List of most expensive and valuable assets

This is a list of most expensive and valuable assets. The list covers assets that have an estimated market value, as well as those that required significant costs to be implemented. Some megaprojects, such as Big Dig, are not included, seeing that they are not individual articles.

List

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Article	Category / definition	Cost ($)	Market value ($)	Value	As of	Year	Origin
Saudi Aramco	national petroleum and natural gas company	—	1,200,000,000,000[1]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	4/2018	est. 1933	KSA
Apple Inc.	technology company	—	1,091,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][2]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1976	US
Amazon.com, Inc.	electronic commerce and cloud computing company	—	976,650,000,000[lower-alpha 1][3]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1994	US
Microsoft	multinational technology company	—	877,400,000,000[lower-alpha 1][4]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1975	US
Alphabet Inc.	conglomerate	—	839,740,000,000[lower-alpha 1][5]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 2015	US
Berkshire Hathaway	multinational conglomerate holding company	—	523,520,000,000[lower-alpha 1][6]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1839	US
Facebook	social media and social networking service company	—	473,850,000,000[lower-alpha 1][7]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 2004	US
Alibaba Group	multinational conglomerate	—	423,600,000,000[lower-alpha 1][8]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1999	CHN
Tencent	multinational investment holding conglomerate	—	388,080,000,000[lower-alpha 1][9]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1998	CHN
Pemex	state-owned petroleum company	—	415,000,000,000[10]	543,268,870,336	12/2005	est. 1938	MEX
PDVSA	state-owned oil and natural gas company	—	388,000,000,000[10]	507,923,666,723	12/2005	est. 1976	VEN
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation	national oil company	—	378,000,000,000[10]	494,832,850,571	12/2005	est. 1980	KUW
JPMorgan Chase	multinational investment bank and financial services company	—	379,440,000,000[lower-alpha 1][11]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 2000	US
Johnson & Johnson	multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company	—	370,650,000,000[lower-alpha 1][12]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q3/18	est. 1886	US
ExxonMobil	multinational oil and gas corporation	—	350,270,000,000[lower-alpha 1][13]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	Q2/18	est. 1999	US
ICBC	multinational banking company	—	336,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1984	CHN
Bank of America	multinational investment bank and financial services company	—	307,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1904	US
Samsung Electronics	multinational investment bank and financial services company	—	298,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1969	KOR
Walmart	multinational retail corporation	—	264,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1962	US
Royal Dutch Shell	oil and gas company	—	263,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1907	UK
China Construction Bank	banking company	—	259,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1954	CHN
Wells Fargo	multinational financial services company	—	256,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1852	US
Nestlé	transnational food and drink company	—	246,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1866	SUI
Visa	multinational financial services corporation	—	246,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1958	US
Intel	multinational technology company	—	243,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1968	US
Petronas	oil and gas company	—	232,000,000,000[10]	303,706,934,742	12/2005	est. 1974	MYS
Sonatrach	state-owned oil and gas company	—	224,000,000,000[10]	293,234,281,820	12/2005	est. 1963	ALG
Anheuser-Busch InBev	multinational drink and brewing holdings company	—	222,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 2008	BEL
National Iranian Oil Company	state-owned oil and natural gas company	—	220,000,000,000[10]	287,997,955,359	12/2005	est. 1948	IRN
Waymo	self-driving technology development company	—	170,000,000,000[lower-alpha 2]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	8/2018	est. 2009/16	US
YouTube	video-sharing website	—	160,000,000,000[20]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	5/2018	est. 2005	US
International Space Station	space station	150,000,000,000	—	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	—	lau. 1998	—
Pertamina	state-owned oil and natural gas corporation	—	140,000,000,000[10]	183,271,426,137	12/2005	est. 1957	IDN
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation	state-owned oil and gas corporation	—	120,000,000,000[10]	157,089,793,832	12/2005	est. 1977	NGR
General Electric	multinational conglomerate	—	117,000,000,000[lower-alpha 1][14]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	3/2018	est. 1892	US
Instagram	photo and video-sharing social networking service	—	100,000,000,000[21]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	6/2018	est. 2010	US
Uber	ridesharing company, taxi cab, food delivery, Bicycle-sharing system	—	72,000,000,000[22]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	2/2018	est. 2009	US
AVE	high-speed rail	53,200,000,000[lower-alpha 3][24]	—	57,455,102,615	2014		ESP
Wikimedia Foundation	non-profit and charitable organization	—	20,000,000,000[lower-alpha 4]	22,272,793,158	2012	est. 2003	US
Baikal–Amur Mainline	Russian gauge railway	14,000,000,000[26][27]	—	34,452,914,798	—	1974–84[lower-alpha 5]	RUS
Wikipedia	multilingual, web-based encyclopedia based on a model of openly editable content	—	8,800,000,000[lower-alpha 6]	10,001,538,462	10/2013	est. 2001	US
Slack	cloud-based set of proprietary team collaboration tools and services	—	8,000,000,000[lower-alpha 7]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	5/2018	est. 2013	US
Amer Sports	sporting goods company	—	4,600,000,000[32]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	12/2018	est. 1950	FIN
Red Line	underground rapid transit rail system	4,500,000,000[33]	—	6,680,869,565	—	1986–2000[lower-alpha 8]	US
History Supreme	luxury yacht	—	4000000000[34]	US|100|1893|fmt=c}}data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | —	10/2018	—	UK

See also

• Lists of most expensive items by category
• List of public corporations by market capitalization
• Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams

Footnotes

1. Market capitalization of a publicly traded company
2. During 2018, different subjects arrived at different estimations. Morgan Stanley valued the company at $175 billion,[15][16] Evercore ISI at $100 billion,[17] Mark Mahaney of RBC Capital Markets at $119 billion[18] and Eric Sheridan of UBS at around $135 billion.[19]
3. Euro (€) to U.S. dollar (USD) average exchange rate was 1.33 in 2014.[23]
4. In 2012, Enrique Bonson, a professor of accounting at the University of Huelva, and Francisco Flores, a professor of business administration at the Iriarte School of Tourism and Management in Tenerife, published an article, in which they concluded that “Wikimedia should be valued between $10 and $30 billion.”[25]
5. Construction began in 1974 and concluded in 1984.
6. In 2011, Vincent Juhel, in his master’s thesis for HEC Paris on the economic value of Wikipedia, used a discounted cash flow methodology to determine the market value of Wikipedia, arriving at an estimation of $8.8 billion.[25] Jonathan Band and Jonathan Gerafi of Infojustice concluded in 2013 that the one-time replacement value of Wikipedia would be $6.6 billion, and that the website would potentially yield a valuation of tens of billions of dollars.[28]
7. Forbes estimated the company's fair value at $8 billion in May 2018.[29] Three months later, in August 2018, Slack released a press release, stating that the company was valued at "more than $7.1 billion," at the moment of the release.[30][31]
8. Construction began in 1986 and concluded in 2000.

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