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NVIDIA On Wednesday it became the first public company to reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion.
voracious appetite for silicon Valley The company’s chips are the main reason why the company’s share price has increased so rapidly since the beginning of 2023.
Nvidia’s journey to becoming one of the most dominant companies in the world has produced some surprising statistics. Here’s a look.
$5.054 trillion
Nvidia’s total market capitalization topped the S&P 500 as of the start of trading on Wednesday.
As of the close of trading on Tuesday, Microsoft ($4.04 trillion) and Apple ($3.99 trillion) were the second most valuable companies in the S&P 500.
79
The number of trading days it took for Nvidia’s market cap to grow from $4 trillion to $5 trillion. The market cap increased from $3 trillion on May 13 to $4 trillion on July 9 (41 trading days), although Nvidia crossed and fell below the $3 trillion threshold several times between June 2024 and May 2025 before reaching $4 trillion.
18.6%
According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, the company has contributed to the gains in the S&P 500 till September 30 this year. Nvidia shares rose 39% in the first nine months of the year.
$178.9 billion
Net worth of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to forbesDue to which he came at eighth place in the list of real-time billionaires. Elon Musk Is number 1 with $499.4 billion.
$4.28 trillion
The GDP of Japan, the world’s fourth largest economy, according to the International Monetary Fund.
$24.2 billion
Nvidia said that money was returned to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks and dividends in the first half of fiscal 2026.