In 2010, the largest company in the world was Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), with a market capitalisation of around US$370 billion.
Back then, the idea that a company could be worth a trillion-dollars was a distant dream.
Until 2018 came along.
That year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the world’s first trillion-dollar company, lifted by the proliferation of smart devices around the globe.
From there, it would only take another two years before the iPhone maker crossed the US$2 trillion mark.
By then, Apple was joined by its tech peers, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) in the exclusive trillion-dollar club.
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