Ten Years of iPhones Have Made Apple the World’s No. 1 Company

A Hands-On Look at Apple's New iPhone X

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Apple Inc.’s ambitious upgrade to the iPhone this week comes a decade after the smartphone was unveiled, when energy companies made up half of the top 10 businesses globally and Apple was ranked much, much lower.

Now, worth more than $800 billion, Apple is the world’s most valuable listed company and stands atop a list that’s dominated by technology, e-commerce and social-media enterprises.