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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 $261.2 billion, or 55% 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 $12.8 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 $414.7 billion, representing 49% 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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Company2008 REVENUES (MILLIONS)2008 NET INCOME (MILLIONS) MARKET CAP (MILLIONS) on March 31, 2009

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1 Hewlett-Packard$118,697$8,050 $76,835

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2 Cisco Systems$39,575$7,492$97,887

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3Google$21,796 $4,227$109,741

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4 Sun Microsystems$13,256-$1,832$5,451

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5eBay $8,541$1,780$16,114

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6Yahoo$7,209$424$17,860

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7Symantec $6,222-$6,293$12,266

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8Agilent$5,547$637$5,307

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9Electronic Arts $4,479-$1,140$5,854

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10NetApp$3,465$101$4,908

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11Nvidia$3,425 -$30$5,349

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12Intuit$3,064$415$8,673

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13Varian Medical Systems $2,120$293$3,787

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14Maxim Integrated$1,901$156 $4,018

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15VMware $1,881$290$9,227

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16Cypress Semiconductor$1,800-$430$934

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17Atmel$1,567 -$27$1,630

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18SunPower$1,435$92$1,878

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19Altera$1,367$360 $5,149

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20 Netflix$1,365$83$2,519

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21Synopsys$1,361$196$2,944

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22Cadence Design $1,077-$1,822$1,111

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23Varian$983$62$688

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24Intuitive Surgical $875$204$3,737

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25Tibco Software$631$53 $1,026

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26Coherent $579$4$420

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27Smart Modular Technologies$579-$23 $85

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28 Infinera$519$79$698

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29Atheros Communications$472$19 $892

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30Zoran Corp. $439-$216$450

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31Dionex$394$57$838

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32Extreme Networks $357$5$135

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33Silicon Graphics$349-$158$5

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34Ariba$337-$19 $759

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35 Silicon Storage Technology$316-$33$158

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36Align Technology$304 $80$524

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37Micrel$259$29$460

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38Omnicell$252$13 $245

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39Exponent $229$23$347

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40Accuray$223-$1$280

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41SonicWall$219 $5$240

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42 Actel$218-$12$264

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43Shutterfly$214$5 $236

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44 Sigma Designs$209$25$328

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45Power Integrations$202$2$463

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46Applied Signal Technology $189$10$263

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47Openwave$174-$87$81

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48Natus Medical $162$18$238

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49Rambus$143-$196$986

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50Echelon$134 -$26$328

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51 MIPS Technologies$109-$115$131

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$261,215$12,826$414,743

 

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