Big Tech's Class of 2020 leader board is a shocker
Data brokers FTW. And No Girls Allowed as IBM fails to make the top 10
Don’t miss the digest at the bottom today. There’s a flow chart! :)
Google finally made Larry Page’s absentee CEO role official. So here’s Big Tech’s Class of 2020…. Three things jump out:
Half make the majority of their money as data brokers.
No Girls Allowed. IBM fails to make the top 10. And although Safra Catz holds a CEO title, executive chairman Larry Ellison still runs Oracle’s show.
If you don’t think AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are tech companies, you’re not paying attention. 😘 #IoT #5G
Drumroll please…
Apple - Tim Cook, CEO
Market Cap: $1.15T
Microsoft - Satya Nadella, CEO
Market Cap: $1.14T
Google - Sundar Pichai, CEO
Market Cap: $893.33B
Amazon - Jeff Bezos, CEO
Market Cap: $877.54B
Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, CEO
Market Cap: $566.98B
AT&T - Randall Stephenson, CEO
Market Cap: $274.30B
Verizon - Hans Vestberg, CEO
Market Cap: $248.73B
Intel - Bob Swan, CEO
Market Cap: $243.90B
Comcast - Brian Roberts, CEO
Market Cap: $198.57B
Oracle - Larry Ellison, Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer
Market Cap: $179.19B
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One more thing…
MIT Technology Review’s Karen Hao did a flow chart so you can tell if you’re really doing AI. (Spoiler alert: you’re probably not.)