Who is richer, Apple or Google?

Who is richer, Apple or Google depends on whether you mean company value, revenue, or parent companies, but generally Apple is considered richer in terms of market capitalization, revenue, and profit compared to Google, whose parent company is Alphabet. As of 2024 to 2025, Apple has consistently had market cap over 2.5 to 3 trillion dollars, often ranking as most valuable company in world, while Alphabet, parent of Google, has market cap around 1.7 to 2 trillion dollars, making Apple larger by market value. In terms of annual revenue, Apple also leads with over 380 billion dollars annually, while Alphabet revenue is around 300 to 350 billion dollars. In terms of cash reserves, Apple holds huge cash pile, though both have tens of billions. In terms of profit, Apple also tends to have higher net income due to high margin hardware like iPhone. However, both are extremely wealthy and among top 5 most valuable companies globally, with enormous influence. If you compare founders, Apple founder Steve Jobs estate versus Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google founders are richer individually because they retained large stakes in Alphabet, each worth over 100 billion dollars, while Tim Cook, Apple CEO, is worth far less than Google founders, though still billionaire. So as companies, Apple is richer, as individual founders, Google founders are richer.