7 MOST VALUABLE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR WEBSITES

Away from the flourish of the oil and gas, electronics and the financial sectors, a rising formidable contender to the throne of vast wealth generation globally is
the online world. 

Today's websites generate incredible revenue that stands in a place to actively contest with the traditional money-bag industries we all know and come to align with today.

An industry which before now was not taken seriously as one that would today generate billions of dollars annually is a leader in today's financial markets globally. 

These websites do not just exist in cyberspace but have branches scattered around the world, these websites as we speak have grown to become multinational organizations that employ same staff strength or even more in number than leading organizations in other sectors.

The price state below is not a how much the website cost as a company including physical assets but how much the website costs on its own upon valuing as a stand-alone entity.

7. YANDEX.RU

Standing as Russia's biggest technology company, YANDEX.RU boasts of over 65% of the country's market share while it is its largest search engine and the 4th globally with over 170 million searches daily. The website is currently worth $15,018,812,899.

6. INSTAGRAM.COM

Basically, a photo-sharing social media network, which also allows short videos to be shared too is the handiwork of Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom. Launched as an iOS mobile app in 2010 the platform has been expanded to take on both Android and PC users. INSTAGRAM.COM is currently worth $15,022,254,465.

5. ALIEXPRESS.COM

Owned by ALIBABA.COM, ALIEXPRESS.COM was launched in 2010 as an online retail service. The website is now an authority in the online retail service provision business and this website has vastly changed the story of small business owners to big that of well-standing entrepreneurs. Offering same services as EBAY.COM, the website is currently worth $15,039,589,451.

4. YOUTUBE.COM

Founded by three ex-PayPal employees namely Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen in February of 2005. With headquarters in San Bruno, California, www.youtube.com stands as the world's most utilized video sharing website. Currently owned by Google LLC, the website is worth $30,000,598,641.

3. YAHOO.COM

Originally founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang in January of 1994, YAHOO.COM boasts of being one of the pioneers of the 1990s internet boom. The website boasts of being the second most-used search engine after GOOGLE.COM, globally. The website also offers other services aside from it being a search engine (Yahoo! Search), which include Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups and more. The website is currently owned by Verizon Communications and is worth $30,015,187,308.

2. FACEBOOK.COM

With headquarters at Menlo Park, California, www.facebook.com remains the most utilized online social media network to date. Launched on 4th February 2004 5 Harvard students with Mark Zuckerberg at the fore including fellow schoolmates Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin. Initially available to only Harvard students, the website went on to accommodate state, nation and then on to rendering its social media network service globally. FACEBOOK.COM is currently worth $30,146,868,974.

1. GOOGLE.COM

Founded in 1998 by 2 Ph.D. students of Stanford University, California, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. www.google.com has grown through the years to become the world's number one search engine. Also called Google Web Search or just Google Search, the website generates billions of search results daily and accounts for 65% of the U.S market shares. The pair of Larry Page and Sergey Brin now own 14 percent of the company's overall shares while GOOGLE.COM is worth a whopping $30,236,935,645 and stays at the world's most expensive website today.