Breaching the $500 billion dollar mark wasn’t that of a challenge actually considering quite a number of companies had done that before. Microsoft reached that milestone in December 1999 when it scored $615 billion, General Electric ($594 billion) in August 2000, Cisco Systems ($557 billion) in March 2000, ExxonMobil ($527 billion) in October 2007 and Intel ($502 billion) in August 2000. But none has cross the $1 trillion hurdle and it would an amazing sight to see Apple or any company as a matter of fact to reach it.
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