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What are the big 4 tech companies? I’ve heard that in accounting, but I don’t know which 4 they would be in tech.
by lawnchair_larry 7y ago
What are the big 4 tech companies? I’ve heard that in accounting, but I don’t know which 4 they would be in tech.
- davidjnelson 7y ago(F)acebook, (A)mazon, (N)etflix, (G)oogle.
- purple_ducks 7y agoA is not Amazon, it's Apple. Amazon does not have the same technical hurdle as the others.
- mkl 7y agoMicrosoft and Apple each have over twenty times more employees than Netflix. I've never understood why Netflix is included, in FAANG, etc.
- runako 7y agoFANG was coined to characterize a sliver of the stock market. It's all about the returns those stocks were producing over a period of time, and how they frequently traded together. It has basically nothing to do with: revenues, profits, employees, products, technology.
- jdminhbg 7y agoIt's at least 90% because it makes the acronym work.
- dnissley 7y agoThere's actually 5: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft
- Infernal 7y agoI normally see FAANG for Facebook Apple Amazon Netflix and Google. Not sure how to work Microsoft in there - maybe MAFANG or FANMAG or some such.
- AlchemistCamp 7y agoNetflix is one side business for Amazon and they rely on AWS for hosting. Why put them in the group?
- Infernal 7y agoIt was originally used as a label for high performing tech companies from an investor's perspective[0], and from there adopted by software engineers and other employees who work or aspire to work for those companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook,_Apple,_Amazon,_Netflix_and_Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook,_Apple,_Amazon,_Netfl...