5 Most Valuable Internet Companies in 2000 vs. Today

#4 Tencent

Market Capitalization as of October 7: $326.49 billion

Tencent is another Chinese internet giant given its ownership of the popular app WeChat, which is an instant messaging, social media, and payments super app. Tencent is also a leader in games both inside China and outside of China.

Given the over billion people who use WeChat, Tencent is worth $326.49 billion as of October 7.

In 2000, the fourth most valuable internet company was online auction leader Ebay with a valuation of around $17.6 billion. Although Ebay is still around today, it has been eclipsed by Amazon in e-commerce as many users want to buy instantly rather than wait.