Trump visits China again after 9 years; the total value of domain names of the companies accompanying him exceeds US$1 billion.

Nine years later, Trump is visiting China again. Also drawing attention is his high-profile business delegation: executives from 17 US companies, including Musk, Cook, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Visa, Meta, Qualcomm, and Micron, are accompanying him. This not only represents global business power, but the domain name assets behind it are also incredibly valuable, with a total value potentially exceeding $1 billion.

Tesla: $11 Million Acquires Brand Domains; Musk's Domain Value May Exceed $200 Million

Elon Musk's Tesla spent $11 million to acquire the Tesla.com domain. In addition, Musk's X.com domain is valued at tens of millions of dollars in the industry.

The price of the X.ai domain, acquired to develop his AI business, was not disclosed, but industry experts generally believe it was worth millions of dollars. Musk's personal domain assets alone are valued at over $200 million, making him a veritable mobile "digital goldmine."

Meta: Cumulative Domain Investment Exceeds $70 Million

In 2011, Facebook spent $8.5 million to acquire FB.com, one of the most expensive domain transactions in the social media industry at the time. In 2021, to rebrand as Meta, it spent $60 million to acquire the core domain Meta.com, 181 Meta-related domains, and trademarks from Meta Financial Group.

Including its business domains like Threads.com, Meta's total domain investment approaches $100 million, making it a top-tier player in the tech industry for domain investment.

Apple: Cumulative Domain Investment Exceeds $110 Million

Apple's domain strategy is textbook-worthy: In 2008, it acquired Me.com for $6.8 million, creating a brand entry point for its MobileMe service;

In 2011, it spent another $4.5 million to acquire iCloud.com. Furthermore, it acquired Lala.com along with the Lala platform. Combined with brand domains like Apple.com and Apple.net, and its global multilingual domain system, its cumulative investment far exceeds $110 million.

Qualcomm and Micron Technology: Semiconductor Giants' Domain Name Matrix, Protecting Domains Worth Over Tens of Millions of Dollars

In addition to its official website Qualcomm.com, Qualcomm also owns dozens of business-protected domain names, such as QualcommVentures.com. The overall value of these brand-related domains exceeds $5 million.

Micron Technology, in addition to its official website Micron.com, also owns the consumer brand domain Crucial.com, covering online channels for its storage business. Combined with country-code domain protections worldwide, its domain name matrix is ​​valued at several million dollars.

Goldman Sachs: Holding GS.com, Domain Valued at Over Tens of Millions of Dollars

Besides its official website Goldmansachs.com, Goldman Sachs also owns the two-letter domain GS.com, which is extremely rare. GS.com is directly associated with Goldman Sachs' brand abbreviation and stock ticker symbol, and its industry valuation has exceeded $10 million.

Blackstone Group, in addition to its official website blackstone.com, also acquired the two-letter domain BX.com, which corresponds to its stock ticker symbol. BX.com's market valuation has now reached eight figures in US dollars.

In addition to its official website Visa.com, Visa has acquired business domains such as Plaid.com, paving the way for its payment ecosystem expansion. The overall value of its domain matrix exceeds $5 million.

Mastercard holds brand marketing domains including Priceless.com, building a global brand domain matrix with an overall investment exceeding $10 million.

Citi not only holds Citigroup.com but also operates the dedicated top-level domain .citi. ICANN application fees alone amounted to millions of dollars, with continuous increases in subsequent maintenance and security investment, resulting in a total domain asset value exceeding $15 million.

Boeing's official website Boeing.com is one of the earliest brand domains in the industry, accumulating extremely high brand authority over decades of operation. The market valuation of such established brand domains is in the millions of dollars.

General Electric Aviation, in addition to its official website GEAerospace.com, also holds the core two-letter domain GE.com. As one of the world's most well-known corporate domains, GE.com's valuation has long exceeded eight figures in US dollars.

Cisco's official website, Cisco.com, was registered in 1987, and it also applied for and operates the dedicated top-level domain .cisco. The application fee alone from ICANN reached millions of dollars, with subsequent maintenance and security investments continuously increasing.

In addition, Cisco has also acquired business domains such as Meraki.com and Webex.com, with an overall domain asset value exceeding tens of millions of dollars.

Illumina's official website, Illumina.com, covers global gene sequencing business, and with country-code domain protection in various countries, its overall value is in the millions of dollars.

Coherent holds business domains such as CoherentLaser.com, securing a foothold for its laser business, with its domain matrix value exceeding millions of dollars.

Cargill has acquired agricultural product-related domains such as CargillFoods.com, ensuring stable business expansion in the global market, with an overall domain asset value also in the millions of dollars.

According to incomplete statistics, the publicly verifiable domain name transactions of the accompanying companies have exceeded US$1 billion. Adding undisclosed investments in brand protection domains, multilingual domains, and dedicated TLDs, the overall value of their domain name assets far exceeds this figure.

These domain names are not only online entry points for these companies, but also the understated yet solid digital foundation of their global business empire.