What are the most famous companies in the world of technology? Does your favorite top the list? If you have an interest in technology and its development over time, you’ll probably find this top 10 list of companies that have contributed the most to technological growth throughout history to be both interesting and informative. Even if you don’t work in the tech industry, it’s good to know what some of the biggest players are!
1-Apple:
The king of technology and perhaps one of the best-known companies in terms of technology, Apple is an American multinational corporation that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics. The owner of and the founder of Apple is Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976.
2-Google:
As you may have guessed, Google is king of technology, as it has a market cap of about $200 billion (and who knows what its true value really is). When it comes to search engines, we don’t know where else you could go with all of your internet searches. If you can’t find something with Google, that means it probably doesn’t exist. That said, there are lots of other awesome companies in the world of technology, too.
3-Facebook:
For most people, Facebook is king of technology. With 1.59 billion monthly active users, it’s one of biggest tech companies in the world by user count and is even larger when it comes to revenue ($17.93 billion in Q3 2016). And if you want to work at Facebook? That’s great! It’s always hiring talented engineers, designers, and more. Also, do check out their Menlo Park campus—it looks absolutely beautiful.
4-IBM
Every company that is worth its salt today has had to start somewhere. For IBM, somewhere was in 1911 when they were initially founded. Today, they are the second-largest information technology company in terms of revenue and are responsible for a host of modern innovations that have changed how we live our lives. They even started working on artificial intelligence before any other major companies like Google or Apple ever got into it!
5-Microsoft
King of technology – Microsoft, founded in 1975, is one of the world’s biggest and most successful companies. Since its founding in 1975, it has grown to become one of America’s largest businesses, with over 100,000 employees and operations around the globe. Among its best-known products are Windows XP and Microsoft Office.
6-Tesla
Electric car pioneer Tesla just debuted a prototype of its solar roof tiles, which it calls solar shingles. Earlier in 2017, Elon Musk said production on those tiles would begin at Tesla’s Gig factory 2 in Buffalo, New York. Musk says that these shingles will look better than a normal roof and cost less. They are likely to become available after 2019. Keep an eye out for these revolutionary new tiles from Tesla as they move into commercial production in 2019!
7-Amazon
If you aren’t an Amazon Prime member, you’re missing out on a ton of perks—free shipping, instant streaming movies and TV shows (streaming music too!), access to more than 500,000 e-books for Kindle owners (and 2 million free e-books to borrow through Kindle lending library), and other services. It’s one of those things everyone should try out once.
8-Samsung
South Korea’s Samsung is a giant in electronics manufacturing, with holdings that include semiconductors, appliances, and mobile phones. Founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company, Samsung started selling products like air conditioners and televisions later on. Today it is one of top three biggest producers of electronic products like LCD TVs and memory chips.
9-Foxconn
When speaking of famous companies in technology, one name that might come to mind is Foxconn. Although Foxconn isn’t primarily a technology company, it’s still well-known in other circles. Originally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., it was founded by Terry Gou on September 8, 1974, and specializes in electronics manufacturing services (EMS). It’s headquartered in Tucheng City, Taipei County, Taiwan.
10-Oracle
We don’t think of Oracle as a technology company, but it is. The behemoth began in 1977 as Relational Software Inc. and came to dominate databases, with one customer saying the old rule of thumb is that if you aren’t using Oracle, you’re a sucker. Oracle has made its name through acquisition—most recently Sun Microsystems, where they got Java—but did so carefully; they tend to integrate into existing systems rather than overhaul them.