World’s Richest Tech Companies in 2011

A study based on both quantitative consumer research and financial analysis by brand consultancy Millward Brown shows that Apple is considered as the richest tech company in the world meanwhile Google is named at the second place. Standing behind Apple and Google are IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard and so on.

Apple's iPhone and iPad have pushed the US technology company to top of the list the richest technology companies as well as the most valuable global brands in 2011. According to the study, the value of the maker of these high-profile products grew from US$83 billion to $153 billion.

Apple surpasses Google to become the world’s richest technology company in 2011

Google was named as the strongest brand in 2010 and the company has held the number one position for the last four years. This year, Google’s value drop by 2 percent to $111.5 billion

IBM’s value increases 17 percent to over $100 billion this year mostly due to its ThinkPads which have been claimed as a great deal of the best business laptops. This value helps the company ranks at the third place in the list of the world’s richest technology companies.

IBM – the world’s third richest technology company

Microsoft’s brand is estimated to cost $78 billion. It is placed as the world’s fourth richest technology company

Amazon is now the leading retail brand in the world. The value of the world’s fifth richest technology company increases 37 percent in comparison to last year and is estimated at $37 billion

Hewlett-Packard or simple called HP is named as the world’s sixth richest technology company

The value of the world’s seventh richest technology company is down 20 percent this year compared to 2010

Facebook is claimed as the world’s eighth richest technology company this year

With the company’s value of over $13 billion, the ninth position in the list of the world’s richest technology companies in 2011 belongs to Intel.

Samsung was mentioned as the world’s tenth richest technology company in 2011