5.Microsoft – Value: $59.5 Billion
How could Microsoft not be part of this list?!
Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that is headquartered in Washington and has over 128,000 employees.
Microsoft is most famous for its production of the Microsoft Windows series, Microsoft Office Suite and the Internet Explorer web browser. It is actually the largest software maker measured in revenues in the world!
The company is also transitioning from software business to the hardware business with its products – the Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets.
