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Nvidia Becomes First Public Company to Hit $4 Trillion Valuation

Investors propelled the chip designer to an all-time high by banking on its AI infrastructure business despite U.S. export curbs on Chinese sales.

The NVIDIA logo is displayed on a building in Taipei, Taiwan April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang/ File Photo
A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo
Taiwanese CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang speaks during a conference as part of the 9th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Dome de Paris in the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, on June 11, 2025.
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Overview

  • Shares climbed to a record $164 on July 9–10, pushing Nvidia’s market capitalization past $4 trillion for the first time.
  • The company reported $44.1 billion in first-quarter revenue, up 69 percent year-on-year, and guided to about $45 billion for the current quarter.
  • Nvidia’s GPUs and software underpin the generative AI boom, securing a 7.3 percent weighting in the S&P 500—the index’s largest single-company stake.
  • U.S. export restrictions on advanced chips to China have trimmed billions in potential sales but have not stalled a more than 20 percent stock gain so far in 2025.
  • Since June 2023, Nvidia’s market value has expanded from $1 trillion to $4 trillion, surpassing Apple and Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company.