One Company Market Cap Bigger that its Nation's GDP
Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on August 10, 2023, 5:46 PM
US$398 billion: GDP of Denmark
$412 billion: Market cap of Novo Nordisk, a Danish healthcare company which makes a popular obesity drug Wegovy. Wegovy was recently anointed to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. With that Eureka moment, Wegovy enters another level.
Nations rise when great entrepreneurs emerge. Here, one company has a market cap that is bigger than its nation's GDP!

US$398 billion: GDP of Denmark
$412 billion: Market cap of Novo Nordisk, a Danish healthcare company which makes a popular obesity drug Wegovy. Wegovy was recently anointed to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. With that Eureka moment, Wegovy enters another level.
Nations rise when great entrepreneurs emerge. Here, one company has a market cap that is bigger than its nation's GDP!
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