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TOP 5 Request companies in the world.
Top 5 Richest companies in the world.
The list is dominated by American-based companies, while we also have companies from Saudi Arabia, china, taiwan, South Korea.
1. Apple Inc-- 2.4 trillion USD
INDUSTRY:- electronic information technology
PRODUCT:- mobile, I pad, personal computer, and tablets. Apple Inc, a cupertinobased American tech company, is the most valuable company globally with a record market cap of $ 2.4 trillion. Apple is the most successful brand with a revenue of $275 billion 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 segment of the personal computer, which petar grew exponentially after its huge success with entry into the mobile phone segment; apple Inc which started with a laptop and I phone has now diversified into a wide range of products like smartwatch, pod teblet, television, accessories, etc.
Apple is the first' publicly traded company in the world to achieve a 2 trillion market cap in 2020. It now has more than 512 retail stores worldwide and employs nearly 147,000 employees.
2. MICROSOFT-- 2.14 TRILLION USD
INDUSTRY:- Software development, information technology, consumer electronics.
PRODUCTS:- windows operating system, Microsoft Office, Xbox, search engine. Microsoft is the second largest company in the world, with a market cap of $2.14 trillion. Founded in the year 1975 by bill gates and paul allen, microsoft is a world leader in the personal computer software market. The microsoft windows operating system was a runway's success that generated huge profits for the company.
Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, achieved revenue of $ 143 billion and has 166,475 employees on its payroll .
3. SAUDI ARAMCO--1.86 trillion USD
INDUSTRY:- oil and gas production, refining
PRODUCTS:- crude oil, natural gas ,and petrochemical derivatives , Saudi Aramco
( Saudi Arabian oil company ) went public barely two years back in 2019, and it is the world's third-largest company with a market cap of 1.86 trillion dollars. Aramco, which the Saudi government owns, is considered the world's second largest company with crude oil reserves of 270 billion barrels.
Saudi Arabia is part of the organization of the petroleum exporting (OPEC ) countries. Along with 12 other countries which contribute 44% of global oil production.
Dahran based Saudi Aramco, which raised a record 25.6 billion dollars in its initial public offer (IPO), was founded in 1933. The company recorded revenue of $230 billion in 2020. Aramco has subsidiaries in china, Japan, Russia, UAE, the USA, great Britain, and many other countries. Aramco employs around 66,800 employees worldwide and 98.5% of the company's stake. Is held by the saudi arabian government.
4. ALPHABET-- 1.8 trillion USD
INDUSTRY:- internet , software service
PRODUCTS:- operating system , search engine mobile phone
Alphabet is the world's's fourth-largest company' with a market cap of $1.8 trillion, founded by larry page and Sergey brin in 1998 when they wher studying at Stanford University.
Colifornia 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 made revenue of $182 billion in 2020 and employs close to 135.000 employees worldwide
5. AMAZON --1.68 trillion USD
INDUSTRY:- retail business, e-commerce artificial, intelligence.
PRODUCTS:- software, kindle, fire tv, echo amazon.com Inc an, American multinational tech company is the fifth largest in the world with a market cap of $1.68 trillion. Jeff Bezos, who happens to be the world's Richest person, founded amazon in his garage in 1994.
Amazon initially started it on an online Market place that used to sell books and later expanded to sell almost evenings required Today's world like video's games, apparel, furniture, shoes, computer, consumer electronics on its online portal.
Amazon recorded the highest ever revenue of $386 billion in 2020, making it the world's largest internet company by revenue. It employs record 1,298,000 employees across the globel.
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