Apple has managed this 2016 to ascend to Top 3 within the prestigious Fortune500 list, climbing 2 positions from last year, 2015. This list lists and ranks the top 500 American companies in order of revenue during the past fiscal year. Apple, which until now had been climbing year after year to achieve a successful 5th position last year, jumps to 3rd ahead of companies such as Chevron y Berkshire Hathaway.
The list is headed by the well-known department stores Walmart and the oil company Exxon Mobil. As we can see, it is quite a milestone that a company like Apple is placed next to these gigantic companies on the podium. Single AT&T (10th position) is within the Top 10 along with Apple in the technology section.
Top 10 of the Fortune500 list in relation to their earnings (in millions of $)
Within the Top 20, other telecommunications and technology companies appear, such as General Electrics (11º), Verizon (13º), Amazon (18º) and HP (20th). We have to go to a away from position 25 to see Microsoft. IBM it is placed in the 31st, and outside the Top5o, the position number 51 exactly, occupies it Intel. In the Official Site Fortune500, you will see the complete list of those who accompany Apple in this prestigious list of successful American companies.
You can also see the following interactive chart on their website to learn a little more about all these companies, such as their annual evolution or their place of birth:
Interactive map of the place of origin of each of the companies on the list. On the website you can find a multitude of relevant information about each of them.
Evolution of Apple Inc. from 1996 to the present.
In this way, it can be felt that Apple keeps improving its revenueDespite the fact that this year iPad sales are in continuous decline, iPhone sales have stagnated for the 1st time and the Apple Watch is not taking off. But the best is yet to come: Apple Watch 2, iCar (currently called Titan project), and other surprises that the friends of Cupertino will have prepared for us.
I leave you one last graph of how Apple has evolved in this list over the years. It is incredible how it has risen step by step and little by little it has made a hole until finally reaching the top in the classification, to the podium of the list of most prestigious companies in the USA Highlight its evolution since 2008, the year of presentation of the first iPhone.
