Top 5 Most Valuable U.S. Companies 2006 vs. 2016 vs. 2026 - 2006: Exxon Mobil $447B · GE $384B · Microsoft $294B · Citibank $274B · Bank of America $240B - 2016: Apple $618B · Alphabet $532B · Microsoft $483B · Berkshire Hathaway $404B · Exxon $374B - 2026: NVIDIA $5.09T · Apple $5.07T · Microsoft $3.89T · Alphabet $3.88T · Amazon $2.67T Over 20 years, the top five grew from $1.64T to $20.6T — a 12.6x increase. Each of today’s top five is larger than the entire 2006 list combined. Most of this growth occurred recently: 1.5x by 2016, then another 8.5x. Microsoft is the only company present in all three lists — rising from $294B to $483B to $3.89T, a 13x increase. Oil and banks are gone: Exxon dropped from #1 to #5 by 2016 and has now fallen out entirely. The race at the top is tight — NVIDIA leads Apple by $20B, and Microsoft edges out Alphabet by $14B. Data source 🔗 FT Global 500, https://t.co/dqItPaIc4x Photos: Wikimedia Commons