As per Hurun Global, the top 10 most valued companies globally are worth a combined total of US$10.3 trillion which is equivalent to more than the GDP of China and 20% of the total value of the Hurun Global 500.
Apple world’s most valuable company worth US$2.1 trillion, followed by Microsoft and Amazon with US$1.6tn each and Alphabet worth US$1.2tn. World’s four trillion-dollar companies added US$2.6tn in the year, equivalent to the GDP of India, to take their total value to US$6.6tn, 13% of Hurun Global 500.
The total value of Hurun Global 500 companies hit US$50tn, equivalent to the combined GDPs of the world’s six largest economies of the USA, China, Japan, Germany, India, and the UK.
1. Apple – Net Worth $2.1 Trillion
Apple Inc has become the first company to cross the $2 trillion mark globally and is the most valued company in the world.
2. Microsoft
Following Apple’s lead, Microsoft is the second most valued company in the world with a net worth of $1.6 trillion.
3. Amazon
Amazon‘s CEO Jeff Bezos was the richest billionaire in the world for quite some time. Amazon stands in third place on the Hurun list with a net worth of $1.6 trillion
4. Alphabet Inc
Alphabet Inc. was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. The company stands at the 4th rank with a net worth of $1.2 trillion.
5. Facebook Inc
Facebook is the 5th most valued company in the world with a net worth of $816 billion.
6. Tencent
Tencent Holdings Ltd is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company and is the 6th most valued company in the world. The company currently has the net worth of $715 billion.
7. Alibaba
Alibaba made the list on the seventh position with a net worth of $712 billion.
8. Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The company has the net worth of $548 billion.
9. Tesla Inc
World’s richest billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc ranks 9th on the most valued companies in the world with a net worth of $546 Billion.
10. Visa
Visa Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation that facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards. The comapany is amongst the top 10 most valued companies with a net worth of $465 billion.
