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.