As all of us know, nowadays Apple is one of the most valuable brands in the world.
The value of Apple has grow 859% since 2006, according to WPP (is a world leader in advertising and marketing services), and the two most success new products has been Apple’s iPhone Smartphone’s and iPad tablet computers. WPP include in their list of the top ten most value brands companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft, AT&T and China Mobile. All of them technology or telecommunications companies.
But it’s impossible to talk about technology without stand out Facebook, the social network’s brand that is worth $19,1 billion and have more than 600 million active users. Is the most used social networking service worldwide followed by MySpace. The company ownership is principal divided in different venture capital and the co-founders of the company. But according to the information that The Wall Street Journal published a few months ago, Goldman Sachs will invest $500 million in Facebook and manage the entrance of new investors to the firm to enter in the near future to the stock exchange. Why all this interest in the company? Because is valuated as the most brilliantly innovative technology company in the history and also for the tremendous profits that gives annually. We are not totally sure if this types of business will continually be as success as in today’s economy in 20 years; but what is true is that exist a huge interest in the power media by companies such as Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan that are working to create investment funds to caught up clients that want to invest in it. So, will be social networking companies the new competitors of technology companies on the stock exchange? We need to wait to know the answer.
Hi Ariadna,
ResponderEliminarIn recent years Apple has become one of the world's most admired companies because of its great success and the products that they produce leading people to fall in love with them. Apple has revolutionized different markets such as the computer with the iMac and the MacBook, the music industry with iTunes, the mobile phone world with iPhone and recently creating a new market, the tablets world with his successful iPad.
I agree with you that we can not forget to mention the boom of social networks, emphasizing above all to Facebook. This is a very powerful tool because it is used by 600 million users. It is understandable that major financial companies choose to invest in these social networks as get big profits every year. So, will be social networking companies the new competitors of technology companies on the stock exchange? Who knows.