--- title: Here's How Much the Biggest Companies Will Make During the Leap Second description: Tuesday, June 30, will be exactly one second longer than the typical day. How will that benefit big corporations? authors: - name: Jacob Davidson url: https://money.com/author/jacob-davidson/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 106 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/JakeD former_staff: true published: '2015-06-30T15:12:41.000Z' modified: '2024-05-07T09:16:43.000Z' section: Business tags: - Apple - Berkshire Hathaway - Chevron - exxon - Fortune 500 - leap second - pubdesk - Walmart word_count: 237 canonical: https://money.com/leap-second-fortune-500/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![88621204](https://img.money.com/2015/06/gettyimages-88621204.jpg) Tuesday, June 30, will be exactly one second longer than the typical day. That's thanks to the "leap second," which gets added on to a day every now and again to compensate for a constant gravitation tug-of-war between Earth and the moon that very gradually slows our planet's rotation. The leap second made us wonder: exactly how much do America's largest companies make during that extra second? To answer that question, we took the top five firms in the [Fortune 500](http://fortune.com/fortune500/) and divided their annual revenue by [the number of seconds in the average year.](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=number%20of%20seconds%20in%20a%20year) The result? - Walmart, the largest company in the world, makes enough in one second ($15,390) to feed a family of four for over 14 months. - It takes Exxon Mobil one second to generate enough revenue ($12,124) to buy one half of a Toyota Prius. - Chevron makes enough in one second ($6,457) to buy 2,333 gallons of gasoline. - Berkshire Hathaway takes in enough in one second ($6,169) to buy [almost 16,000 cans of Coke](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HZYDW5E/ref=s9_simh_gw_p467_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=02P0B9PMKET6VT1AXC9X&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2118394622&pf_rd_i=desktop), the favorite soda of Berkshire founder Warren Buffett. - With the amount Apple makes every second ($5,793), the company could buy nine new unlocked iPhones. And how much does the average American household make in one second? According to the U.S. Census, the answer is less than a cent. 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