5 Most Influential Companies to Invest In

2. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Under the leadership of Sundar Pichai, Alphabet is on its way to become more than just the leading search engine and advertising behemoth in the world. Alphabet’s AI and Cloud business is experiencing skyrocketing growth.

Over 2 billion monthly active users watch YouTube, owned by Alphabet. This shows the level of influence Alphabet has over humanity. Literally everyone around you uses Google search or YouTube video search.

In Q3, YouTube advertising revenue came in at $7.07 billion. Google’s Cloud revenue totaled $6.9 billion, compared to analysts’ estimates of $6.69 billion.

Alphabet is the third most popular stock among the 920 elite hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey, as 196 funds reported having stakes in the company at the end of September.