The largest concerns in the world. The largest corporations and companies in the world
An American company, the largest private oil company in the world, one of the largest corporations in the world by market capitalization.
S tarbucks
And an American company selling coffee and a chain of coffee shops of the same name. The management company is Starbucks Corporation. Starbucks is the largest coffee company in the world, with a network of more than 22.5 thousand coffee shops in 67 countries. Starbucks sells espresso and beverages based on it, other hot and cold drinks, coffee beans, teas, hot and cold sandwiches, cakes, snacks and items such as coffee makers, mugs and glasses. The company's headquarters are in Seattle, Washington, USA.
C hina Mobile
Founded in 1997
China Mobile Communications Corporation, CMCC (Chinese: ?????? - Zh?nggu? Y?d?ng T?ngx?n, HKSE:0941, NYSE: CHL) is the largest mobile operator in the world and in 2014 In 2016, it was included in the ratings of the most valuable and influential public companies in the world FT Global 500, published annually by the Financial Times, as well as in the Forbes Global 2000 (in 2016 - in 18th place).
McDonald's
An American corporation, until 2010 the world's largest chain of fast food restaurants operating under a franchise system. At the end of 2010, the company ranks 2nd in the number of restaurants worldwide after the Subway restaurant chain. Listed on the 2011 Fortune Global 500 list.
Gazprom
Founded: 1989
Russian transnational corporation engaged in geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and sales of gas, gas condensate and oil, as well as the production and sale of heat and electricity, banking and media structures. The largest company in Russia, the largest gas company in the world, owns the longest gas transportation system. Is a global industry leader. According to the Forbes Global 2000 list, Gazprom ranks 17th among global companies in terms of revenue. According to the Forbes magazine rating, Gazprom became the most profitable company in the world at the end of 2011. The company's credit rating is BB+, outlook: negative.
K F.C.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
American chain of catering restaurants specializing in chicken dishes. The company's headquarters are located in Louisville, Kentucky. KFC is the second largest cafe chain in the world in terms of sales, second only to McDonald's. As of December 2013, the KFC brand operates 18,876 outlets in 118 countries. KFC is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
A pple
American corporation, manufacturer of personal and tablet computers, audio players, phones, software. One of the pioneers in the field of personal computers and modern multitasking operating systems with a graphical interface. Headquarters in Cupertino, California.
Gloria Jean's Coffees
The second largest international chain of coffee shops and coffee shops, with stores in more than thirty countries around the world.
Gloria Jean's Coffees was founded by Gloria Jean Kvetko in 1979 in Chicago, USA. Initially, this enterprise - Gloria Jean's Coffees - was a small coffee shop and gift shop, and in 1986, Gloria and her husband decided to franchise the right to use their concept. As a result, over time, the company grew from one store into a large chain with more than 110 coffee shops in all US states.
In 1991, the company won the title of retailer of the year in the state of Illinois. Gloria Jean's Coffees has quickly grown into the largest chain of coffee shops serving major shopping centers in North America. The company soon received first prize from Entrepreneur Magazines, which named it the top luxury coffee franchisor in America for five years.
Amazon.com
An American company, the world's largest in terms of turnover among those selling goods and services via the Internet and one of the first Internet services focused on selling real consumer goods. The headquarters is located in Seattle.
S barro
American chain of fast food restaurants serving traditional Italian cuisine.
Nike
An American company, a world-famous manufacturer of sportswear and footwear. Headquarters is in Beaverton. Analysts say Nike has nearly 95% of the U.S. basketball shoe market. In 2012, the company employed more than 44,000 people worldwide. The brand is valued at $10.7 billion and is the most valuable brand in the sports industry. Since September 20, 2013, it has been included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Coffee Bean
The first coffee shop chain to appear in Moscow. Currently, the chain includes 18 coffee shops in nine cities of Russia.
T he Coca-Cola Company
Date of foundation: 1892
American food company, the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of concentrates, syrups and soft drinks. The company's most famous product is the Coca-Cola drink. Included in the Fortune 1000 list in 2007. The headquarters is located in the capital of Georgia, Atlanta.
Microsoft
One of the largest transnational companies producing proprietary software for various types of computing equipment - personal computers, game consoles, PDAs, mobile phones and others, the developer of the most widely used software platform in the world at the moment - the Windows family of operating systems.
U nilever
A British and Dutch company, one of the world leaders in the food and household chemicals market. Currently, in these segments it is the second largest company in the world in terms of sales volumes. Headquarters are in London and Rotterdam.
Nestle
Swiss company, the world's largest food manufacturer. Nestle also specializes in producing pet food, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics. The company's main office is located in the Swiss city of Vevey.
H&M
A Swedish company, Europe's largest clothing retail chain. Headquarters in Stockholm.
E Bay
An American company providing services in the areas of online auctions and online stores. Operates the eBay.com website and its local versions in several countries, and owns eBay Enterprise.
G ameloft
Gameloft is a video game publisher and developer headquartered in Paris with offices around the world.
The company was founded by the Guillemot brothers, founders and owners of Ubisoft. The company creates games primarily for mobile phones and other devices equipped with the Java ME, BREW and Symbian OS platforms, as well as N-Gage. Gameloft also develops games for platforms such as Nintendo DS, Macintosh, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Zeebo and others including bada, iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
American Express
Founded: 1850
American Express Company (American Express, AmeEx, Amex) is an American financial company. The company's well-known products are credit cards, charge cards and traveler's checks. The company's headquarters are located in New York.
In 2008, Sberbank of Russia became the world leader in the sale of American Express traveler's checks (over $1 billion).
The number of transactions on American Express cards in the trade and service network in 2014 was 6.5 billion, which is 3% of all bank card transactions in the world.
MasterCard Mass
MasterCard Worldwide or MasterCard Incorporated is an international payment system, a transnational financial corporation, uniting 22 thousand financial institutions in 210 countries. The company's main headquarters is located in New York, Westchester County, USA. The global operating headquarters is located in O'Fallon, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Globally, the core business is processing payments between merchant acquiring banks, issuing banks or credit cooperatives using MasterCard branded debit and credit cards for payments. MasterCard Worldwide has been a publicly traded company since 2006 and, prior to its initial public offering, was an organization jointly operated by more than 25,000 financial institutions that issue branded cards.
MasterCard, originally known as Interbank/Master Charge, was created by several California banks as a competitor to BankAmericard cards issued by Bank of America, which later became the issuer of Visa credit cards from Visa Inc. From 1966 to 1979 MasterCard was called "Interbank" and "Master Charge".
Tefal
Founded: 1956
An international brand that produces household appliances and tableware. In 1968, Tefal was acquired by Groupe SEB. Along with the Tefal brand, Groupe SEB produces and sells products in 120 countries around the world of such brands as Rowenta and Moulinex.
General Electric
An American diversified corporation, a manufacturer of many types of equipment, including locomotives, power plants, gas turbines, aircraft engines, medical equipment, photographic equipment, household and lighting equipment, plastics and sealants. The company, as of 2015, ranks ninth on the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest public companies, and was the world's largest non-financial multinational corporation, as well as a major media concern. In the Financial Times ranking by market capitalization it ranks 13th in 2015.
A uchan
A French corporation represented in many countries around the world. One of the world's largest retail chain operators. Nominally, Auchan is the main structural division of the family mega-corporation “Association of the Mulier Family”.
Bulgari
Founded: 1884
Bulgari S.p.A. (pronounced Bulgari) is an Italian company founded in 1884, producing luxury goods (jewelry, watches, perfumes, leather accessories) and owning luxury hotels. Bulgari is part of the LVMH group (Mo?t Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and closes the top three largest jewelry companies in the world.
The brand name is usually written as , based on the traditional Latin alphabet, where the letter "V" is equivalent to the modern "U". The headquarters is located in Rome.
Sotirios Bulgaris was a Greek jeweler, a native of the village of Paramitia in the Epirus region, a picturesque corner of Greece, where the first boutique he opened has survived to this day. In 1877, Bulgaris moved to Corfu, then to Naples and in 1881 ended up in Rome, where he opened several jewelry and antique shops, including a boutique on Via Sistina (1884).
Companies that showed the highest market capitalization in 2016 and were recognized as the most expensive by this indicator: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Berkshire Hathaway, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, General Electric, Wells Fargo.
The holdings whose shares collectively have the highest price in the world are the most expensive by market capitalization. This indicator should not be confused with market value.
During inter-exchange trading, the price of shares constantly fluctuates, so capitalization changes daily. The rating indicates capitalization, on the basis of which the English-language edition of Forbes magazine prepared and published a list of the most valuable companies in the world in May 2016, as well as some capitalization indicators in 2017. All ten places in the ranking belong to American corporations.
Apple
The status of the world's most valuable corporation by market capitalization belongs to the legendary Apple, a public company founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak in April 1976. Until January 2007, it was called Apple Computer, Inc.
Produces:
- computer equipment;
- telephones;
- tablets;
- TVs;
- smart watch;
- digital music players;
- software;
- operating systems under the iCloud and Apple brands.
Apple has firmly established a unique reputation as a manufacturer of electronics with aesthetic design coupled with modern innovative technologies.
Capitalization: 586 billion US dollars at the time of Forbes magazine’s ranking for 2016, and 766 billion dollars at the beginning of April 2016
Since 2016, the company’s capitalization has had a pronounced growth trend, reaching a figure of more than 700 billion US dollars by the beginning of 2017.
Corporate headquarters Apple is located in the Californian city of Cupertino.
Apple has gone from a small startup founded in Steve Jobs' garage, which later became a cult figure and idol of youth around the world, to the richest corporation in terms of capitalization. It is interesting that the initial capital for starting the business was the money earned by Jobs from the sale of a minibus and Wozniak from the sale of a calculator (!).
Alphabet
Second place is occupied by a company owned by the founders of the Google Inc holding, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It owns several large companies and Google Inc itself, whose shares were converted into shares of Alphabet Inc.
Market capitalization: $500.1 billion in May 2016 and $586 billion at the beginning of 2017.
The transformation of Google into Alphabet was officially announced in August 2015, a move that raised eyebrows among the general public. Since then, the Google receiver has repeatedly overtaken the giant Apple and taken first place in the top of the most valuable companies in the world by market capitalization.
The headquarters of the holding is located in the world center of high technology accumulation - Silicon Valley in the USA in the small town of Mountain View, California.
Before the end of 2017, the American holding Alphabet intends to begin construction of a building with an area of 85 square meters. meters in London, which will become its headquarters.
According to the publishing house Gazeta.ru, analysts expect a significant increase in the capitalization of the holding due to the rapid growth of the mobile advertising market; according to forecasts, by 2019 the volume of this market could reach $200 billion.
Remarkable is the fact that Alphabet controls 12% of all the money spent on media advertising in the world. This information is provided by the national professional advertising industry magazine Adweek. No company in the world has previously single-handedly controlled such a gigantic share of the global advertising market.
Microsoft Corporation
The largest transnational software developer, founded by Bill Gates (now the richest man in the world) and Paul Allen, turned 42 years old in April 2017. The programs that Microsoft develops are intended for personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, and game consoles.
Capitalization:$407 billion in May 2016 and $514 billion at the beginning of April 2017.
The holding's headquarters is located in the city of Redmond, located in Washington State (USA).
Microsoft Corporation has launched several IoT laboratory projects: in Washington, Redmond and Shenzhen, and recently in Munich, Germany. These are the so-called Internet of Things laboratories. The idea of the projects is that in the near future all household appliances: from vacuum cleaners to refrigerators will be connected to the Internet.
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, ranks fourth on the list. The founder of the parent trust of Standard Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, is John Rockefeller, the first dollar billionaire in human history.
It is engaged in the exploration, development and distribution of gas and oil, trades in petroleum products, and produces petrochemicals.
Capitalization: 363.3 billion US dollars in May 2016, 366 billion dollars at the beginning of 2017.
The headquarters is located in the Texas city of Irving.
In 2011, Exxon Mobil entered into an agreement with one of the largest Russian oil companies, Rosneft, on joint exploration and production of oil reserves on the Black Sea shelf. However, due to US sanctions imposed in 2014, joint work was suspended.
Berkshire Hathaway
The holding was founded in 1955 by Oliver Chase (now chairman of the board of directors and owner - Warren Buffett). Activities of the holding: insurance, investments, utilities and other services. Freight and rail transportation, financial transactions, trade, production.
Capitalization:$360.1 billion as of May 2016.
The headquarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
In 2015, according to Forbes, Berkshire Hathaway was ranked fifth (the first four places belong to Chinese banks) among the largest public companies in the world and first among American ones.
The world's largest social network Facebook and the company of the same name, created in 2004 by a psychology student at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg, together with his friends: Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Soverino and Chris Hughes, were also included in the list of the 10 most valuable companies in the world.
Facebook owns: an application with elements of the social network “Instragram” and the instant messenger WhatsApp. The main server of the site is located in the Californian city of Menlo Park.
Facebook is one of the five most visited sites in the world, and its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, at the age of 23, was awarded the title of the youngest billionaire in the world.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson holding, founded by three brothers Robert, James and Edward Johnson in 1886. Produces medicines, medical equipment and hygiene products.
Capitalization:$312.6 billion.
The head office is located in New Jersey in New Brunswick. Current Chairman of the Board: Alex Gorski.
At first, the holding was engaged in the production of plasters and dressings. Now the corporation has more than 250 subsidiaries around the world.
Amazon.com
The world's largest company selling goods via the Internet was founded in 1994 by Jeffrey Preston Bezos.
Capitalization:$292.6 billion as of May 2016.
The name was chosen in honor of the Amazon River. Initially, only books were sold, then CDs and video products appeared. Now through the Amazon online store you can buy almost industrial goods: from clothing and toys to food and electronics.
General Electric
The American diversified manufacturing giant General Electric was originally founded by the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison, in 1878. Now the key figure of the company is CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors Jeffrey Immelt.
The company produces engines, turbines, locomotives, nuclear reactors, photo and household appliances, lighting equipment, military products (including nuclear warheads) and other products.
The company's headquarters is located in the state of Connecticut, Fairfield (USA).
Serial production of the holding began in 1910 with the production of light bulbs with tungsten filament, the patent for the use of which was acquired from the Russian inventor A.N. Lodygina.
Wells Fargo
The banking company founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo in 1852 is one of the four largest banks in the United States and the most valuable bank by market capitalization in the world. Provides financial and insurance services.
Capitalization:$256 billion as of May 2016.
The company itself is located in San Francisco, California, and the headquarters of the banking division is in South Dakota.
Wells Fargo was the first bank to offer customers in 1995 the opportunity to carry out account transactions via the Internet: buy and sell securities, pay bills. The controlling stake in the company is controlled by the Berkshire Hathaway holding, owned by multi-billionaire Warren Buffett, which is in fifth place by capitalization in this ranking.
This is a list of companies whose shares collectively have the highest price. The largest Russian companies, as well as others except American ones, were not included in it.
The largest business on the planet turned out to be the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, operating under the ICBC brand. It topped the Forbes Global 2000 list for the sixth year in a row. Together with him, China Construction Bank and the American financial corporation JPMorgan Chase were among the leaders. Companies from mainland China took half of the places in the top ten of the Forbes Global 2000 world ranking. The second half went to companies from the United States. The annual ranking includes the largest business structures on the planet. This year's list included companies from 60 countries with combined revenues of $39.1 trillion, profits of $3.2 trillion and assets of $189 trillion. Forbes estimates the total market value of all 2,000 companies in the ranking at $56.8 trillion. The largest company in 2018 was the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, operating under the ICBC brand. This is a state-owned corporation with private capital: most of the shares belong to the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a smaller part is traded on the stock exchange. ICBC controls a fifth of the entire banking sector in China. This allowed the company to take first place in the Forbes Global 2000 ranking for the sixth time in a row. China Construction Bank took second place; the top three was completed by the financial giant JPMorgan Chase from the United States. The largest representative of the non-banking sector was Warren Buffett's holding Berkshire Hathaway, which was placed in fourth position. This holding includes many companies of different profiles: construction, food, transport, insurance, financial and others. The last time a non-Chinese company ranked first on the Forbes Global 2000 was 2012. At that moment, the largest business structure on the planet was the American oil giant ExxonMobil. Now a corporation from the United States occupies 13th position. 
20.Microsoft
Microsoft opens the top 20 of the Forbes ranking with revenue of $103.3 billion and net profit of $14.2 billion. Several years ago, the company avoided the evolutionary winner trap, in which the dominant player in the market stops developing: Microsoft was able to not focus on programs for personal computers and began diversification. Among the high-profile purchases of the IT giant are the video calling service Skype, the phone manufacturer Nokia, the employee search service LinkedIn and the Github programming community.
19. BNP Paribas
In recent years, the French banking group BNP Paribas has been the subject of several high-profile investigations. Perhaps the most notable case was the case of non-compliance with American sanctions, when the United States revealed the work of BNP Paribas with the dictatorial regimes of Sudan, Iran and Cuba. For this, in 2014, the French were sentenced to a fine of $1.9 billion. Since then, BNP Paribas has fully compensated for the damage, restored the work of its branches in the United States and strengthened its status as the largest bank in the Eurozone.
18. Verizon Communications
For leaders in the telecommunications industry, the past year has become a year of mergers and acquisitions. Last June, Verizon bought Internet giant Yahoo for $4.5 billion. The company is expected to combine Yahoo's businesses with AOL's assets into a separate division called Oath. It will be designed to help Verizon make money not only by providing access to the Internet, but also in the online entertainment content market.
17.HSBC
The largest bank in Europe, HSBC, took only 17th place in the ranking - and this reflects the place of Europe in the modern world. There are still large financial flows here, but every year the European representation in the Forbes Global 2000 is getting smaller. The current record holder, the British bank HSBC, earned $63.2 billion over the past year, of which $10.8 billion was net profit.
16. Volkswagen Group
Three years after “Dieselgate,” a scandal involving underestimation of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, the Volkswagen automobile concern is beginning to regain its position. The automaker gained 12 places compared to last year's ranking and returned to the top 20 of the Forbes list. During the year, Volkswagen doubled its revenue, bringing this parameter to $13 billion.
15.AT&T
The American AT&T is the largest of the 54 telecommunications companies represented in the ranking. The total assets of all 54 members of the list are estimated at $3.4 trillion, AT&T's assets are worth $446.3 billion. Over the past year, the company's revenue fell 2%, and its final profit of $30 billion could have been $20 billion more, if not taxes accrued at the end of the year. Like Verizon, AT&T is in the mood for acquisitions: the company has made an offer to buy the Time Warner film studio for $85 billion.
14. Samsung Electronics
Samsung still falls short of its main competitor in the smartphone market, Apple. While the Americans from Apple have firmly established themselves in the top ten, where they have become the only representative of the technology business, the Koreans from Samsung are content with 14th position and a profit of $41 billion (Apple has $53.3). Samsung's capitalization is $325.9 billion, almost three times less than Apple's ($926.9 billion).
13. ExxonMobil
The ExxonMobil concern retained 13th place on the list, but this only seems to be stagnation: during the same time, the main European competitor of American oil companies, Royal Dutch Shell, jumped to 11th position. This means that ExxonMobil can no longer claim to be the largest oil business on the planet. And although the American capitalization of $344 billion still exceeds other commodity companies, in other respects ExxonMobil was inferior to the Europeans. For example, ExxonMobil's revenue was $230 billion instead of Shell's $321.8 billion.
12. Toyota Motor
Toyota earned $22.5 billion in net profit for the year and took 12th place in the ranking. The Japanese not only maintain an impressive share of the traditional car market, but are also trying to get ahead of competitors in the growing segment of alternative fuel cars. For example, Toyota is already producing a car powered by hydrogen fuel cells. By investing in such technologies, the Japanese hope to protect themselves from the death of the gasoline auto industry.
11. Royal Dutch Shell
Oil and gas companies have risen significantly in Forbes' rankings thanks to rising fossil fuel prices in the past year. True, few have moved up as significantly as Royal Dutch Shell did. The company immediately won back nine places and soared from 20th to 11th position. Now the capitalization of Dutch oil companies has reached $306 billion, and revenue has reached an astronomical $321.8 billion.
10.Ping An Insurance Group
The largest insurer in China and almost the largest in the world: in the competition of insurance companies, Ping An is second only to the American Berkshire Hathaway. True, Berkshire Hathaway is a diversified holding, while Ping An is more focused on insurance. Banking and medical services turned out to be related in this case. The emphasis on development in related areas and the strong digitalization of each process allowed the Chinese Ping An to exceed the performance of its closest pursuer in the Asian market, the insurance company AIA, which is present in 18 countries in the region, by 64%.
9. Bank of China
The Forbes Global 2000 ranking included 14 Chinese banks, four of which were in the top ten. This is the so-called Big Four, which controls a significant part of the banking sector in China. Bank of China is on this list; In terms of assets ($3.2 trillion), it is among the top five world leaders. The oldest operating bank in China dates back to 1912, and until 1942, the Bank of China served as the Central Bank and issued national currency. Now the Bank of China is considered one of the main financial institutions in Hong Kong and has the right to issue local dollars.
8. Apple
Over the year, Apple's position has strengthened significantly. The company topped the ranking of US public companies, increased market capitalization by $175 billion ($926.9 billion versus $752 billion a year earlier) and increased assets by $36.5 billion ($367.5 billion versus $331 billion last year). As a result, the manufacturer of smartphones and computers moved from ninth to eighth place in the ranking.
7. Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is associated with a bank, but it makes money not only on interest on loans. Along with issuing mortgages and storing deposits, the company is engaged in asset trust management, insurance, investing in securities and developing leasing. Over the past year, the bank has lost $9 billion in market capitalization: if in 2017 Wells Fargo was valued at $274.4 billion, now it is only at $265.3 billion. But the company’s revenue increased - instead of $97.6 billion over the last year, Wells Fargo earned $102 .1 billion
6.Bank of America
The combined profit of the three largest US banks for 2017 was $68.5 billion. Bank of America, with a result of $20.3 billion, lagged slightly behind its competitors in terms of income, but the colossal assets of $2.3 trillion allowed the bank to take sixth place in the ranking. Bank of America suffered seriously during the 2008-2009 crisis, but has recently been increasing its position and winning back places in the Forbes Global 2000. A year ago, the bank was only seventh.
5. Agricultural Bank of China
As its name suggests, the Agricultural Bank of China finances one of the most complex sectors of the Chinese economy - agriculture. The need to work with farmers and dependence on the harvest does not prevent Agricultural Bank of China from systematically moving to the top: the bank is steadily increasing its assets and winning back one position in the ranking after another. Last year, the Agricultural Bank of China ranked sixth, and this year it came in fifth. The company's capitalization is $184 billion.
4. Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett's investment empire lost one position compared to last year's ranking and fell from third to fourth place. And yet, the business grew: the main event of 2017 for Berkshire Hathaway was a one-time tax deduction, which allowed the company to increase profits from $21.5 billion to $45 billion in a year. This helped offset the overall decline in profitability experienced by Berkshire Hathaway's insurance division.
3. JPMorgan Chase
In a recent ranking of the largest US companies, the financial conglomerate JPMorgan Chase took only third place, behind Apple and Berkshire Hathaway. Over time, the main banking giant of the United States has surpassed its competitors and become the largest company in America. With assets of $2.6 trillion, JPMorgan Chase is among the top three in the global ranking. The company provides asset management, investing and traditional banking services.
2. China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank (CCB) was formerly known as the People's Construction Bank of China. Since 1954, all construction and infrastructure projects of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been financed through this bank. It is not surprising that with such a portfolio, CCB took second place in the ranking: China is actively building housing, roads, bridges, train stations and airports. Forbes estimates the value of China Construction Bank at $261 billion; CCB branches also operate in Europe, the USA, Japan, Korea and Russia.1. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) tops the Forbes Global 2000 ranking for the sixth year in a row – an indicator of the strength of the Chinese banking sector. Last year, the total volume of loans issued by Chinese banks reached $35 trillion: that's three times China's GDP. The Chinese economy is growing at a tremendous pace, and state-owned banks have been the main beneficiaries of this growth.20. AXA
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 16
- Revenue: $161.2 billion (2014: $165.9 billion)
- Profit: $6.7 billion (2014: $5.6 billion)
19. Exor Group
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 24
- Revenue: $162.2 billion (2014: $165.9 billion)
- Profit: $428 million (2014: $2.8 billion)
18. ICBC
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 25
- Revenue: $163.2 billion (2014: $148.8 billion)
- Profit: $44.7 billion (2014: $42.7 billion)
17. Daimler
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 20
- Revenue: $172.3 billion (2014: $156.6 billion)
- Profit: $9.2 billion (2014: $9 billion)
16. McKesson
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 29
- Revenue: $181.2 billion (2014: $138 billion)
- Profit: $1.5 billion (2014: $1.3 billion)
15. Apple
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 15
- Revenue: $182.8 billion (2014: $170.1 billion)
- Profit: $39.5 billion (2014: $37 billion)
14. Berkshire Hathaway
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 14
- Revenue: $194.7 billion (2014: $182.2 billion)
- Profit: $19.9 billion (2014: $19.5 billion)
13. Samsung
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 13
- Revenue: $195.8 billion (2014: $209 billion)
- Profit: $21.9 billion (2014: $27.2 billion)
12. Chevron
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 12
- Revenue: $203.8 billion (2014: $220.4 billion)
- Profit: $19.2 billion (2014: $21.4 billion)
11. Total
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 11
- Revenue: $212 billion (2014: $227.9 billion)
- Profit: $4.2 billion (2014: $11.2 billion)
10. Glencore
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 10
- Revenue: $221.1 billion (2014: $232.7 billion)
- Profit: $2.3 billion (2014: loss - $7.4 billion)
9.Toyota
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 9
- Revenue: $247.7 billion (2014: 256.5 billion)
- Profit: $19.8 billion (2014: $18.2 billion)
8. Volkswagen
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 8
- Revenue: $268.6 billion (2014: $261.5 billion)
- Profit: $14.6 billion (2014: $12.1 billion)
7. State Grid
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 7
- Revenue: $339.4 billion (2014: $333.4 billion)
- Profit: $9.8 billion (2014: $8 billion)
6.BP
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 6
- Revenue: $358.7 billion (2014: $396.2 billion)
- Profit: $3.8 billion (2014: $23.5 billion)
5. ExxonMobil
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 5
- Revenue: $382.6 billion (2014: $407.7 billion)
- Profit: $32.5 billion (2014: $32.6 billion)
4. China National Petroleum
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 4
- Revenue: $428.6 billion (2014: $432 billion)
- Profit: $16.4 billion (2014: $18.5 billion)
3.Shell
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 2
- Revenue: $431.3 billion (2014: 459.36 billion)
- Profit: $14.9 billion (2014: $16.4 billion)
2. Sinopec
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 3
- Revenue: $446.8 billion (2014: $457.2 billion)
- Profit: $5.2 billion (2014: $8.9 billion)
- Place in the 2014 ranking: 1
- Revenue: $485.7 billion (2014: $476.3 billion)
- Profit: $16.4 billion (2014: $16 billion)
