In this episode, Scott Becker breaks down the five largest companies by revenue, highlighting the rise of UnitedHealth and Amazon’s expected overtaking of Walmart for the top spot.
Chapter 1: What are the five biggest companies by revenue?
This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. I'm going to walk you through the five biggest companies by revenues. And why I find this so interesting is mostly the rise of UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group in these rankings. Number five, coming in at number five is Berkshire Hathaway, the house that Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger built.
Chapter 2: Why is UnitedHealth Group significant in this ranking?
I follow their investment wisdom all the time on both Twitter, reposting it, and I do find them brilliant. I wish I just followed Warren Buffett my entire life. I'd be very, very rich. Fourth is Apple, number four in biggest companies by revenue, still knocking it out of the park, just really doing well overall, and the number one market cap company. Number three, UnitedHealth Group.
Chapter 3: How does Apple rank among the biggest companies?
UnitedHealth Group seemingly has taken over the U.S. healthcare economy. They're number three in total revenues with numbers at $400 billion plus. It's amazing how big some of these companies are compared to the U.S. economy. Number two, it is widely reported that number two is now going to be Walmart, where number one will be Amazon. And that's the first time that changed in a long time.
Chapter 4: What changes are happening with Walmart and Amazon?
It's very similar to a short period of time ago, NVIDIA had overtaken Apple, but Apple took back that crown. It's also very similar to Joe Rogan and Mel Robbins. Joe Rogan has been seemingly the number one person in podcasts forever. And most recently, I'm watching Mel Robbins take that lead. So that's what we're watching today. Those are five of the leaders by revenues.
And number five, Berkshire Hathaway. Number four, Apple. Number three, UnitedHealth Group that just keeps on growing. Number two, it looks like it's going to be Walmart. And number one, the house that Jeff Bezos built, Amazon. Thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. And thank you, as always, to our fantastic producer, Michelle Bunger.
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