As of April 2021, unicorns operating in the finance and insurance sector had the largest market valuation when compared with other sectors. They had a cumulative market valuation of 526 billion U.S. dollars, which put them ahead of both the transportation and logistics, and technology and telecommunications unicorns. A unicorn is a privately held company worth one billion U.S. dollars or more.
Market valuation of unicorns worldwide as of April 2021, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Market valuation of unicorns worldwide as of April 2021, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Statista, April 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093213/market-valuation-unicorns-worldwide-by-industry/