🌍 Top 30 Companies by Market Cap, Plotted by Founding Year

This chart maps the world’s 30 most valuable companies — from Bank of America (founded 1784, Bank of America market cap is $375B) to NVIDIA (founded 1993, Nvidia market cap is $4.32T) — showing how corporate age and market value intersect.

Older institutions like JPMorgan Chase (1799) and Procter & Gamble (1837) remain global heavyweights, but the upper‑right corner is dominated by younger tech titans: Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta. Outliers like Saudi Aramco (1933, $1.49T) prove that energy can still rival tech in scale.

Takeaway: Market leadership is no longer the exclusive domain of century‑old firms — in the past 30 years, tech disruptors have surged to the top, often outpacing companies with far longer histories.

Analysis:

• Tech dominance: 7 of the top 10 are technology companies founded after 1975.
• Speed to scale: Firms like Tesla and Meta reached trillion‑dollar valuations in under two decades.
• Sector resilience: Finance, energy, and consumer goods still hold significant positions, but their growth curves are flatter compared to tech.