In this article, we discuss the 5 most valuable software companies. If you want to read our detailed analysis of these companies, go directly to 15 Most Valuable Software Companies in the World.
5. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB)
Facebook, originally known as TheFacebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his four roommates as a social networking service. This service acquired Instagram in 2012, then WhatsApp and Oculus in 2014, amassing 2.9 billion monthly users by the year 2021 making Facebook the world’s number 1 social network.
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4. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Amazon is a multinational conglomerate that provides cloud services, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, video streaming, and whatnot to perfection. Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in 1994. The first business plan of Amazon was to sell books online but not soon after, Jeff was selling electronics, software, furniture, video games, food, toys, turning his business idea into an e-commerce store. In 2015, through its massive popularity, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States. In 2018, Amazon launched Amazon Prime, its two-day delivery service that surpassed 100 million subscribers throughout the world. Amazon also owns 41 subsidiaries and brands, including IMDb, Zappos.com, Goodreads, Whole Foods, etc. All of its diverse services have led Amazon to be a part of the Big Five companies, standing side by side with companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook.
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3. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Alphabet Inc., now known as the parent company of Google, was founded in 2015 by restructuring Google itself as a public holding company. The company was launched to have a “cleaner and more accountable and better” anatomy of Google and its other subsidiaries that provide services other than the Internet. This change in hierarchy did not change much for Google, except for making it richer.
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2. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Microsoft does everything — from producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, web browsers, gaming consoles, cloud, and the list goes on. In 1975, Bill Gates founded the company with Paul Allen intending to create an interpreter for the BASIC language. From an interpreter to dominating the entire world, he has led Microsoft through it all.
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1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Apple is a multinational technology company based in America that provides hardware, software, and online services to the world. It was co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976 to develop and sell Apple I personal computers. From then on, Apple went on to develop new computers featuring the original Macintosh. For its invaluable services towards the technology sector, Apple was recognized as the world’s largest company in the world in 2020 and since Jan 2021, it resides among the Big Five American information technology companies, along with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.
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