Interesting forwards on Valuation

I received a series of interesting forwards on Valuation of companies. It shows how markets reward future growth over the steady and stagnant growth.

Valuation, Jan 2017:

• Snapchat: $25 billion
• Viacom: $17 billion

Valuation, Jan 2014:

• Viacom: $37 billion
• Snapchat: $3 billion

Facebook valuation in 2007:

• $15 billion (after Microsoft investment)

Facebook’s valuation in 2017:

• $377 billion

Valuation – February 2017:

• Ford: $49 billion
• Tesla: $44 billion

Valuation – February 2012:

• Ford: $49 billion
• Tesla: $4 billion

2016 Revenue:

• Google: $90 billion
• Time Warner: $29 billion

2010 Revenue:

• Google: $29 billion
• Time Warner: $27 billion

Apple’s valuation in 2017:

• $700 billion

Apple’s valuation when iPhone was unveiled in 2007:

• $75 billion

Valuation, February 2017:

• Amazon: $400 billion
• Walmart: $210 billion

Valuation, February 2012:

• Walmart: $202 billion
• Amazon: $82 billion

Number of Google Employees: (Global Workforce*)

• 2017: 72,053
• 2011: 32,467
• 2007: 16,805
• 2005: 3,021
• 1999: 8

*start of each year