FAANG

The acronym FAANG refers to the names of the five most popular tech companies in the US:

• Facebook
• Amazon
• Apple
• Netflix
• Google

Originally coined as a stock market term to represent the largest tech companies by market capitalization–FAANG is the latest alias colloquially used among the software/IT community to describe a collective of pretigious household-name tech companies, known for their highly competitive hiring process and their generous total monetary compensation package.

Example

Microsoft is a FAANG company based in Redmond, WA.

Further Reading

• FAANG

Synonyms

• Big Tech, Big Five, GAFAM, and GAFA

Abbreviation

• FAANG