World's biggest internet companies

What is the world's biggest (most valuable) internet company?

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1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. What surprised you about this list?

3. Which of these companies do you use/visit?

4. Which of these companies have you never heard of?

5. What questions do you have about this information?

6. How many of these companies didn't even exist 20 years ago (1996)?*

7. How many of them do you think will continue to exist 20 years from now?

8. (Unless it says otherwise) all the companies listed above are American. Why do you think that is?

9. Is this good news or bad news for the U.S.?

10. People say that the future belongs to America, after having looked at this chart, what would you say to them about that? Post your answer in the comments section:

*Google was founded on September 4, 1998. Facebook, on February 4, 2004.

Only one of the companies on this list is a world top 10 company by market cap. It's Google, at #3. Alibaba just cracks the top 20, and Facebook, comes in at #22.

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