Although the market value of Alphabet officially exceeds 600 billion US dollars, which has set a new record since the company was founded, there is still a big gap from the market value of Apple, which once reached 775 billion US dollars. The market also predicts that Apple is likely to become the first technology company with market value growth 1 trillion US dollars.
The third market value is Microsoft, with a current market value of about $52 1 billion, followed by Amazon and Facebook, with market values of $430 billion and $420 billion respectively. As for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Company, it ranks sixth with $409 billion, and it is also the non-tech company with the highest market value at present.
Google previously split the corporate structure and established the parent company Alphabet to make its asset structure more transparent and make it easier for investors to understand the company's development projects, including unmanned vehicles, Internet of Things equipment, start-ups and other projects, which are also operating at their own expense. As for YouTube, its positioning is still a subsidiary of Google, and its cloud business is still under Google's key development projects.
Previously, when Microsoft announced the acquisition of LinkedIn, there was a market view that Microsoft might make the overall market value surpass Apple and Alphabet in one fell swoop. However, according to the current situation that Microsoft's market value still remains the third, it shows that the acquisition of LinkedIn has not added value to Microsoft's market value, but it is expected that more kinetic energy will be generated in the future due to the integration of resources, thus further expanding Microsoft's market value.
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