From Microsoft to Alphabet: Top Tech Giants worth Trillion Dollars Dominating the World in 2024

From Amazon to Apple, here are the top tech giants worth trillion dollars which are changing the digital world completely.

Published on Feb 21, 2024  |  11:33 AM IST |  34.4K
Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

A few enormous companies with trillion-dollar valuations control most of the tech industry. These tech behemoths are involved in everything from social media to cloud services, smartphones to software. With stunning images of their headquarters included, let's take a look at the current market capitalization leaders.

1. Microsoft

Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and it has shaped the IT industry ever since. Microsoft employs 2,21,000 people, surpassing even Apple's workforce.

What began with the company's first product, "Altair BASIC," has grown into the Windows operating system, which presently runs over 1.4 billion active devices each month globally. In addition, the business has grown into game studios, cloud services, consumer electronics, and other areas. Furthermore, Microsoft Office keeps millions of people's professional lives going smoothly. The corporation handles everything from PowerPoint decks to team meetings and Excel spreadsheets. With such a large product line, it is not surprising that 2023 will bring in $211 billion in sales.

2. Apple 

APPLE

Apple, the current consumer techking, comes in at number two. Apple's demand for its recognizable products, such as iPhones, iPads, Macs, and accessories, such as AirPods and Apple Watches, drove the company to generate $119.6 billion in revenue in just the last quarter.

Since its founding in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has developed into a veritable titan. For example, Apple's presence is responsible for approximately two million jobs in all 50 states in the United States. The company is well-positioned to maintain its dominant position in the IT industry as long as it continues to release cutting-edge products and services like the Vision Pro mixed reality headset.

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3. Nvidia

NVIDIA

Thanks to the AI revolution, the worth of this semiconductor company has increased dramatically. Nvidia, the brainchild of three chip engineers, first made waves in 1993 by concentrating on improving computer graphics and images.

They had landed a significant deal to make semiconductors for Microsoft's Xbox system by the early 2000s. Years later, though, Nvidia's true claim to fame emerged as a creator of potent GPUs (graphics processing units), which proved to be ideal for powering state-of-the-art artificial intelligence algorithms and neural networks. These days, applications like supercomputers, data centers, and AI model training require Nvidia's high-performance CPUs.

4. Amazon

Amazon

 Amazon has caused thousands of malls to go out of business worldwide by bringing up a phenomenon similar to an internet shopping revolution. Essentially a very efficient product delivery business, this e-commerce behemoth, founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, generated over $500 billion in revenue in revenue the previous year.

But Amazon is much more than just a website with products. Alexa speech assistants, Twitch game streaming, the industry-leading AWS cloud computing division, the Prime membership program with videos and music, and many other consumer tech sectors are just a few examples.
 

5. Alphabet

Alphabet

In 2015, the internet behemoth formerly known as Google changed its name to Alphabet Inc., a parent company that now manages all Google companies. Alphabet works on everything from self-driving car projects to YouTube videos to Android smartphone operating systems.

Given the popularity that Google has worldwide, it should come as no surprise that Alphabet makes enormous sums of money from advertising while we frantically search and explore the internet. Expect this gigantic company to continue being a mainstay among the tech elite.

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Know more about the tech giants

Where is Apple's headquarters?
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Who is the CEO of Microsoft?
Satya Nadella is the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft.

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