Ranked: The Top 10 Most Valuable Unicorn Companies

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Ranked: The Top 10 Most Valuable Unicorn Companies

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Unicorn companies are privately-owned, venture-backed startups worth at least $1 billion, and are therefore not publicly traded on normal stock markets.

In this chart created by Trendline, we look at the world’s highest-valued unicorn companies, based on data from CB Insights as of June 1, 2024.

TikTok on Top

The Chinese media and entertainment company ByteDance, which owns the social media platform TikTok, is the world’s most valuable unicorn company at $225 billion.

However, as U.S. regulatory pressure grows for ByteDance to divest TikTok in the U.S., this leading valuation may be in doubt going forward.

Company	Country	Industry	Valuation (USD, billions)
ByteDance	🇨🇳 China	Media & Entertainment	$225B
SpaceX	🇺🇸 United States	Industrial	$150B
OpenAI	🇺🇸 United States	AI (Enterprise Tech)	$80B
Shein	🇸🇬 Singapore	Consumer & Retail	$66B
Stripe	🇺🇸 United States	Financial Services	$65B
Databricks	🇺🇸 United States	Enterprise Tech	$43B
Revolut	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Financial Services	$33B
Fanatics	🇺🇸 United States	Consumer & Retail	$31B
Canva	🇦🇺 Australia	Enterprise Tech	$25B
Epic Games	🇺🇸 United States	Gaming	$23B

Source: CB Insights.

Meanwhile, the largest unicorn company in the United States is SpaceX, led and founded by Elon Musk, valued at $150 billion. SpaceX is the only company on the list in the industrial category.

OpenAI, founded in 2015, is the world’s highest-valued artificial intelligence pure-play company. Best known for its groundbreaking program ChatGPT, it is worth $80 billion.

American Exceptionalism

The United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, and China appear only once in the top 10, while the United States takes six places.

Australia’s only appearance is its graphic design company, Canva, which is worth $25 billion. Canva was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sydney.

Revolut, a fintech company, is the United Kingdom’s highest-valued unicorn. Founded in 2015 by Nikolay Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko, it is valued at $33 billion.

Finally, home to fast fashion company Shein, Singapore is the only Asian entry besides ByteDance in the top 10. That said, Shein is the world’s largest retail unicorn, valued at $66 billion.

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Ranked: The 50 Best Places to Work in America

These are the best places to work in America in 2025—see who made the list and why they stand out.

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May 23, 2025

Marcus Lu

Ranked: The 50 Best Places to Work in America

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Key Takeaways

Forbes ranked the best large employers in America (those with 5,000+ employees)
The Healthcare sector was the most common industry among top 50 employers, followed by Tech

What makes a company a great place to work? In a competitive labor market, top employers stand out by offering strong compensation, a culture of purpose, and the opportunity for growth.

This graphic highlights the 50 best places to work in America, based on Forbes annual employer ranking. For this analysis, only employers with over 5,000 employees were considered.

Data & Discussion

The data we used to create this graphic is listed in the table below.

Rank	Name	Industry
1	University of Notre Dame	🎓 Education
2	Trader Joe's	🛒 Consumer
3	Houston Methodist	🏥 Healthcare
4	NVIDIA	💻 Tech
5	Navy Federal Credit Union	💰 Finance & Insurance
6	Google	💻 Tech
7	Microsoft	💻 Tech
8	In-N-Out Burger	🛒 Consumer
9	Delta Air Lines	✈️ Transportation & Industrial
10	Raymond James Financial	💰 Finance & Insurance
11	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	🏥 Healthcare
12	Apple	💻 Tech
13	Washington University in Saint Louis	🎓 Education
14	University of Tennessee Medical Center	🏥 Healthcare
15	Salesforce	💻 Tech
16	Garmin	💻 Tech
17	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	🏥 Healthcare
18	St. Luke's University Health Network	🏥 Healthcare
19	UC Davis Health	🏥 Healthcare
20	NASA	🚀 Government
21	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	🎓 Education
22	Cook Children's Health Care System	🏥 Healthcare
23	Mayo Clinic	🏥 Healthcare
24	Community Health Network	🏥 Healthcare
25	American Express	💰 Finance & Insurance
26	Stanford University	🎓 Education
27	Baptist Health System (TX)	🏥 Healthcare
28	Fidelity Investments	💰 Finance & Insurance
29	Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina	💰 Finance & Insurance
30	Cincinnati Children's	🏥 Healthcare
31	Nationwide Children's Hospital	🏥 Healthcare
32	MD Anderson Cancer Center	🏥 Healthcare
33	Nike	🛒 Consumer
34	Adobe	💻 Tech
35	American Cancer Society	🏥 Healthcare
36	Commercial Metals Company (CMC)	✈️ Transportation & Industrial
37	Cambia Health Solutions	💰 Finance & Insurance
38	Mutual of Omaha	💰 Finance & Insurance
39	University of Virginia	🎓 Education
40	Zillow	💻 Tech
41	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	🏥 Healthcare
42	Costco Wholesale	🛒 Consumer
43	FirstHealth of the Carolinas	🏥 Healthcare
44	Procter & Gamble	🛒 Consumer
45	U.S. Federal Reserve System	🏛️ Government
46	Children's Hospital Los Angeles	🏥 Healthcare
47	New York-Presbyterian Hospital	🏥 Healthcare
48	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	🏥 Healthcare
49	Progressive	💰 Finance & Insurance
50	IBM	💻 Tech

At an industry level, the most common was Healthcare, which represented 19 of the 50 best places to work in America for 2025.

Healthcare: 19 employers
Tech: 9 employers
Finance & Insurance: 8 employers
Consumer: 5 employers
Education: 5 employers
Government: 2 employers
Transportation & Industrial: 2 employers

Let’s take a closer look at some of these industries.

🏥 Healthcare

Houston Methodist is the flagship quaternary care hospital of Houston Methodist academic medical center and the highest ranked Healthcare employer for 2025. It recently received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, ranking #18 overall and highest among healthcare employers, based on positive feedback from current and former employees.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital also has a strong reputation and has regularly been named a top 100 company to work for by Fortune magazine.

💻 Tech

Nvidia is the highest ranked Tech company and the fourth best employer in America. It stands out for its innovative culture and boasts a 97% approval rating according to Great Place to Work.

We’ve covered Nvidia in a number of other infographics, such as this one comparing the quarterly revenue of chip designers.

🛍️ Consumer

Trader Joe’s is the second best place to work in America according to Forbes, due to its positive atmosphere and engaging work environment. On Glassdoor, the company has a 4.1 star rating and a 80% recommendation rate.

In-N-Out is also highly ranked, claiming third in Glassdoor’s 2025 Best Places to Work ranking. Employees have praised their pay, benefits, and flexibility in positive reviews of the chain.