Economic Impact

Top Silicon Valley companies founded or co-founded by those with a current or former affiliation with Stanford University, as an alumnus/alumna or faculty/staff.

In fiscal year 2008, the largest companies on our list were responsible for generating revenue totaling $255 billion, or 54% of the total revenues reported by 150 firms that make up the The Silicon Valley 150 (an annual list of the largest Silicon Valley firms.

And as a group, the Stanford-affiliated companies reported income totaling $19.1 billion, compared to an aggregate loss of $7.1 billion for the entire list of Silicon Valley 150 companies.

The Stanford-founded companies on the list had a total market capitalization of $402.5 billion, representing 47% of the $849.9 billion total market capitalization of the combined Silicon Valley 150 firms.

The following table is a ranking of the top companies founded or co-founded by Stanford affiliates, in descending order of revenue. Information is derived from The Silicon Valley 150, dated April 7, 2009.

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