Big tech companies

The 5 Biggest tech companies in the world

Apple inc.

Industry: hardware, software, electronics,

information technology, etc.

Annual revenue: $260.2 bln.

Employees: 137,000 people.

Today, Apple is the most valuable company in the tech sector. The company was established on April 1, 1976, by Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Jobs. Initially, they started with producing home computers and proprietary models of PC. Nowadays, the range of Apple products is wide and includes smartwatches, computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and more.

Microsoft

Industry: software development, hardware,

electronics, cloud computing, etc.

Annual revenue: $143 bln.

Employees: 156,439 people.

Microsoft is the second-largest technology company. The internationally famous corporation was founded in

1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. They suggested using packaged software for home computers to make PC.

The company is now focusing on innovative technologies, such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud

computing, trying to become a leader in the field.

Amazon inc.

Industry: e-commerce, consumer electronics,

digital distribution, cloud computing, etc.

Annual revenue: $280.5 bln.

Employees: 840,400 people.

Amazon takes third place on our rating by market value. The company was established in 1994 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.  It has the highest employee number in the tech sector as well. You have probably heard about the cloud computing platform called Amazon Web Service. It helps start-ups, enterprises, government, and academic institutions to create any type of business online by providing them with compute, storage, database, and other tech services.

Alphabet inc.

Industry: research and development,

software, video games, biotechnology, etc.

Annual revenue: $161.9 bln.

Employees: 123,048 people.

Probably, almost all Internet users have heard about Google at least once. The conglomerate was established in 1993 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Google is one of the most powerfull searching engine in the world. So, Google bought an Android in 2005 and invest it.

facebook

Industry: Social media, online advertisement.

Annual revenue: $70.7 bln.

Employees: 48,268 people.

Facebook is one of the fastest-growing businesses and one of the most expensive brands worldwide. Facebook was developed by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. The social network is currently visited by more than 2 billion people every day. Today, Facebook Inc. owns a lot of other popular projects, among which are Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, and Oculus VR.

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