The fact that it was written for humour not to mislead doesn't change the fact that it was exaggeration, and for sure I don't think anyone reading it thought yo

The fact that it was written for humour not to mislead doesn't change the fact that it was exaggeration, and for sure I don't think anyone reading it thought you were genuinely trying to mislead people into thinking that companies were actually worth that much. But... it still invalidates the idea of there being no exaggeration ;)