Re:Filecoin Suspends ICO After Raising $186M in One Hour
by sah2ed on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:51AM
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I think the poster's metric was largest in terms of capitalization and not revenue. The top 5 in terms of capitalization:
1. Apple 2. Alphabet 3. Microsoft 4. Amazon 5. Berkshire Hathaway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
Re:Filecoin Suspends ICO After Raising $186M in One Hour
by davidwparker on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:45AM
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Depends on your definition of "largest company". Revenue is one metric. Market cap is another.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
1. Apple
2. Alphabet
3. Microsoft
4. Amazon
5. Berkshire Hathaway
Re:Filecoin Suspends ICO After Raising $186M in One Hour
by microtherion on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:00AM
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> Tim Cook has that CS background.
Does he? He certainly has decades of experience in computer companies, but his educational background was, to my knowledge, in industrial engineering.
This (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by_r...) lists the 5 largest companies in the US as:
1. Walmart
2. Berkshire Hathaway
3. Apple
4. Exxon Mobil
5. McKesson
Walmart's CEO, Doug McMillon, career at Walmart was in distribution and then buying before moving to the executive.
Buffett had a background in business admin, economics and insurance.
Tim Cook has that CS background.
Daren Woods of Exxon Mobil has a degree in Electrical Engineering in the early 80s, which might be at best half a point.
John Hammergren of McKesson has a pure business background, with a Bachelors and Masters in Business Administration.