What is the most expensive company in the world?

Apple's dwarfs that of virtually all companies, including its closest rivals for the title of most valuable business. Oil giant ExxonMobil XOM has a market capitalization of $382 billion, for example. Meanwhile, Google GOOG comes in at $365 billion while Microsoft MSFT is valued at $349 billion. read more

The 100 largest companies in the world by market value in 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars) This present statistic portrays the top 100 companies in the world by their market value on May 11, 2018. Apple, the American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, was the leading company in terms of market value. read more

In fact, Amazon had the biggest jump among the top companies on the list. A year ago, Amazon was worth $175 billion and ranked 19 among the most valuable Fortune 500 companies. Amazon’s shares have dropped recently. Its most recent earnings disappointed investors. But the company has still risen 10 notches on our list to No. 9. read more