World 15 Richest Tech Companies

Apple recently toppled Microsoft as the richest company in market capitalization. Here is the order of 15 richest tech companies in the world for period end of May 2010 by DataQuest.com.



1. First rank was occupied by Apple. Apple's market capitalization totaled U.S. $ 222.12 billion.


2. Microsoft was in second position, with a market capitalization of U.S. $ 219.18 billion.


3. IBM, finally has surpassed Google and stands third on the list of the richest technology company with a total of U.S. $ 158.02 billion.


4. Google, one of the largest search engine in the fourth position with a market capitalization valued at U.S. $ 151.43 billion.


5. Cisco, which ever surpassed by Microsoft in market capitalization is in fifth with a market capitalization of U.S. $ 131.06 billion.


6. Oracle inorganic growth placed it in the sixth position, with a value of U.S. $ 119.97 billion.


7. Intel, which controls 80% share in the chip market is the seventh richest technology company. Intel has a fortune worth U.S. $ 115.17 billion.


8. Hewlett-Packard, the number 1 IT company in the world, was ranked eighth. Market capitalization is about U.S. $ 107.22 billion.


9. Amazon, the company that revolutionized online spending, has a market capitalization of U.S. $ 54.9 billion.


10. SAP, the European software giant is in tenth position with a market capitalization valued at U.S. $ 50.99 billion.



11. Nokia, the phone maker and the company rank second after SAP in the order from Europe, standing at number 11 with a valuation of U.S. $ 37.26 billion.



12. Giant EMC has a market capitalization of U.S. $ 36.57 billion.



13. The legend of India, Infosys with a market capitalization of U.S. $ 31.74 billion.



14. Wipro, an information technology services corporation has a market capitalization of U.S. $ 29.76 billion.



15. Finally, Texas Instruments took 15th with a valuation of U.S. $ 29.5 billion.