As you know, a special place in the global economy is occupied by giant companies, whose number of employees often amounts to hundreds of thousands of people. The revenue of such companies exceeds the GDP of some countries, while they are the drivers of scientific and technological progress and have an impact on the entire planet.
To compile the rating, four indicators are taken into account: revenue, market value (capitalization), profit and volume of assets. If only income is taken into account, then the company would take first place. Exxon mobil, whose income last year amounted to 45 billion dollars, but the most expensive - Applewhose value is almost 420 billion dollars.
As for the top ten, there are three oil companies, two diversified holding companies and 5 banks, 3 of which belong to China. Chinese banks are included in this top primarily due to their assets, as they have an extensive banking network and thousands of branches. And now for more details on the rating.
10. PetroChina
- Field of activity: oil and gas extraction and processing
- Sales: 308.9 billion dollars
- Revenue: 18.3 billion dollars
- Assets: 347.8 billion dollars
- Market price: $ 261.2 billion
PetroChina is a Chinese oil and gas company that was established in November 1999. The headquarters is located in Beijing, the legal form - joint-stock company. At the moment they are engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and oil, their processing and transportation.
9. Berkshire Hathaway
- Activity: conglomerate
- Sales: 162.5 billion dollars
- Revenue: 14.8 billion dollars
- Assets: 427.5 billion dollars
- Market price: 252.8 billion dollars
Berkshire Hathaway is an American holding company headquartered in Omaha. It manages a large number of companies in all industries, while fully owning dozens of companies, and even Coca-Cola (9.4%) and Apple (5%) are part of its shares. Initially, the company was engaged in managing textile factories, but after the arrival of Warren Buffett began to engage in insurance. Currently, activities include the following areas: insurance, railway transport, industrial products, utilities, building materials, consumer goods, retail, financial services and services.
8. Agricultural Bank of China
- Area of Operations: Banking
- Sales: 103 billion dollars
- Revenue: 23 billion dollars
- Assets: 2 142.2 billion dollars
- Market price: 150.8 billion dollars
The Agricultural Bank of China is one of the largest banks in the PRC and in the world, headquartered in Beijing. At the moment, the company has 23.6 thousand offices, almost 20 thousand offices. The bank also includes 14 subsidiaries, 6 of which are outside the country, including in Russia.
7. Royal Dutch Shell
- Field of activity: oil and gas extraction and processing
- Sales: 467.2 billion dollars
- Revenue: 26.6 billion dollars
- Assets: 360.3 billion dollars
- Market price: 213.1 billion dollars
Royal Dutch Shell is a British-Dutch oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, with jurisdiction (place of registration) in England. In general, the company is divided into 3 large divisions: oil production, extraction and transportation of natural gas, processing and sale of petroleum products.
6. HSBC Holdings
- Area of Operations: Banking
- Sales: $ 104.9 billion
- Revenue: 14.3 billion dollars
- Assets: 2,684.1 billion dollars
- Market price: 201.3 billion dollars
One of the largest financial conglomerates in the world and the largest bank in the UK. Main activities: asset management and retail banking, commercial banking, corporate center, global private banking, global banking and markets.
5. Exxon Mobil
- Field of activity: oil and gas extraction and processing
- Sales: 420.7 billion dollars
- Revenue: 44.9 billion dollars
- Assets: $ 333.8 billion
- Market price: 400.4 billion dollars
American company with the highest net profit in the world. The headquarters is located in Irving (Dallas, Texas). The company is engaged in oil production throughout the world, has a network of gas stations in more than one hundred countries of the world. The company arose in 1999 as a result of the merger of two oil companies, which serve as its name.
4. General Electric
- Activity: conglomerate
- Sales: 147.4 billion dollars
- Revenue: $ 13.6 billion
- Assets: 685.3 billion dollars
- Market price: 243.7 billion dollars
American diversified corporation, which is engaged in the production of equipment, including power plants (nuclear reactors), locomotives, gas turbines and aircraft engines, consumer and lighting equipment, medical equipment, weapons and nuclear warheads. At the moment, the company consists of 6 large divisions.
3. JPMorgan Chase
- Area of Operations: Banking
- Sales: 108.2 billion dollars
- Revenue: 21.3 billion dollars
- Assets: 2,359.1 billion dollars
- Market price: 191.4 billion dollars
The American financial holding, which was created as a result of the merger of the largest US banks, is headquartered in New York. Activities: asset management, consumer, public and commercial banking, corporate and investment bank.
2. China Construction Bank
- Area of Operations: Banking
- Sales: 113.1 billion dollars
- Revenue: 30.6 billion dollars
- Assets: 2,241 billion dollars
- Market price: $ 202 billion
The China Construction Bank, which has 15,000 branches in China and 10 abroad around the world. In 2013, this bank became the third to open its branch in Russia.
1. ICBC
- Area of Operations: Banking
- Sales: 134.8 billion dollars
- Revenue: 37.8 billion dollars
- Assets: $ 2,800 billion
- Market price: 237.3 billion dollars
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the largest bank founded in 1984. In 2005, it was transformed into a limited liability company. This bank annually tops the rating of the largest companies in the world. The main divisions of the bank are: private banking, corporate banking and treasury services.
