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    There is no clear consensus but it is believed the Dutch East Indian Company was worth several trillion dollars adjusted to current day inflation.

    No other company to this day came close. It employed up to a million people versus 800k by the rest of European colonial companies combined. It owned over 4000 ships and operated a private army to do whatever it wanted.