Key Takeaways

📈 Stock Market Growth

Tech stocks saw a record boom from 2017 to 2021, with some increasing by over 700%.

Nvidia (+700%) and Microsoft (+357%) were the biggest winners during this period.

Stock trends shifted based on tax cuts, tariffs, and interest rate changes across administrations.

Foreign companies like ASML (Netherlands) & Tencent (China) showed strong global competition.

Growth in sectors like AI, cloud computing, and semiconductors drove market enthusiasm.

Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon were all founded in garages!

Apple became the first U.S. company to hit a $3 trillion market cap in 2022.

Nvidia dominates the AI chip market, powering ChatGPT and self-driving tech.

Microsoft’s 1986 IPO made Bill Gates the world’s youngest billionaire at the time.

Tencent owns WeChat, used by over 1.2 billion people worldwide!

Amazon started as an online bookstore before expanding into cloud computing, AI, and more.

ASML is the only company in the world producing advanced EUV lithography machines for chip manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor makes over 90% of the world’s advanced chips, supplying Apple, Nvidia, and more.

77% of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP system.

Alibaba’s "City Brain" AI reduces traffic jams in Chinese cities using real-time data.