No. 1: Alphabet
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Number of global employees: 72,000
What they do: Alphabet is the parent company to the software and search giant Google, as well as Google Fiber, X, Verily, the self-driving car company Waymo, and a number of other ventures.
No. 2: Amazon
Headquarters: Seattle, WA
Number of global employees: 341,400
What they do: Already one of the largest retailers in the world, Amazon is steadily growing its footprint. Along with producing original TV shows and movies, the retailer is moving into the realms of fashion, food delivery, online advertising, and artificial intelligence.
No. 3: Facebook
Headquarters: Menlo Park, CA
Number of global employees: 17,000
LinkedIn notes some in-demand job areas. "Software engineering, infrastructure, machine learning, data analytics and marketing."
What they do: Facebook is the world's largest social media site, with nearly 2 billion monthly users.
No. 4: Salesforce
Headquarters: San Francisco
Number of global employees: 25,000
What they do: Salesforce is a cloud computing company that offers sales, marketing, and customer support software to companies.
No. 5: Uber
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Number of global employees: 12,000
Here's how LinkedIn contextualizes Uber's ranking in the wake of recent scandals that have plagued the company. "The company moved up one spot as job seekers continued to flood the unicorn with applications and professionals researched employees in record numbers. Unique job appliers nearly doubled in February from a year earlier, though subsequent data points to some signs of weakness."
What they do: Uber is a popular ride-sharing platform. It has expanded into food delivery as well.
No. 6: Tesla
Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA
Number of global employees: 30,000
LinkedIn notes that Tesla has a lot of job openings. "The company has nearly 2,500 open position globally, including titles like Energy Advisor and Thermal Systems Aerodynamicist."
What they do: Tesla is an auto manufacturer specializing in electric vehicles. It also focuses on energy storage and solar panels.
No. 7: Apple
Headquarters: Cupertino, CA
Number of global employees: 110,000
What they do: The tech giant makes some of the most popular consumer electronics on the market, including the iPhone, iPad and MacBook. In addition, Apple sells apps, music, and other software and hardware.
No. 8: Airbnb
Headquarters: San Francisco
Number of global employees: 2,000
What they do: Airbnb provides a platform for individuals to rent out their homes, apartments, and tree houses to travelers.
No. 9: Netflix
Headquarters: Los Gatos, CA
Number of global employees: 3,200
What they do: The streaming platform gives subscribers access to thousands of licensed shows and movies, as well as to a growing library of original content.
No. 10: Dell
Headquarters: Round Rock, TX
Number of global employees: 145,000
What they do: Dell is one of the world's largest computer technology companies.
No. 11: Workday
Headquarters: Pleasanton, CA
Number of global employees: 6,600
LinkedIn notes Workday is doing some heavy hiring. "Workday tells LinkedIn it’s hired nearly 2,000 people in the past year and anticipates hiring another 2,200 in the coming year. Many of the openings are for software engineers."
What they do: Workday sells cloud-based software for payroll and human resources.
No. 12: Twitter
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Number of global employees: 3,500
What they do: Twitter is a social network where users interact using messages, or tweets, that are limited to 140 characters.
No. 13: Adobe
Headquarters: San Jose, CA
Number of global employees: 16,500
LinkedIn notes that Adobe has some "out-of-the-box job titles." "Adobe has a Principal Artist-in-Residence, a People Scientist, and a Vice President of Creativity."
What they do: Adobe makes cloud-based software for graphic design and photography, as well as for marketing.
