Magnificent 7 The 7 largest tech companies on the US stock market
Alphabet (Google) GOOGL
From a plain white search box to ads, video, phones and AI
- 2004 IPO
- ×113 price
- 22 key moments
Amazon AMZN
From an online bookstore to a store for everything and the world's cloud
- 1997 IPO
- ×3,612 price
- 21 key moments
Apple AAPL
From a garage computer to the iPhone and an ecosystem people don't want to leave
- 1980 IPO
- ×2,984 price
- 22 key moments
Meta (Facebook) META
From a college friends site to apps billions use daily, then a bet on AI
- 2012 IPO
- ×22 price
- 20 key moments
Microsoft MSFT
From PC software to the cloud and AI
- 1986 IPO
- ×9,180 price
- 22 key moments
Nvidia NVDA
From graphics chips for games to the main chip seller of the AI era
- 1999 IPO
- ×4,664 price
- 23 key moments
Tesla TSLA
From a small electric sports car to the world's most valuable, most volatile car stock
- 2010 IPO
- ×239 price
- 20 key moments
Chips The companies that design and make the chips behind computers and AI
AMD AMD
From making chips to Intel's designs to a real rival in both CPUs and AI chips
- 1972 IPO
- ×66 price
- 20 key moments
Broadcom AVGO
From HP's chip unit to a serial acquirer and maker of custom AI chips for tech giants
- 2009 IPO
- ×267 price
- 20 key moments
Intel INTC
From memory chips to king of PC processors, then a hard fight to recover in the AI era
- 1971 IPO
- ×349 price
- 20 key moments
TSMC TSM
The contract chipmaker from Taiwan that Apple and Nvidia depend on
- 1997 IPO
- ×104 price
- 20 key moments
Household names Brands people use every day: some grew steadily, some nearly didn't make it
Adobe ADBE
From printer language and boxed Photoshop to monthly subscriptions, then a fight in the AI era
- 1986 IPO
- ×1,258 price
- 20 key moments
Best Buy BBY
From tornado-hit stereo shop to tech store nearly beaten by online rivals, then back again
- 1985 IPO
- ×1,339 price
- 20 key moments
Chipotle CMG
A burrito chain that soared, fell over food safety, then came back through phone ordering
- 2006 IPO
- ×39 price
- 20 key moments
Costco COST
From one Seattle warehouse to a members-only store people pay to join every year
- 1985 IPO
- ×177 price
- 18 key moments
Domino's DPZ
The pizza chain that admitted its pizza was bad, then became the world's biggest
- 2004 IPO
- ×53 price
- 20 key moments
Home Depot HD
From three Atlanta warehouse stores to America's biggest home-improvement retailer
- 1981 IPO
- ×20,887 price
- 17 key moments
McDonald's MCD
From Ray Kroc's first franchise to the world's biggest restaurant chain
- 1965 IPO
- ×1,924 price
- 14 key moments
Netflix NFLX
From renting DVDs by mail to a worldwide streaming service
- 2002 IPO
- ×588 price
- 17 key moments
Starbucks SBUX
From a coffee-bean shop by a Seattle market to coffeehouses around the world
- 1992 IPO
- ×414 price
- 20 key moments
Visa V
From one bank's credit card in Fresno to the world's largest payments network
- 2008 IPO
- ×31 price
- 15 key moments