electronics devices such as batteries, IC chips, hard disks, image sensors, cameras, etc., ships, aircraft engines, turbines, and life insurance.
Samsung is the biggest competitor to Apple Inc’s in the mobile phone segment with its flagship brands like Galaxy S, Z and note Series, etc., which contributes 40% to the company's top line.
3. Foxconn – $178.869 Billion
Foxconn is a Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturing company headquartered in New Taipei City. Foxconn is one of the world’s largest employers employing 1.29 million workers across the globe, and it is the largest private-sector employer in China.
Foxconn, founded in 1974, caters to almost all major brands and manufactures customized electronic products as per the requirement by the vendor.
Some of the notable products made by the company are iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Nintendo, BlackBerry, Google Pixel, Redmi phones, PlayStation, etc.
4. Alphabet – $161.857 Billion
It is most likely that people who use the internet have definitely heard about Google.
Alphabet Inc, an American multinational company, is the parent company of Google LLC and several other subsidiary companies. California-based Google Inc. is the undisputed leader in the search engine segment worldwide, with a market share of 92.47% as of June 2021.
Alphabet invests in interesting & innovative projects like self-driving cars, life-extension R&D company Calico, smart home project Nest, etc. Google, one of the most trusted tech companies, was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were studying at Stanford University.
5. Microsoft – $125.843 Billion
Microsoft is one of the most expensive brands in the tech industry and the second-largest company globally. Microsoft, which was founded in the year 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is the world leader in the personal computer software market.
The Microsoft Windows operating system was a runaway success that generated huge profits for the company.
Microsoft, which is now headed by Satya Nadella, is focusing on innovative technologies like blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing.
6. Huawei – $124.316 Billion
Huawei Technologies is a Chinese technology company that is a consumer electronics manufacturer and caters to the telecom industry. Huawei designs, develop, and sells telecommunications equipment to world telecom major companies like British Telecom, Motorola, Bell Canada, Vodafone, etc.
Huawei, which was founded in the year 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, started reselling private branch exchange (PBX) in its initial years.
Huawei is now a telecom behemoth that makes Mobile phones, fixed broadband networks, Smart TV, Tablet computers, Dongles, Smartwatch, etc.
7. Dell Technologies – $92.154 Billion
Dell technology is an American tech major specialized in the personal computers market. Dell offers a huge range of products, including servers, data storage devices, network switches, computer accessories, SmartTV, cameras, printers, etc.
Founded by Michael Dell in 1984, Dell technologies is known for its innovations in supply chain management and direct sales e-commerce model.
8. Hitachi – $80.639 Billion
Hitachi, Ltd is a multinational technology conglomerate from Japan interested in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data.
Tokyo headquartered Hitachi was founded by Namihei Odaira in 1910, which started making induction motors used for copper mining.
9. IBM – $77.147 Billion
International Business Machines Corporation, commonly referred to as IBM, is a US-based multinational technology with operations in more than 171 countries. IBM’s main focus is on Research and Development, having record annual patents filed in the US for almost 28 consecutive years.
IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware, software and also provides hosting and consulting services in mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
IBM has invented many tech products like automated teller machines (ATM), floppy disks, magnetic stripe cards, hard disk drives, relational databases, UPC barcodes, and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM).
10. Sony – $75.972 Billion
Sony Group Corporation also referred to as Sony, is a Japanese consumer electronics conglomerate. It is one of the world’s largest consumer electronics makers and the world’s largest video game console company and publisher.
theSony is the world’s largest manufacturer of image sensors and the second-largest camera manufacturer. Sony commands the lion’s share of 55 percent in the image sensor market. In the premium TV segment, Sony TV is a world leader.
In terms of annual revenue, Sony ranks third in television manufacturing. Masaru Ibuka started an electronics shop in 1946 who was later joined by co-founder Akio Morita to start Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, Ltd, which later changed its name to Sony.
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