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A look at the most valuable tech companies from 10 years ago shows how much has changed — and that Microsoft and Apple still dominate (MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, ORCL, HP, INTC, QCOM, V, SAP)

The tech industry has evolved dramatically over the past decade as new brands have taken over.

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  • Microsoft and Apple have stayed on top, but household names like Google, Amazon, and Facebook weren't even among the top 10 companies in 2010.
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  • In 2010, most of the largest firms were enterprise companies like IBM, Cisco, and Oracle, but since then, internet services and consumer-focused brands have mostly surpassed them.

In the past ten years, the tech industry has seen a great deal of change as new technologies and new companies have taken off. A decade ago, brands like Google, Amazon, and Facebook were still in their early stages of growth, while enterprise companies dominated the industry.

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As 2019 comes to a close, here's a look back at the top 10 publicly traded tech companies by market cap at the start of last decade, according to data from Morningstar Direct and what their market caps look like today.

Source: Morningstar Direct , market cap amounts as of 12/31/2009 and 11/30/2019.

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2010 market cap: $268.56 billion

2019 market cap: $1.15 trillion

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2010 market cap: $190.99 billion

2019 market cap: $1.19 trillion

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2010 market cap: $170.87 billion

2019 market cap: $119.07 billion

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2010 market cap: $137.72 billion

2019 market cap: $192.22 billion

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2010 market cap: $122.93 billion

2019 market cap: $184.28 billion

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2010 market cap: $121.78 billion

2019 market cap: $29.76 billion

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2010 market cap: $112.67 billion

2019 market cap: $252.52 billion

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2010 market cap: $77.44 billion

2019 market cap: $95.4 billion

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2010 market cap: $60.91 billion

2019 market cap: $410.05 billion

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2010 market cap: $56.21 billion

2019 market cap: $167.03 billion

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