By Priyanka Deshpande

CNBC-TV18.com

Published August 28, 2024

Warren Buffett's Berkshire’s $1 trillion journey took longer than tech giants

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is the first US company outside of the tech sector to surpass $1 trillion in market value. Take a look at how long did Berkshire Hathaway and the big tech players take to reach $1 trillion valuation according to the data complied by Visual Capitalist: 

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 44 years, 5 months, 13 days

APPLE INC

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 37 years, 7 months, 15 days

MICROSOFT

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 33 years, 1 month, 12 days

NVIDIA

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 24 years, 4 months, 8 days

AMAZON

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 21 years, 3 months, 20 days

GOOGLE

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 15 years, 5 months, 7 days

TESLA*

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 11 years, 3 months, 26 days

*Tesla is no longer a $1 trillion company

META

Time Taken to Reach $1 trillion: 9 years, 1 month, 10 days

SAUDI ARAMCO

Oil and gas giant, Saudi Aramco is the only non-US trillion dollar company