The Connected Economy Is Making Companies Worth a Trillion Dollars

Samsung ’s arrival in the trillion-dollar club this week expands a roster that increasingly defines who controls the architecture of the modern global economy. That 15-company list of firms with a market capitalization north of $1 trillion spans familiar technology titans alongside companies that, at first glance, may appear to have little in common. After all, should one put executives from other trillion-dollar-club firms like Eli Lilly , Walmart , Berkshire Hathaway , Broadcom and the dominan