German emigrants were the founders twice: the 50 most valuable companies in the world

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Some of them meet us every day, others seem to act successfully in the background.But these companies have one thing together - they are among the 50 most valuable in the world.

Netflix, Amazon and Mastercard - many of us come into contact with these brands every day.Or are hardly an integral part of our lives.Logical that there are intelligent heads and mega-successful corporations behind them.How influential these are really and who belongs to whom is mainly on the stock exchange.After all, the market capitalization of these company imperies does not amount to a few million, but several hundred billion US dollars.With the world's largest listed companies in the world, the photo story shows true giants on success course (as of December 17, 2020).

50th place: Vanguard

The Vanguard Group is an American financial service provider based in Pennsylvania.With over five trillion-up assets, the company is currently the largest borrowing and Blackrock is the second largest asset manager in the world.Founded by John C. Bogle in 1975, the success of the group is based on the sale of index funds to investors who are offered more cheaply than actively managed funds.Vanguard has more than 14,000 employees around the globe.Among other things, the group, which came to a market capitalization of almost $ 163 billion in December 2020, is involved in companies such as PayPal, Apple and Zalando.

49th place: Pepsico

Pepsico Inc. had all under contract: Britney Spears, Pink and Beyoncé Knowles were all the advertisements of the American beverage and food group.The company was created in 1965 from a merger of Pepsi-Cola, which was founded in 1898, and Frito-Lay.Pepsico Inc. is now the fifth largest food and beverage manufacturer and the strongest competitor of the Coca-Cola Company.In the ranking of the 50 most valuable companies, the US group with a market capitalization of $ 164 billion ends up in 49th place in December 2020.

48th place: ASML

Founded in 1984 as a joint venture from ASM International and Philips, the Dutch company ASML Holding N.V.Today as the world's largest provider of lithographic systems.These complex machines play an important role in the production of microchips in the semiconductor industry.Around 80 percent of all chip manufacturers are thus ASML customers, so that Canon, Nikon and Ultratech alone appear as competitors.In 2017, ASML is the only provider to deliver the world's first twelve EUV machines worldwide, each of which is the size of a bus and needed three Boeing 747 for transport.At the end of 2020, the company also came to a market capitalization of $ 164 billion.

Platz 47: Merck & Co.

Merck & Co. oder auch Merck Sharp & Dohme (kurz MSD) ist ein US-Pharmaunternehmen mit Sitz in New Jersey. Nach Roche, Pfizer und Novartis gilt der Konzern als einer der größten Arzneimittelhersteller der Welt. Ende 2020 kommt Merck & Co. auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von 165 Milliarden US-Dollar, betreibt 28 Produktionsstätten und beschäftigt rund 71.000 Angestellte in über 140 Ländern.

46th place: Salesforce

Salesforce.com was founded in 1999 by former Oracle manager Marc Benioff and today's CEO.He was one of the first to implement the concept of providing corporate applications over the Internet.Today the principle is called cloud computing, which Benioff himself calls the "end of the software".Salesforce is still considered one of the fastest growing companies worldwide and now offers its services in 16 different languages.No wonder that it is 46 of the most valuable companies in the world.

45th place: Intel

The American semiconductor manufacturer Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 by employees of the company Fairchild Semiconductor.The group is primarily known for PC microprocessors, where it holds a market share of around 80 % worldwide.In addition, Intel also produces many other microchip species for computers, for example chipsets for mainboards, WLAN and network cards as well as embedded CPUs and flash memory.At the end of 2020, the group came under CEO Gregory Bryan and the "Tiger Lake" chip of a market capitalization of $ 171 billion.

44th place: Pfizer

Die Pfizer Inc. ist heute nach Roche das zweitgrößte Pharmaunternehmen der Welt, dicht gefolgt von Novartis. 1849 wurde der Konzern als Charles Pfizer & Companyvon Karl Pfizer und Charles Erhart in Brooklyn gegründet. Das erste Produkt, das die Deutschen herstellten war mit Santonin ein Mittel gegen Parasiten. Die Firma wurde damit schnell erfolgreich, erweiterte ihre Produktpalette und kaufte andere Firmen auf. Mitte der 1950er Jahre erbaute man Werke in Belgien, Brasilien, Puerto Rico, Kanada, Kuba und England. 2019 konnte Pfizer einen Umsatz von 51,8 Milliarden US-Dollar verbuchen. Im Jahr 2020 brachte der Konzern gemeinsam mit Biontech den ersten Corona-Impfstoffe auf den Markt und kam auf im Dezember auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von 172 Milliarden US-Dollar.

43th place: L'Oréal

Der Pariser Konzern L’Oréal S.A. gilt als der größte Kosmetikhersteller der Welt. Insgesamt 28 internationale Marken besitzt die Firma, die auf Platz 43 der wertvollsten dieser Welt liegt. Während die Marken Garnier, Maybelline Jade, Essie und NYX vor allem Drogeriemärkte mit Lippenstiften, Lidschatten & Co. versorgen, mischt der Konzern mit Kerastase und Redken auch im professionellen Friseurbedarf mit. Puren Luxus versprühen vor allem Kosmetika und Parfums von Lancôme, Biotherm, Kiehl’s und Giorgio Armani. Unter anderen findet man L‘Oréal mit Vichy und La Roche-Posay aber auch in der Apotheke. Zudem rührt der Konzern mit prominenten Testimonials immer wieder ordentlich die Werbetrommel.

42th place: Meituan

In December 2020, the Chinese company Meituan lies in 42th place in the world's most valuable companies with a market capitalization of $ 173 billion.Its success is based on a website that offers delivery services, consumer goods and retail services in over 1,000 Chinese cities- including the sale of cinema cards, hotel and travel bookings as well as car sharing services.Founded by Wang Xing in 2010, Meituan.com is said to have used over 310 million people in 2018.The company brought the company $ 4.2 billion in the same year - among other things, Tencent was among the investors.

Platz 41: AT&T

Die US-amerikanische AT&T Inc. (American Telephone and Telegraph Company) gilt als einer der größten Telekommunikationskonzerne und beschäftigte zeitweise mehr als eine Million Mitarbeiter weltweit. Neben Telefon-, Daten- und Videokommunikation stellt es seinen Kunden auch Mobilfunk- und Internetdienstleistungen zur Verfügung. Mit einer Marktkapitalisierung von 176 Milliarden US-Dollar im Dezember 2020 steht AT&T auf Platz 41 der wertvollsten Firmen der Welt.

40th place: Nike

For many Nike fans, it is not just sports shoes, but a lifestyle.The now leading sporting goods provider Nike is a cult and this was also evident in December 2020 on the stock exchange, where the US group came up with a market capitalization of around $ 178 billion.Founded in 1971, the company took the then basketball player Michael Jordan under contract in 1984 and designed the "Air Jordan" brand with him, which is said to have earned more than $ 2.6 billion sales.The rest is history, because to this day, Nike is equipping well -known athletes and artists, which also makes its products a hit on the sales shelves.

39th place: Novartis

Novartis AG is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company and was created in 1996 from a merger of the two Basel pharmaceutical and chemical companies Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz- at that time it was the largest corporate merger in the world.In 2019, the company had a turnover of $ 47.4 billion and has so far been one of the largest pharmaceutical groups.At the end of December 2020, its market capitalization was around $ 184 billion under CEO VAS Narasimhan.Despite the impressive success, Novartis will definitely not be alone in the ranking of the world's most valuable companies as a Swiss group.

38th place: Coca Cola

Everyone knows it, the bubbling soft drink of the Coco-Cola Company: the Coke.After all, it is considered the world's lowest sales.The company - protected worldwide as a word brand - has also been an integral part of advertising - the company has been relating to him since the end of the 19th century.It is hardly surprising that Coca-Cola in December 2020 with a market capitalization of $ 187 billion is 38th place in the world's most valuable company.

37th place: Netflix

With a market capitalization of almost $ 190 billion in December 2020, Netflix Inc. is 37th place in the most valuable companies in the world.The US media company was founded in 1997 and initially acted as an online video store with the shipping of films to its subscribers.Ten years later, they entered the video-on-demand business and offered film and series content for streaming.Since then, the portal's success curve has been steeply up: by October 2020, more than 195.15 million paid subscriptions have been completed.In addition, Netflix now produces content itself and is taking more and more real "Hollywood" sizes - such as Meryl Streep for "The Prom" (2020).

36th place: ping to Insurance

Ping An Insurance ist ein chinesisches Versicherungs- und Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmen mit Sitz in Shenzhen im höchsten Gebäude der Welt. 1988 als Versicherungsunternehmen gegründet, ist die Firma heute auch (inter)national als Investor tätig. Firmen wie China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holding) und Ping An Trust & Investment gehören ebenso zum Unternehmensholding wie die Shenzhen Development Bank, die inzwischen Ping An Bank heißt. Die Tochterunternehmung Ping An Technology befasst sich mit Künstlicher Intelligenz. „Ping“ gilt somit als eines der weltgrößten Unternehmen und kam im Dezember 2020 auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von 191 Milliarden US-Dollar.

35th place: Adobe

In 2009, US President Barack Obama John Warnock and Charles Geschke even presented an award for their extraordinary achievements in the field of science, technology and innovation.The two inventors of the page description language PostScript founded the software company Adobe Systems Inc. in 1982 and continued to develop the company's product range steadily.When Warnock named his company at the time after the stream "Adobe Creek", which runs behind his house in California, he would not have dreamed that products such as the PDF reader Adobe Acrobat or the photo editing PGROAMM ADOBE Photoshop later almost every computerthe world would be installed.

34th place: comcast

Die Comcast Corporation ist der größte Kabelnetzbetreiber und nach AT&T der zweitgrößte Internetanbieter der USA. Nach AT&T und Verizon steht sie zudem an dritter Stelle der größte US-Telefongesellschaften. In der Forbes-Global 2000-Auswertung belegte Comcast im Jahr 2020 Platz 27 der erfolgreichsten Konzerne der Welt und kam Ende des Jahres auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von 192 Milliarden US-Dollar. Seit 2018 gehört unter anderem der zweitgrößte Medienkonzern Europas, Sky Limited, zu Comcast, welche ihren Sitz in Philadelphia im Comcast Center hat.

33th place: Ishares by Blackrock

iShares sind eine Produktgruppe von börsengehandelten Fonds, welche von der US-amerikanischen Fondsgesellschaft BlackRock verwaltet werden. Alle ishare-Fonds sind Index-Fonds, die an die Entwicklung des ihnen zugrunde liegenden Indizes gekoppelt sind, etwa an den DAX, den S&P 500 oder die MSCI-Indizes. Der Großteil dieses Indexfonds wird passiv verwaltet, man kann aber auch einer Strategie - etwa dem Value Investing oder der Minimum Volatility - folgen. ishares gehört zu den größten ETF-Anbietern der Welt und kam im Dezember 2020 auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von 200 Milliarden US-Dollar.

32th place: Verizon

The Verizon Communications Inc. is an American telecommunications group with its headquarters in New York.Founded on June 30, 2000, the company was created by the merger of the Bell Atlantic Corporation and the GTE corporation and started trading on the New York stock exchange under the VZ symbol.Verizon Wireless, which was created as a joint venture between Verizon and Vodafone, is now considered the largest mobile phone provider in the USA.Verizon AOL took over Yahoo's core business in mid -2015, and in June 2017 it was merged into the new umbrella brand Oath.In December 2020, Verizon, with a market capitalization of almost $ 203 billion, was 32 of the most valuable companies in the world.

31st place: Bank of America

Because, according to the FSB, it is one of the 30 system-relevant large banks, the U.S. Großbank Bank of America Corporation is subject to special surveillance and stricter requirements for the equipment with equity.The origins of the bank, which is now based in Charlotte, go back to 1784, which makes it the second oldest bank in the United States.Among other things, it is considered the inventor of the credit card: the Bankericacard was published from 1959 and renamed Visa in 1977.In December 2020, the Bank of America came to a market capitalization of $ 203 billion.

30th place: Toyota engine

In 30th place in the most valuable companies in the world, the multinational company Toyota Motor Corporation with a market capitalization of $ 206 billion is located in December 2020. With over 10.2 million vehicles produced, the Japanese company pushed Volkswagen AG* from the top in 2016And since then there has been a competition for 1st place for 1st Toyota has over 500 subsidiaries and employs over 360,000 people in a total of 26 countries around the world.

29th place: ICBC

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited - ICBC or "Chinese Industry and Commercial Bank" - is considered the largest bank in the People's Republic of China and regularly leads global rankings.In 2019, the Forbes Global 2000 evaluation was at the top of all listed companies in the world and its market capitalization was around $ 305 billion.At the end of 2020, the ICBC lost a lot of it, but still has a market capitalization of around $ 211 billion.

28th place: PayPal

Der Online-Bezahldienst PayPal mit Sitz im kalifornischen San José kann zum Beispiel beim Ein- und Verkauf im Online-Handel genutzt werden kann. Nach eigenen Angaben hat das Unternehmen mehr als 277 Millionen aktive Nutzer weltweit, die in über 200 Märkten Zahlungen in über 100 Währungen buchen. Seine europäische Tochter PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. hat ihren Sitz in Luxemburg. Bis zu seiner Abspaltung 2015 war Paypal rund dreizehn Jahre eine Tochtergesellschaft des US-Unternehmen Ebay. Fünf Jahre später kam der innovative Bezahldienst im Dezember 2020 auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von über 220 Milliarden US-Dollar.

27th place: Home Depot

The Home Depot Inc. is an American hardware store chain that has its headquarters in Atlanta.Home Depot Inc. operates over 2,000 hardware stores in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, where she employs over 400,000 employees.In addition, there is a number of noble tree markets such as the Expo Design Center and the Landscape Supply garden center.Founded in 1978, the group's highest turnover in 2018 was around $ 100.9 billion.At the end of 2020, the US group, with a market capitalization, ranks $ 237 billion to 27th place in the most valuable companies in the world.

26th place: F. Hoffmann - La Roche

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG has its headquarters in Basel and is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, followed by Pfizer and Novartis.Roche, who employs over 97,000 people worldwide, is currently researching, especially in the areas of oncology, virology, neurology and transplant medicine.The group also produces reagents and devices for medical examination.In 2019, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant generated sales of over CHF 61 billion.At the end of 2020 he came up with a market capitalization of almost $ 246 billion.

25th place: Louis Vuitton - Moët Hennessy

The listed LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SE includes the rights to around 70 different brands, which are sold in around 4,600 shops worldwide.It is therefore the industry leader of the luxury goods industry par excellence.The group was created in 1987 by the merger of the French companies Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy.At the end of November 2019, LVMH announced the takeover of the US jeweler Tiffany for $ 16.2 billion, including Sephora, Givenchy, Fendi, Ruinart and Vodka Belevedere.At the end of 2020, the luxury company was able to record almost $ 250 billion market capitalization.

24th place: Walt Disney

The Walt Disney Company ranks 24th of the most valuable companies in the world.The entertainment group, founded in 1923 by the brothers Walt and Roy Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, is based in Burbank California.When the Disney brothers produced cartoons for children at that time, they would not have dreamed of how big their company would be.Not only more film productions provide Disney enormous profits, the empire around Mickey Mouse includes books, CDs, amusement parks and almost infinite merchandising articles.

Platz 23: SPDR S&P 500

Der SPDR S & P 500 Trust ist ein Fonds, der in den USA, Europa und im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum gehandelt und von State Street Global Advisors verwaltet wird. SPDR ist eine Abkürzung für Standard & Poor‘s Depositary Receipts, den früheren Namen des ETF. Der SPDR-Fonds - oftmals auch als Spider bezeichnet - wurde eigens dafür entwickelt, den S&P 500-Aktienindex abzubilden und gilt jetzt als der größte ETF der Welt. Im Dezember 2020 kam er auf eine Marktkapitalisierung von knapp 257 Milliarden US-Dollar, weshalb er auf Platz 23 der wertvollsten Firmen der Welt steht.

22nd place: United Health

The United Health Group is an American company with a headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota.In October 2012, United Health was included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index instead of Kraft Foods and, according to Fortune, is 500 among the 20 -sales companies worldwide.United Health offers insurance of various types, but is particularly active in the United States in the area of health insurance.In December 2020, the US company came up with a market capitalization of $ 263 billion after CEO David Wichmann kept looking for a conversation with the outgoing US President Donald Trump in the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

21st place: Nestlé

The Frankfurt Heinrich Nestle went to Switzerland after his pharmacy apprenticeship, where he managed to produce a soluble milk powder in 1867 that could be given as a breast milk.He laid the foundation for a company empire, since Nestlé is now considered the largest industrial company in Switzerland and the largest food group in the world.Due to numerous environmental offenses, the wasted water and workers' exploitation in the Third World, the rainforest destruction and unhealthy food, the company is repeatedly criticized - however, this did not comply with its financial success, but Nestlé in December 2020 came up with a market capitalization of 268Billions of US dollars.

20th place: Nvidia

The Nvidia Corporation has its headquarters in Santa Clara California and is one of the largest developers of graphics processors and chipsets for personal and game consoles.The Nvidia Corporation does not have its own production facilities and thus works according to the "Fabless principle".Among other things, the group works with the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSCM.Since its foundation in 1993, the success of the group has not stopped, Nvidia has also had a market capitalization of around $ 268 billion in December 2020.

19th place: Mastercard

Mastercard Inc., based in Purchase, New York, is a listed payment service provider who employs around 18,600 people worldwide.In addition to Visa, Mastercard is one of the two large international companies for payment cards that provide their customers credit cards, debit cards and credit cards.In December, the Mastercard Inc. had a market capitalization of over $ 270 billion - it lands in 19th place in the world's most valuable companies.

Platz 18: Procter & Gamble

Die Procter & Gamble Company ist ein US-amerikanischer, in 70 Ländern vertretener, Konsumgüter-Konzern. 1837 wurde das Unternehmen, das heute weit mehr als Seife produziert von zwei Auswanderern gegründet: Bis heute trägt die Firma die Namen des Kerzenziehers William Procter (1801–1884) und des Seifensieders James Gamble (1803–1891). Schon immer wurden nicht der Konzern an sich, sondern nur die einzelnen Marken beworben - in den 1930er Jahren soll durch diese Marketing-Strategie sogar der Begriff „Seifenoper“ entstanden sein. Mit einer Marktkapitalisierung von 278 Milliarden US-Dollar im Dezember 2020 konnte der Global Player seinen Erfolg bis dato immer weiter ausbauen.

17th place: Kweichow Moutai

Kweichow Moutai is a Chinese company with a company headquarters in Renhuai.The company is partly state and partly listed in Shanghai and sells the traditional-Chinese schnapps "Maotai".This consists of red millet and wheat and was named after a community of around 10,000 inhabitants.In the People's Republic of China, the Maotai may only be produced by Kweichow Moutai.The company can increase its market capitalization without unrival.While she was still around $ 26 billion in 2008, in December 2020 it merged to $ 289 billion.

16th place: JPmorgan Chase

Die JPMorgan Chase & Co. ist eine US-amerikanische Bank mit Sitz in New York City. Sie entstand im Jahr 2000 durch die Fusion der Chase Manhatten Bank und J.P. Morgan & Co. Forbes zufolge ist sie das drittgrößte an der Börse notierte Unternehmen sowie die drittgrößte Bank weltweit. Mit einer Marktkapitalisierung von 306,6 Milliarden US-Dollar war JPMorgan Chase Anfang 2017 die am meisten börsenkapitalisierte Bank der Welt - im Jahr 2020 waren es rund 300 Milliarden US-Dollar. Weil das Bankunternehmen laut dem FSB eine der 30 system-relevanten Großbanken ist, unterliegt sie einer besonderen Überwachung und strengeren Anforderungen an die Ausstattung mit Eigenkapital.

Platz 15: Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson ist ein international tätiger Pharmazie- und Konsumgüterhersteller aus New Jersey und gilt als eines der größten Gesundheitsunternehmen der Welt. Rund 127.000 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt der US-Konzern in sechzig Ländern weltweit - davon auch 4.000 in Deutschland. Die Produkte der Geschäftsbereiche Verbraucher, Medizingeräte und Pharma werden in 175 Ländern vertrieben - kein Wunder also, dass Johnson & Johnson sich mit einer Marktkapitalisierung von 322 Milliarden US-Dollar auf Platz 15 der wertvollsten Firmen befindet. 2020 ging der Erfolgskurs des Pharma-Giganten weiter, kaufte man doch für rund 6,5 Milliarden US-Doller das Biotech-Unternehmen Momenta.

14th place: Samsung

With a market capitalization of $ 330 billion, the Samsung Group from South Korea is in 14th place in the world's most valuable companies.The group flagship is Samsung Electronics, the world's largest dram, NAND flash memory, SSD, television, refrigerator, cell phone and smartphone manufacturers.The large corporation, whose name takes up the “three stars” fortune symbol, also works in the areas of mechanical engineering, automotive, insurance, wholesale, real estate and leisure.

13th place: Walmart

Walmart Inc. (until 2008 as a Wal-Mart Stores Inc.) is a globally active American retail company that has mastered a large part of the US market.With over two million employees worldwide, Walmart is considered the largest private employer.The company's market capitalization was $ 336 billion at the end of 2020, with which the group can still defend its long-term title as the most valuable retail company.Walmart books its enormous income through very low prices for low profit margins, but they throw off profit compared to other chains due to the huge sales.

12th place: TSMC

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, TSMC for short, is the third largest semiconductor manufacturer worldwide after Intel and Samsung and the world's largest independent contract manufacturer for semiconductor products.Since its foundation in 1987, the Taiwanese company has geared to produce chips for "Fabless companies" such as Apple, Qualcomm, Nividia or Broadcom.The company turned out to be extremely profitable, which is why TSMC grew quickly.His average growth in the past 20 years has been 21.5 percent.With a market capitalization of almost $ 386 billion, TSMC is 12th place in the world's most valuable companies in December 2020.

11th place: Visa

In addition to Mastercard, the Aktiengesellschaft Visa Inc. is one of the two large US companies for payment cards.The brand is an recursive acronym and stands for "Visa International Service Association".Visa awards licenses on banks worldwide for the output of your cards and the billing of contract companies.In Europe, the Visa Europe Services Inc.Visa employs around 15,000 people worldwide and came to a market capitalization of approximately $ 410 billion at the end of 2020.

10th place: Berkshire Hathaway

The US Holding Society Berkshire Hathaway Inc., whose conglomerate, includes over 80 companies, is in 10th place in the world.Their agitation includes a variety of business areas and ranges from first and reinsurance, rail freight transport, energy supply to us financial services to the manufacturing of the commercial and retail.Chairman of one of the 20 largest companies in the United States is the major investor and multimilliarist Warren Buffett.The A-share of Berkshire Hathaway was never split, so that it was the most expensive share in the world with a course of $ 302,260 on August 22, 2019.In December 2020, the entire market capitalization of the company was around $ 428.6 billion.

9th place: Tesla

Tesla Inc.* produces and sells electric cars as well as power storage and photovoltaic systems*.The US company has set itself the goal of "accelerating the transition to sustainable energy" and still bears the name of the physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla.Founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, risk capital investors got in the following year.Elon Musk became chairman of the supervisory board and has since become a formative figure of the company.At the end of 2019, Tesla employed around 48,000 employees.The market capitalization was around 259 billion euros at the beginning of August 2020, while in 2020 it was sold according to almost half a million e-vehicles.

8th place: Tencent

The Tencent Holdings Limited Limited a Chinese Internet company that is based in Shenzhen.Tencent's activities are broadly scattered, but above all include the business fields of immediate message services, social networks, online media, web portals, gaming as well as network trade and online advertising.In mid-2020 Tencent took over the "Netflix Asia" with the video-on-demand service "IFLIX".Tencent has also been working and manufacturing electric cars since 2016 and acquired five percent in the US electric car manufacturer Tesla in 2017.In addition, the company acquired shares in the online geodate service here, in which Daimler, Audi and BMW* are also involved.

7th place: Alibaba

The Alibaba Group Holding Limited is the largest IT company group of China.The company, whose headquarters are located in Hangzhou, was founded in 1999 by former English teacher Jack Ma.Among other things, the B2B platform of the same name Alibaba.com and the online auction house Taobao operates.The former went to the stock exchange at the end of April 2007 after Yahoo had previously entered for around one billion US dollars.The Chinese group has been racing on the Forbes lists of the world's largest companies for years.In mid-2019, Alibaba came up with a market value of around $ 500 billion and, with a market capitalization of almost $ 580 billion, was not only one of the most financial but also valuable companies in the world in December 2020.

6th place: Facebook

Facebook is a social network that is operated by Facebook Inc. by the US company of the same name.It enables the creation of private profiles to present one's own person, from company pages to business presence and groups for private discussion of common interests - friend requests networking profiles with each other, and communicating via Facebook Messenger.In 2019, the company, which was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, achieved sales of $ 70.7 billion.Despite the ongoing criticism of data protection and security of the platform, Facebook has been one of the most visited websites worldwide for years.

5th place: alphabet

Alphabet Inc. is a listed company based in Mountain View in Silicon Valley, California.Börsen-Laien may be known to the company, but your subsidiary is all the more famous: Google LLC.Alphabet Inc.'s umbrella company was founded in 2015 as part of Google's restructuring.At that time, existing stocks were automatically converted into alphabet shares in ratio 1 to 1 - their name Googl or Goog remained.At the head of Alphabet and Google and thus one of the world's largest companies is currently the same man: Sundar Pichai.

4th place: Amazon

The American online mail order company Amazon* scores worldwide with its wide range of products: As the market leader on the Internet, he has the world's largest selection of books, CDs and videos-and not just that.offer other companies products.The online giant never seems to rest: with its own brands such as the Amazon Kindle, Amazon Fire HD, and the Amazon Fire TV (stick), he conquers all technology areas.Amazon Web Services is not only one of the leading service providers for cloud computing, but also Amazon Prime, for example, film production company and successful streaming service.

3rd place: Microsoft Corporation

The Microsoft Corporation was founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Microsoft, a suitcase word from the English terms "microcomputer" and "software", is now the world's largest software manufacturer with around 148,000 employees and sales of $ 125.8 billion.The success of the Windows operating system and the Office office software has remained unbroken since the 1990s - reason enough that Microsoft under CEO Satya Nadella is in third place in the most valuable companies in the world.

2nd place: Saudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco is the largest oil production company in the world.Your company headquarters lies in Dhahran in Saudi.The immense success of the group is due to the low operating costs.For example, Saudi Aramco only has a cost of $ 7.5 when it comes to promoting a barrel of oil (159 liters), while Royal Dutch Shell has to spend $ 22.9 for the production of the same amount.Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Arabian crown prince, is said to be the value of the company to two trillion US dollars.

1st place: Apple

The foundation of the company Apple Inc.* has long since entered history: 1976 by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs* and Ron Wayne founded in a garage, Apple was one of the first manufacturers of personal computers.The offer of the tech giant now not only includes computers, but also smartphones, operating systems, consumer electronics and the online sales of music, films and software.The "iPhone*", with a sales share of more than 50 percent in total sales, has meanwhile become the most important product of the group.The Apple boom continues unbroken - and places the California company in 1st place in the most valuable companies in the world.

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