A look at the most valuable tech companies from 10 years ago shows how much has changed - and that Microsoft and Apple still dominate

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

• 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.

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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.

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.