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Trillion-dollar companies: what are they and which is next?

CMC Markets Chief Market Analystmhewson_CMC
Published on: 29 Aug 2023Modified on: 02 Nov 2023

Altogether, the five big tech or ‘GAFAM’ companies that dominate the market generate over $800bn in revenue per year. These all surpassed the $1tn market capitalisation mark in the last five years. Continue reading to discover which companies are in the trillion-dollar club and which are on schedule to be next.

What was the first trillion-dollar company?

The first publicly traded company to reach a valuation of one trillion dollars was tech giant Apple in August 2018. It was also the first company to surpass the $2tn mark in August 2020. Four more companies based in the United States have since followed and surpassed a $1trn market cap.

There are also a couple of companies that have reached the trillion-dollar mark but have since deteriorated in performance or are unavailable for everyday traders to access, which we will discuss further on.

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