Nvidia currently has the highest market cap of $3.98 trillion. Founded by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem in 1993, the company first focused on producing multimedia processors and graphics chips. Its graphic processing units (GPUs) improved the look and feel of gaming and transformed video editing.

Nvidia's earnings over the past 12 months were worth about 0.07% of global GDP, according to Deutsche Bank, while the company employed around 0.0004% of the global population. Now that Nvidia has passed the $4 trillion market-capitalization milestone,

Nvidia becomes first $4 trillion company at market close. Its stock has increased more than 870 percent since ChatGPT was released in late 2022.