Surpassing Apple and Microsoft, Nvidia becomes the first $4 trillion company

(Dan Tri) - Chip company Nvidia is certainly the name that benefits the most from the global artificial intelligence "fever", having just become the first company in history with a market value exceeding 4,000 billion USD.

Nvidia was an early investor in the field of artificial intelligence, and now the company is reaping the rewards of its decision (Illustration: Getty).

Nvidia shares rose 2.5% shortly after the US stock market opened on Wednesday morning (local time), bringing the company's market capitalization to over $4,000 billion - an all-time high.

Nvidia's stock price has risen more than 17% since the beginning of the year, and the company is now the world's largest by market capitalization, ahead of Microsoft and Apple.

Apple had previously approached the $4 trillion milestone when its market capitalization reached $3.9 trillion at the beginning of the year. However, Apple's value has declined due to concerns related to trade tensions, especially after the tax policies put forth by President Donald Trump.

Microsoft and Nvidia have held the top spot in recent months, before Nvidia jumped ahead on the back of a strong stock price rally. As of writing, Nvidia’s stock has pulled back slightly, bringing the company’s market capitalization down to about $3.97 trillion, still significantly higher than Microsoft ($3.72 trillion) and Apple ($3.11 trillion).

Analysts say Nvidia's stock price will likely continue to increase, bringing its capitalization to a stable level of $4,000 billion in the near future.

The 10 companies with the largest market capitalization in the world today, 8 of which are technology companies (Photo: CMK).

Nvidia's stock has risen about 1,500% over the past five years, driven by two main factors: demand for cryptocurrency mining hardware and the boom in artificial intelligence (AI).

In the past, when cryptocurrencies developed, mining systems required many high-performance graphics cards - one of Nvidia's main products. In the past three years, the need to build supercomputers for AI training and operation has also increased the demand for chips and GPUs.

Big tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI have spent billions of dollars buying Nvidia GPUs to serve large-scale AI projects. The shortage of graphics cards due to demand far exceeding supply has appeared many times in the market.

Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Curtis Priem and Chris Malachowsky, of which Mr. Huang still serves as Chairman and is a key executive.

From May 2023 to June 2025, Nvidia will reach the capitalization milestones of 1,000 billion USD, 2,000 billion USD and 3,000 billion USD respectively in just over a year.

The surge in stock prices has boosted Chairman Jensen Huang's fortune. According to Forbes , he is now worth $141.8 billion and is the 9th richest person in the world.

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