Over the past 5 years, Amazon has grown by almost 500%, compared to roughly 165% for Apple and Google. Source: Yahoo Finance

It's worth pointing out that Microsoft comes in at a close fourth position with $717 billion in valuation as of today's market close. The gap between the three giants is relatively small (what's a couple dozen billion dollars, after all?), so we can expect to see them continue to swap places in the near future. However, given how Amazon's recent growth has consistently outpaced every other firm in the top four positions, it won't be surprising to see it hold its place for some time — perhaps eventually even overtaking Apple as the most valuable company in the world.

Via: CNN Money

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