Winners in the online economy Seven of the world’s largest internet companies control 80% of the $300 billion-plus online economy, five based in the U.S. and two in China -------------------------------------------------------------------- $306.52 billion (2014-15) Amazon (U.S.) revenue $100.60bn Alphabet* (U.S.) $71.80bn Other $59.23bn JD.com (China) $18.50bn eBay (U.S.) $17.70bn Liberty Interactive (U.S.) $17.70bn Facebook (U.S.) $15.9bn Tencent (China) $12.89bn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alibaba (China) $8.57bn Priceline (U.S.) $8.44bn Expedia (U.S.) $5.76bn Rakuten (Japan) $5.60bn Netflix (U.S.) $5.50bn Baidu (China) $5.21bn Yahoo (U.S.) $4.62bn Salesforce (U.S.)$4.07bn Groupon (U.S.) $3.20bn LinkedIn (U.S.) $2.21bn NetEase (China) $2.00bn Twitter (U.S.) $1.41bn ASOS (UK) $1.40bn TripAdvisor (U.S.) $1.24bn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: USA Today, S&P Capital IQ *Parent company of Google words 108