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10 Most Famous US Companies

The United States is a developed country with a market economy and has the world’s largest nominal GDP and net wealth.

It has the second-largest purchasing power parity (PPP) behind China. 

It had the world’s ninth-highest per capita GDP (nominal) and the fifteenth-highest per capita GDP (PPP) in 2021.

The United States has the most technologically powerful and innovative economy in the world.

Its firms are at or near the forefront of technological advances, especially in artificial intelligence, computers, pharmaceuticals and medical, aerospace and military equipment.

The U.S. dollar is the currency most used in international transactions and is the world’s foremost reserve currency, backed by its economy, military, petrodollar system and a large U.S. treasuries market.

Several countries use the dollar as their official currency and in others, it is the de facto currency.  

US companies trade the world over and through their flagship brands have become famous worldwide

Here are the 10 most famous American companies.

1.      Apple Inc.

INDUSTRY                                         : Communications Equipment

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $365.82 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 154,000 

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Tim Cook  

PHONE                                                :   (408) 996-1010

ADDRESS:  1 Apple Park Way Cupertino, CA, 95014-0642 United States 

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Apple designs manufacture and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories.

The company also offers and sells a variety of related services. Apple products include its famous iPhone, which is the company’s line of smartphones based on its iOS operating system.

The company recently released its iPhone 13 product line last year.

Other apple products also include Mac computers and iPad tablets Apple Music, the Apple Watch, and other wearable devices.

Its’ services include AppleCare, Cloud Services, Digital Content, and Payment services (ApplePay).

Apple has entered entertainment with the Apple TV+ streaming service. More than 60% of Apple’s revenue comes from outside the Americas.

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2.      Amazon.Com Inc,

INDUSTRY                                         : E-commerce 

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $ 469.82 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 1,608,000

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Andrew R Jassy 

PHONE                                                 :   (206) 266-1000

ADDRESS:  410 Terry Ave N Seattle, WA, 98109-5210 United States

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Amazon.com designs its stores to enable hundreds of millions of unique products to be sold by the company and by third parties across dozens of product categories.

Customers access its offerings through its websites, mobile apps, Alexa, devices, streaming, and physically visiting its stores.

In terms of electronics, Amazon manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo, Ring and other devices besides developing and producing media content.

Amazon serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers and employees.

Amazon acquired MGM for approximately $8.45 billion in 2021. The majority of its sales were generated in the US.

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3.      Google LLC

INDUSTRY                                         : Internet & media Services

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $ 2.15 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 83,353

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Sundar Pichai

PHONE                                                 :   (650) 253-0000

ADDRESS:  1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy  Mountain View, CA, 94043-1351 United  States                                             

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Google is a search engine. Core to Google’s business is its ubiquitous Search product; other key products and platforms include Android, Chrome, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Play and YouTube.

The firm generates revenue through ad sales in two categories: Performance Advertising creates and delivers relevant ads that users click on and Brand Advertising lets businesses run ad campaigns to promote brand awareness.

In addition, Google Display Network allows advertisers to build a custom network of sites utilizing a wide range of targeting technologies.

Google is owned by Alphabet Inc., a holding company that also includes emerging businesses such as Calico and life sciences.

The Google story begins in 1995 at Stanford University.

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4.      Microsoft Corporation

INDUSTRY                                         : Software & Programming 

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $168.09 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 181,000

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Satya Nadella 

PHONE                                                :  (425) 882-8080

ADDRESS:  1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA, 98052-8300 United States 

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Microsoft is one of the world’s leading technology companies with products that include the Windows operating system, Office productivity applications, and Azure cloud services.

LinkedIn, its business-oriented social network, is used by millions to make connections. Outside the office, Microsoft’s Xbox gaming system is second only to Sony’s PlayStation.

Microsoft’s customers range from consumers and small businesses to the world’s biggest companies and government agencies.

Geographically, Microsoft’s revenue is evenly split between the US and the other countries. Microsoft was founded in 1975

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5.      Walmart Inc.

INDUSTRY                                        : Retail(Grocery)

REVENUE (2020-21)                      : $ 469.82 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 2,300,000

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : C. Douglas McMillon

PHONE                                                 :   +1.479.2734000

ADDRESS:  702 SW 8th St BENTONVILLE, AR 72716-6209 United States

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Walmart Inc. offers shopping opportunities in both retail stores and through e-commerce and provides access to its other service offerings.

The Company offers an assortment of merchandise and services at everyday low prices (EDLP). The Company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam’s Club.

The Walmart U.S. segment is a merchandiser of consumer products, operating under the Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands, as well as walmart.com and other e-commerce brands, and it operates in the United States.

The Walmart International segment includes various formats divided into two categories: retail and wholesale.

These categories consist of various formats, including supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs (including Sam’s Clubs) and cash & carry, as well as e-commerce through walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com and other sites.

The Sam’s Club segment is a membership-only warehouse club that also operates samsclub.com.

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6.      Meta Platforms Inc.

INDUSTRY                                         : Technology & Communications

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $ 117.9B billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 71,970

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Mark Zuckerberg 

PHONE                                                :   +1 650 6187714

ADDRESS:  1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, California, 94025-1452

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Meta Platforms Inc (Meta), formerly Facebook Inc, is a provider of social networking, advertising, and business insight solutions.

The company, through its virtual-reality vision, the metaverse, focuses on developing a virtual environment that allows people to interact and connect with technology.

Through its major products Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, Messenger, and WhatsApp, the company connects people with their friends and families and co-workers across the world and helps them discover new products and services from local and global businesses.

It enables people to share their opinions, ideas, photos and videos, and other activities through mobile devices and personal computers with audiences ranging from their closest friends to the public.

Meta sells advertising placements for marketers to reach people based on various factors including age, gender, location, interests and behaviour.

The company has a business presence across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Meta is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the US.

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7.      The Walt Disney Company

INDUSTRY                                         :  Entertainment & Media

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $ 67.42 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 190,000

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Robert A Chapek

PHONE                                               :   (818) 560-1000

ADDRESS:  500 S Buena Vista St Burbank, CA, 91521-0007 United States

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The Walt Disney Company is one of the world’s largest media conglomerates, with assets encompassing movies, television, streaming, publishing, and theme parks.

Its TV holdings include the ABC TV network and around eight TV stations, as well as a portfolio of cable networks including Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, National Geographic, and a 50% equity investment in A+E.

It produces films through the Walt Disney Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Searchlight Pictures; and its Disney Parks and Resorts runs popular theme parks including Disney World and Disneyland.

The company generates 80% of its revenue in the US.

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8.      Tesla Inc

INDUSTRY                                         : Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $53.82 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 99,290

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Elon Musk

PHONE                                                :   (512) 516-8177

ADDRESS:   13101 Tesla Rd Austin, TX, 78725 United States

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Founded in 2003, Tesla Motors designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, technologically advanced electric cars and solar energy generation and energy storage products.

Tesla sells more than five fully electric cars, among others, the Model X and Y SUVs, as well as the Model S sedan and Model 3 sedan.

The company has a growing global network of Tesla Superchargers, which are industrial grade, high-speed vehicle chargers, typically placed along well-travelled routes and in and around dense city centres to allow Tesla owners quick and reliable charging.

Tesla offers certain advanced driver assist systems under its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving options. US customers generate nearly half of Tesla’s sales.

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9.      The Coca-Cola Company

INDUSTRY                                         : Beverage (Non-Alcoholic) 

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $33.01 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 80,300

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : James Robert B Quincey

PHONE                                                 :   (404) 676-2121

ADDRESS:  1 Coca Cola Plz NW Atlanta, GA, 30313-2499 United States

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The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company.

The Company’s segments include Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Latin America; North America; Asia Pacific; Global Ventures; and Bottling Investments.

It owns or licenses and markets various beverage brands, which are grouped into categories, such as Coca-Cola; sparkling flavours; hydration, sports, coffee and tea; nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverages and emerging beverages.

It owns and markets five nonalcoholic sparkling soft drink brands, such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.

Its hydration, sports, coffee and tea brands include quarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, dogadan, Dasani, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glaceau smartwater, Glaceau Vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Powerade and others.

The company’s nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverages brands include AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy and Simply.

Its products are available to consumers in more than 200 countries.

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10. UPS

INDUSTRY                                         : Air Courier 

REVENUE (2020-21)                       : $84.63 billion

EMPLOYEES                                      : 543,000

KEY PRINCIPAL                               : Carol B. Tome

PHONE                                                 :  +1.404.8286000

ADDRESS: 55 Glenlake Parkway Ne ATLANTA, GA 30328 United States

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United Parcel Service, Inc. is a package delivery company and a provider of global supply chain management solutions.

Its segments include U.S. Domestic Package and International Package.

U.S. Domestic Package and International Package are together referred to as its global small package operations.

Its global small package operations provide delivery services for express letters, documents, packages and palletized freight via air and ground services.

The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers small package delivery services in the United States and offers a spectrum of United States domestic guaranteed air and ground package transportation services.

The International Package segment consists of its small package operations in Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Latin America and Indian sub-continent, Middle East and Africa (ISMEA).

Its remaining businesses include Supply Chain Solutions, which consists of its forwarding, truckload brokerage, logistics. distribution and other businesses.

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The US is home to many more famous companies. For more information on the companies in the list click on the web links provided.

The companies listed above own or produce world-renown brands.