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Nvidia becomes first company to cross $5 trillion in market value
ETtech | April 25, 2026 4:57 AM CST

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Nvidia has achieved a historic milestone. The chipmaker is now the world's most valuable listed company. Its market capitalization has surpassed five trillion dollars. This surge places Nvidia ahead of tech giants like Alphabet and Apple. The company's success is driven by its crucial role in supplying GPUs for artificial intelligence models. Nvidia's stock performance reflects its strong market position.

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Jensen Huang, CEO, Nvidia
Nvidia on Friday crossed a market capitalisation of $5 trillion, becoming the most valuable listed company globally, according to market data.

The chipmaker’s valuation stood at about $5.08 trillion, ahead of Alphabet at $4.1 trillion and Apple at $3.97 trillion. Microsoft and Amazon followed with market values of $3.13 trillion and $2.82 trillion, respectively.

Nvidia’s stock was trading at about $209.7, up 5.04% on the day, after hitting an intraday high of $210.95. The rally pushed Nvidia’s valuation to over $5.1 trillion.


The development comes as Nvidia remains a key supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs), which are widely used to train and run artificial intelligence models.

This comes less than a year after the chipmaker's valuation breached the $4 trillion level. Nvidia’s initial focus was on developing GPUs for video gaming and graphics-intensive applications. Through the 1990s, it developed multiple series of graphics processors, which won the company strong word of mouth. It led to Nvidia winning a contract to develop hardware for Microsoft's gaming console, Xbox.


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