ExxonMobil is the largest publicly traded international gas and oil company in the world . Founded in 1859 , when Edwin Drake and Billy Smith drilled an oil well in Titusville , Pennsylvania , it currently oversees 72,700 employees , according

to Fortune . Forbes places its revenue at $ 197.5bn , with a market cap of $ 343.2 . However , as the world moves more into the clean energy industry , ExxonMobil has had to make accommodations . Its current CEO Darren Woods states ExxonMobil is investing $ 1bn in finding solutions to reduce emissions . This said , the company has also announced intentions to increase US oil production to 600,000 barrels a day by 2025 .

Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs , Ronald Wayne , and Stephen Wozniak , Apple is a technology and

software company that currently employs 116,000 people , and has reach in the Americas , Europe , the Middle East , Africa , Greater China , Japan , and Asia Pacific . It brings in $ 217.5bn in sales revenue , according to Forbes , with a market cap of $ 752bn . It is ninth on Forbes ’ Global 2000 and first on Forbes ’ World ’ s Most Valuable Brands . Fortune reports that in February of this year , Apple released the HomePod , a smart speaker designed to compete with Amazon ’ s Alexa .

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