What Is the Trillion-Dollar Club?

By Motley Fool Staff – Updated Aug 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Key Points

PetroChina was the first modern $1 trillion company but dropped in value post-2007 crisis.
Apple reached $1 trillion in 2018, later hitting $3 trillion; Nvidia joined in 2023.
Eli Lilly and Broadcom are potential future trillion-dollar companies due to AI and healthcare.

Billion-dollar companies have been part of the U.S. economy for more than a century. Trillion-dollar companies, however, are a more recent development. Although Apple (AAPL +1.97%) is often considered to be the first publicly traded company to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization, it's neither the first nor the last to reach a four-comma valuation. Read on to learn more about the trillion-dollar club's history, as well as its past, present, and potential future members.

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Nvidia: (NVDA -1.06%). The chipmaker, which has benefited from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, hit the $1 trillion mark in May 2023.
Microsoft: (MSFT -1.48%). The software and cloud computing giant reached a $1 trillion valuation in April 2019.
Apple: The tech king became a member of the trillion-dollar club in September 2018.
Alphabet: (GOOG +3.26%)(GOOGL +3.53%). The digital advertising and search engine leader became worth more than $1 trillion in January 2020.
Amazon: (AMZN +1.51%). The e-commerce and cloud computing kingpin hit $1 trillion in market capitalization in September 2018.
Meta Platforms: (META +0.87%). The social media phenomenon became worth more than $1 trillion in June 2021.
Saudi Aramco: The Saudi oil company became worth more than $1 trillion in December 2019. Note that foreign investors who want to buy a share are required to have at least $500 million in assets to open an account on the Tadawul exchange, where about 1.5% of its stock is traded.