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> I can easily see them as the first trillion dollar company and well beyond that.

At least Saudi Aramco, if not some of the other state-owned oil companies, are already over $1 trillion.




In fact, Saudi Aramco's 2012 revenue[1] was greater than Microsoft's market cap (at 4th most valuable us company).

[1] http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/55/55881.html


Actually, I just did the math and Exxon's market cap is actually less than their annual revenue right now, which is about $438b.


I don't think the comparison is valid because Saudi ARAMCO is basically a state owned company with a monopoly over the natural resources of an entire country. If Google attains a trillion dollar valuation it would be amazing because they'd have achieved it due to their vision and hard work.




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