Top 10 Most Valuable Companies in the World by Market Capitalization (1997-2019)

Bar chart race showing the top 10 largest companies in the world by market capitalization through the years 1997-2019. The world map shows the HQ location of the largest company.
On 11 December 2019, Saudi Aramco’s shares commenced trading on the Tadawul stock exchange. Saudi Aramco (officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company and formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The shares rose to 35.2 riyals, corresponding to a market capitalisation of about $1.88 trillion and making it the world's largest listed company. In the Initial public offering (IPO), the company raised $25.6 billion -- it is the world's largest IPO to date, succeeding that of the Alibaba Group in 2014.
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