Top 10 Technology Companies in 2019
1. Apple
Apple is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976. The company employs 123,000 full-time employees and maintains 504 retail stores in 24 countries as of 2018. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $265 billion at sales growth rate of 16% and net profit stood at $59,531 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Apple’s current CEO is Timothy Donald Cook.
2. Alphabet
Alphabet is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a corporate restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015 and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. Alphabet employs approximately 103,549 people worldwide. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $136,819 million and net profit stood at $30,736 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Page and Brin, founders of Alphabet, announced their resignation from their executive posts in December 2019, with the CEO role to be filled with Sundar Pichai, also the CEO of Google.
3. Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Microsoft employs approximately 144 thousand people in full-time positions worldwide. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $110,360 million at sales growth rate of 14.28% and net profit stood at $16,571 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Microsoft’s current CEO is Satya Narayana Nadella.
4. IBM
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911, founded in Endicott, New York, as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed “International Business Machines” in 1924. IBM produces and sells computer hardware, middleware and software, and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM employs over 350 thousand people in full-time positions worldwide. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $79,591 million and net profit stood at $8,728 million for the 2018 fiscal year. IBM’s current CEO is Virginia Marie Rometty.
5. Amazon
Amazon is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, in July 1994. It employs 647,500 full- and part-time employees. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $72,383 million and net profit stood at $3,027 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Amazon’s current CEO is Jeff Bezos.
6. Intel
Intel Corporation (commonly known as Intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley. Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Intel also manufactures motherboard chip sets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Intel Corporation was founded on July 18, 1968, by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. In 2018, the number of employees at Intel rose to 107.4 thousand from around 102.7 thousand in 2017. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $70,848 million and net profit stood at $21,053 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Intel’s current CEO is Robert Holmes Swan.
7. Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Samsung has a powerful influence on South Korea’s economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the “Miracle on the Han River”. Samsung has 320,671 employees all over the world. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $53,373 million and net profit stood at $5,412 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Samsung’s current CEOs are Kim Hyun Suk, DJ Koh, Kim Ki Nam.
8. Oracle
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. The company sells database software and technology, cloud engineered systems, and enterprise software products—particularly its own brands of database management systems. Oracle has 65,000 employees all over the world. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $45,274.72 million and net profit stood at $12,370.41 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Oracle’s current CEO is Lawrence Joseph Ellison.
9. Facebook
Facebook is an American social media and technology company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded on February, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, originally as TheFacebook.com—today’s Facebook, popular global social networking website. Facebook has 35,587 full-time employees. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $16,914 million and net profit stood at $6,882 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Facebook’s current CEO is Mark Zuckerberg.
10. Tencent Holdings Limited
Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company founded in 1998, whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally. Its twin-skyscrapers headquarters Tencent Seafront Towers are based in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. Its many services include social network, music, web portals, e-commerce, mobile games, internet services, payment systems, smartphones, and multiplayer online games. Tencent Holding total number of employees in 2018 was 54,309. Its worldwide annual revenue totaled $11,716 million and net profit stood at $4,050 million for the 2018 fiscal year. Tencent’s current CEO is Pony Ma.
