How the big five technology companies earn their money

Everybody knows them. Apple, Amazon, Facbook, Alphabet and Microsoft are the “big players” of the leading technology companies on the market. Together, they achieve a total turnover of around 800 billion dollars every year. However, as the following graphics from Visual Capitalist show, their revenue sources are surprisingly different.

All these companies have a similar history: they were founded or established on the fertile digital soil of the American West Coast – the Silicion Valley. Since June 2004, Facebook has also been based at the most important location of the IT and high-tech industry worldwide. But how exactly do these companies earn their money? Let’s take a look at the distribution of their turnover and use the following charts to see how these companies generate their revenues.