Internet tech companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Yelp, and Twitter only exist because you, the user, patronize them. HowMuch.net has broken down what one person using the services of these companies is worth to that company.
They calculated this by taking the number of active users and dividing that number by the company’s market cap — the number of shares multiplied by the price of each share.
Here is what they found:
Check the data for yourself here.
Alibaba
Market cap: $217 billion
Active users: 350 million
User worth: $621
eBay
Market cap: $71 billion
Active users: 152 million
User worth: $474
Market cap: $364 billion
Active users: 2 billion
User worth: $182
Market cap: $227 billion
Active users: 1.4 billion
User worth: $158
Tencent
Market cap: $196 billion
Active users: 2 billion
User worth: $96
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s interim CEO.
Market cap: $24.4 billion
Active users: 302 million
User worth: $81
Yahoo!
Market cap: $42.2 billion
Active users: 600 million
User worth: $70
Market cap: $24.9 billion
Active users: 364 million
User worth: $69
Groupon
Market cap: $4.5 billion
Active users: 160 million
User worth: $28
Zynga
Market cap: $2.8 billion
Active users: 100 million
User worth: $28
Yelp
Market cap: $3.5 billion
Active users: 142 million
User worth: $25
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