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I was curious and looked up some sources... Here is the source on Google being 4% of US GDP: [0] Rockefeller being worth 1-2% of US GDP is sourced from [1] on
by charlesdaniels 7y ago
I was curious and looked up some sources...
Here is the source on Google being 4% of US GDP: [0]
Rockefeller being worth 1-2% of US GDP is sourced from [1] on his Wikipedia page.
Math checks out.
More fun facts:
Apple is also around 4% [2].
Microsoft is around 5% [3].
Outside of the tech space...
Walmart is around 1.5% [4].
Goldman Sachs is around 0.35% [5].
McDonalds is at ~ 0.08% [6].
Boeing is hovering at about 1% [7].
0 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28google+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28google+market+cap%2...
1 - http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-john-d-rockefeller http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about...
2 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28apple+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28apple+market+cap%29...
3 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28microsoft+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28microsoft+market+ca...
4 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28walmart+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28walmart+market+cap%...
5 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28goldman+sachs+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28goldman+sachs+marke...
6 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28mcdonalds+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28mcdonalds+market+ca...
7 - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28boeing+market+cap%29+%2F+%28US+GDP+2019%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28boeing+market+cap%2...
- zelly 7y agoThis lines up with my intuition. 60% of search > 90% of oil. Search obviously also has no physical upper limit like oil utilization.