Top 10 Largest Companies by Market Cap (1979 2021)

This video will compare the largest companies in the world by market cap from 1979 to 2021. Market capitalization is the market value of a publicly traded company, calculated by multiplying the share price by the number of total shares. Private companies are not included in this video. Throughout the past decades, the largest companies have shifted and changed dramatically. In the 1980s, companies like IBM, GE, and ExxonMobil dominated. During the late 80s, Japan s economy and stock market boomed, which propelled many of its companies into the top 10. In the 90s and 2000s, many dotcom companies rose to the top. Today, a large portion of the biggest companies are tech companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, and Google, Datasources: Forbes, Fortune500, YCharts, individual companys annual reports Music: Carnival Overture by Dvorak I am the only person doing the animations, coding, and music, video editing, and I do not have a team of editors doing any work for me. On average, a video proje