MarketsJan 5, 2024
General Electric Was Once the Most Valuable Company in the U.S.
What we’re showing
A history of the most valuable public company in America, from 1995 to 2023.
Context
- General Electric has declined from its once dominant position, with a present day market cap of $135 billion.
- ExxonMobile is still one of the largest corporations in the world (15th in the U.S. and 18th globally).
- Apple and Microsoft are two of six companies in the world that have a market cap of over $1 trillion.
Dataset
Year | Company | Market Cap (as of Q1) |
---|---|---|
1995 | General Electric | 93,322 |
1996 | General Electric | 126,523 |
1997 | General Electric | 169,388 |
1998 | General Electric | 260,147 |
1999 | Microsoft | 418,579 |
2000 | Microsoft | 492,462 |
2001 | General Electric | 407,054 |
2002 | General Electric | 401,499 |
2003 | Microsoft | 266,037 |
2004 | General Electric | 329,240 |
2005 | ExxonMobil | 392,636 |
2006 | ExxonMobil | 372,792 |
2007 | ExxonMobil | 425,795 |
2008 | ExxonMobil | 455,929 |
2009 | ExxonMobil | 345,815 |
2010 | ExxonMobil | 314,154 |
2011 | ExxonMobil | 411,638 |
2012 | Apple | 568,615 |
2013 | Apple | 415,683 |
2014 | Apple | 479,069 |
2015 | Apple | 724,773 |
2016 | Apple | 604,304 |
2017 | Apple | 753,718 |
2018 | Apple | 851,318 |
2019 | Microsoft | 904,861 |
2020 | Microsoft | 1,199,550 |
2021 | Apple | 2,050,666 |
2022 | Apple | 2,849,538 |
2023 | Apple | 2,609,039 |
Data sources
Valuations for each year are as of March 31.
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