Amazon’s market value surged to more than $702 billion on Wednesday, making the Seattle-based company the third-largest U. S. public company by that measure…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire File Photo)
Amazon’s market value surged to more than $702 billion on Wednesday, making the Seattle-based company the third-largest U. S. public company by that measure — surpassing its regional neighbor Microsoft for the first time.
The milestone underscores Amazon rise as a tech giant, expanding well beyond its core e-commerce business into cloud computing, artificial intelligence, consumer devices, entertainment, package delivery and many other areas. Amazon is now behind only Google ($745 billion) and Apple ($849 billion) in market value.
Amazon’s shares rose more than 2.5 percent on Friday to close at $1,451.05. Its shares are up more than 9 percent over the past month, boosted in part by a strong earnings report for the fourth quarter.
The company reached the milestone despite Microsoft shares rising 1.5 percent on the day to $90.81. Microsoft’s market value is hovering right around $700 billion.
