Math & words

Trillion-Dollar Club

A four-dollar lemonade stand meets a million millions.

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A song. A few new discoveries.

Count twelve zeros, compare a million, a billion and a trillion, and discover the difference between market value and revenue. Meet the companies behind familiar technology—and the small beginnings behind some enormous businesses.

The video’s company market values are a dated snapshot: September 25, 2026. Prices and rankings change. Revenue comparisons refer to Fortune’s 2026 Global 500, using the companies’ reported fiscal-year results. Market value is share price times shares outstanding, not cash in a vault. Company names identify educational examples; this video is not sponsored by or affiliated with them.

Made for curious kids around ages 6–12 and the grown-ups watching with them. Music and animation created with AI tools under Mike Sego’s direction. YouTube’s video description includes the release notes and credits.

Read the sing-along lyrics
Smarty Party! Welcome to my company. Lemonade. Headquarters: the sidewalk. Total value... four dollars. And a lemon. I sell lemonade, a quarter a cup, Made four bucks today—yeah, I'm moving up! But the biggest companies play a bigger game: Worth a trillion dollars! Let me explain— A thousand's got three zeros, a million's got six, A billion's got nine, then add three to the mix: Twelve zeros—a trillion! Now that's an amount! A million millions, stacked up for the count! If you counted to a trillion, one number every second... it would take you about thirty-two thousand years. ...I'm gonna need a snack. Trillion-dollar club! Club! A million millions—that's a whole lot of dough! Write a one, then zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Twelve zeros in a row— Trillion-dollar club! Club! Right now at the top, Nvidia's the name, Making chips for AI and your video games! Apple's got the iPhone, right there in your hand, Alphabet's got Google and YouTube—understand? Microsoft's got Windows, Xbox, Minecraft too, Amazon brings boxes right to you! TSMC in Taiwan makes the chips inside, SpaceX rockets, Meta goggles, Tesla rides! Trillion-dollar club! Club! A million millions—that's a whole lot of dough! Write a one, then zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Twelve zeros in a row— Trillion-dollar club! Club! Trillion-dollar club! Club! Money coming in? That's called revenue— Amazon's number one, and Walmart's right there too: Seven hundred billion dollars, each, a year! And the biggest crew? It's Walmart, loud and clear: Over two million workers! Two million! That's a lot— More than any company on the planet's got! Every giant started tiny—here's the proof: Nvidia was planned in a Denny's booth! Amazon shipped books from a garage in the back, Google had a garage too—and look at 'em, stacked! Walmart began as a single store, So I'll squeeze these lemons, and I'll dream some more! Trillion-dollar club! Club! A million millions—that's a whole lot of dough! Write a one, then zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Zero-zero-zero! Twelve zeros in a row— Trillion-dollar club! Club! Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Count it up! Count it up! So your company is worth... four dollars. Now I just need twelve more zeros. Smarty Party Songs! Like, subscribe, PARTY!

Lyrics from the published video’s caption file.

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