Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- Amazon has surpassed Walmart to become the world's largest company by revenue, marking a significant milestone for the e-commerce and cloud computing major that began as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos' garage in 1994.

Walmart, which had held the top spot for more than a decade, reported sales of $713.2 billion for the 12 months ended January 31. Amazon, which follows a December-ending fiscal year, earlier this month posted 2025 revenue of $717 billion, according to aBloombergreport.

Over the past decade, Amazon's revenue growth has outpaced Walmart's by nearly 10 times, driven by a shift in consumer spending from brick-and-mortar stores to online platforms, as well as the rapid expansion of its cloud arm, Amazo...