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Today we have top 10 most valuable companies in the world.
Today, many people will surely recognize the company logo, because Apple Corporation has become one of the most successful companies with a market value of $ 1,397 billion.
The company was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Jobs. Initially, the trinity was engaged in assembling home computers and releasing their own PC models, but the greatest success came precisely in the last years of the company, when Apple introduced its mobile product lines to the world - iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets.
To date, the range of the company's products is very wide - smart watches, computers and laptops, tablets and smartphones, and more. But the main feature of the popularity of "apple" gadgets was the high quality, stylish design and the smartest marketing program of Steve Jobs.
Today, the company includes thousands of representative offices, branded stores and service centers around the world, with a staff of about 132 thousand employees.
The headquarters is located in the USA, in the city of Cupertino, California.
$1,274 billion
Industry: Software development.
Products: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Xbox.
The third most valuable company in the world is Microsoft.
The world famous corporation was founded in 1975, today one of the richest people in the world - Bill Gates.
At that time, Microsoft was the first developer to offer packaged software for home computers, making PC management user-friendly and intuitive.
The Windows operating system was a real breakthrough, because it made it easy for ordinary users to master the PC, which brought the company incredible success and huge profits.
Today, Microsoft is also one of the leaders in the PC software market, releasing next-generation Windows operating systems, document management applications - Microsoft Office, and a number of other programs. In addition, MS produces its own mobile devices and accessories, video, audio and office equipment.
The headquarters is located in Redmond, Washington.
$1,020 billion
Industry: Internet.
The world-famous Internet company Google has recently changed its official name to Alphabet, as the company has long gone beyond one Google search engine, and also owns many other companies.
The heads of the Internet holding are Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who have jointly created this mega-company since 1998.
Google is headquartered in California, and the holding includes more than three dozen popular services and subsidiaries, such as AdWords, Android, YouTube, and others.
Amazon Inc.
$924.52 billion
Industry: Retail.
January 7, 2019, company Amazon for the first time became the most valuable company in the world outperforming its competitor, Microsoft. She is currently in 5th place.
Amazon is an American retail company that sells and delivers various goods over the Internet.
With the help of Amazon Internet, users, suppliers and manufacturers can sell any goods themselves, using the company's website as an online platform.
The main direction of the company is the independent sale of various goods. The popularity of the service has increased due to the high quality of goods, low prices, prompt delivery and a wide range of different products.
The company was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. The head office is located in Seattle, Washington.
According to the general assessment, about 647.5 thousand employees currently work in the company. The corporation's assets are more than $162 billion, and the annual turnover is about $232 billion.
$633.49 billion
Industry: Internet.
Facebook was developed by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. Today, the Facebook social network is visited by over 2 billion people daily. For one Internet project, with a market value of 633 billion dollars, this is simply an astronomical indicator of popularity and demand.
Today, Facebook generates over $22 billion in net revenue per year through advertising. In addition, Facebook is the leader among this list in terms of profitability, as the company increased its net profit by 54% in the last year alone.
The headquarters is located in Menlo Park, California.
Alibaba Group
$610.13 billion
Industry: Internet.
Products: E-commerce, online auction hosting, online money transfer, mobile commerce.
Alibaba is one of the largest virtual trading platforms in China and the world, attracting the attention of buyers both with affordable prices and a wide range of products.
Founded on April 4, 1999, the company provides consumer, business-to-consumer and business services through web portals, as well as electronic payment services, a customer search engine and cloud computing.
The headquarters is located in Hangzhou.
$562.39 billion
Industry: Insurance, finance, rail transport, utilities, food and non-food products.
The company is known for its permanent owner, American investor and entrepreneur Warren Buffett. The headquarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The cost of one share of this company is $344,970, which makes it .
Affiliated companies:
- GEICO (auto insurance);
- General Re (reinsurance);
- Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group (insurance);
- Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group (insurance and reinsurance);
- BNSF - (railway transport);
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy (electricity and gas supply);
- McLane Company (wholesale).
In 2015, the number of participants in the annual meeting of shareholders exceeded 40 thousand people.
For this reason, the company's shareholders' meeting was jokingly nicknamed "Woodstock for the capitalists."
$492.9 billion
Industry: Conglomerate.
Products: Social networks, instant messaging, mass media, web portals, etc.
Tencent is a venture capital company, conglomerate, investment holding, and one of the largest companies in the gaming industry.
This Chinese multinational investment holding, founded in 1998, today occupies the 9th position in the ranking of the most valuable companies.
Its many services include social networks, mobile games, music, web portals, payment systems, e-commerce, internet services, smartphones and online multiplayer games, which are among the largest and most successful in the world in their respective categories.
Tencent Seafront Towers (also known as Tencent Binhai Mansion) is headquartered in Nanshan District, Shenzhen.
Visa Inc.
$441.61 billion
Industry: Financial services.
Visa Inc. founded in 1958 and is an international company that deals with payment transactions and bank transfers between financial institutions.
Visa is the second largest payment system in the world in terms of issued cards and transactions. Visa cards can be used to pay in more than 200 countries.
Most of the company's transactions are processed using the VisaNet electronic payment network.
Remarkably, the company has four centers for processing these transfers, which are located in Colorado, Virginia, England and Singapore. They are reliably protected from possible criminal interventions and natural disasters.
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.
Headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Market capitalization as a method of assessing the value of a company
Market capitalization, along with annual income and the sum of all assets, is one of the methods for assessing the investment attractiveness of a company.
Using market capitalization to represent the size of a company is important because the size of a company is a major factor in determining the various characteristics that investors are interested in, including risk.
Being the product of the number of shares and their value, market capitalization is not the price at which the owner will necessarily sell his company.
Despite the fact that companies are overvalued by the market or, on the contrary, undervalued, in order to get the real value of a company, it is necessary to consider its activities from a fundamental point of view.
Companies with the highest market capitalization in 2016 and recognized as the most valuable by this indicator: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Berkshire Hathaway, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, General Electric, Wells Fargo.
The holdings that collectively have the highest price in the world are the most expensive by market capitalization. This indicator should not be confused with market value.
In the process of inter-exchange trading, the value of shares constantly jumps, so capitalization changes daily. The rating indicates the capitalization, on the basis of which the English edition of Forbes 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 most expensive corporation in the world 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 technology;
- telephones;
- tablets;
- televisions;
- smart watch;
- digital music players;
- software;
- operating systems under iCloud and Apple brands.
Apple has a unique reputation for producing aesthetically designed electronics with cutting-edge, innovative technology.
Capitalization:$586 billion at the time of the Forbes 2016 ranking, and $766 billion at the beginning of April 2016
Since 2016, the company's capitalization has had a pronounced growth dynamics, reaching more than 700 billion US dollars by the beginning of 2017.
corporate headquarters Apple located in Cupertino, California.
Apple has gone from a small startup founded in the garage of Steve Jobs, who later became a cult figure and an idol of young people around the world, to the richest corporation in terms of capitalization. Interestingly, the initial capital for starting the business was the money raised 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. She owns several large companies and Google Inc itself, whose shares were converted into shares in Alphabet Inc.
Market capitalization: $500.1 billion in May 2016 and $586 billion as of early 2017.
The transformation of Google into Alphabet was officially announced in August 2015, a move that raised eyebrows among the general public. Since then, Google's receiver has repeatedly overtaken the giant Apple and ranked first 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 "Alfavit" intends to begin the construction of a building with an area of 85 square meters. meters in London, which will be called upon to become its headquarters.
According to the Gazeta.ru publishing house, analysts expect a significant increase in the holding's capitalization due to the rapid growth of the mobile advertising market, according to forecasts, by 2019 this market may reach $200 billion.
Notable is the fact that Alphabet controls 12% of all the money in the world spent on display advertising. This information is provided by Adweek, a national professional magazine for the advertising industry. No other company in the world has ever single-handedly controlled such a huge 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 in April 2017. Programs developed by Microsoft are designed for personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, game consoles.
Capitalization:$407 billion in May 2016 and $514 billion at the beginning of April 2017.
The headquarters of the holding is located in the city of Redmond, located in the state of Washington (USA).
Microsoft Corporation has launched several projects of IoT laboratories: 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
Fourth on the list is Exxon Mobil Corporation, the world's largest public oil company. The founder of the parent trust Standard Oil Corporation "Exxon Mobil" is John Rockefeller - the first dollar billionaire in the history of mankind.
It is engaged in exploration, development and distribution of gas and oil, trades in petroleum products, produces petrochemicals.
Capitalization:$363.3 billion in May 2016, $366 billion at the beginning of 2017.
The head office 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 the chairman of the board of directors and the owner is Warren Buffett). Holding activities: insurance, investments, utilities and other services. Freight and rail transportation, financial operations, trade, production.
Capitalization:$360.1 billion as of May 2016.
The headquarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
In 2015, according to Forbes, Berkshire Hathaway ranked fifth (the first four places belong to Chinese banks) among the largest public companies in the world and first among American ones.
Facebook, the world's largest social network and the company of the same name, created in 2004 by Harvard psychology student Mark Zuckerberg, along with his comrades Dustin Moskowitz, Eduardo Soverino and Chris Hughes, also entered the list of 10 most valuable companies in the world.
Facebook owns: an application with elements of the social network "Instragram" and instant messaging 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 dollars.
The head office is located in the state of New Jersey in the city of New Brunswick. Current Chairman of the Board: Alex Gorski.
At first, the holding was engaged in the manufacture of plasters and dressings. Now the corporation has more than 250 subsidiaries around the world.
Amazon.com
The world's largest e-commerce company 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 clothes 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 the chief executive and chairman of the board of directors, Jeffrey Immelt.
The company manufactures engines, turbines, locomotives, nuclear reactors, photographic and household appliances, lighting equipment, military products (including nuclear warheads) and other products.
The company's headquarters is located in the state of Connecticut, the city of Fairfield (USA).
Serial production of the holding began in 1910 with the production of light bulbs with a tungsten filament, a patent for the use of which was acquired from the Russian inventor A.N. Lodygin.
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 in South Dakota.
Wells Fargo is the first bank to offer customers in 1995 the ability to make transactions with accounts via the Internet: buy, sell securities, pay, bills. The controlling stake in the company is controlled by the Berkshire Hathaway holding, owned by multibillionaire Warren Buffett, who is in fifth place in terms of capitalization in this rating.
This is the list of companies whose shares collectively have the highest price. Russian largest companies, as well as others, except for American ones, were not included in it.
Brand value:$145.3 billion
Change per year:+17%
The Apple brand is worth at least twice as much as any other Forbes brand. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the company sold 74.8 million smartphones worldwide, overtaking Samsung, which has not happened since 2011. iPhone sales up 49% on $18 billion in revenue for the quarter.
Brand value:$69.3 billion
Change per year: +10%
Since February 2014, the company has been headed by Satya Nadella, a native of India. In the summer of 2015, Microsoft is going to release a new version of Windows.
Brand value:$65.6 billion
Change per year:+16%
Google is still the top search engine in the US. Its market share in search engines is 64.4%. In April 2015, the European Union accused Google of violating antitrust laws. According to EU officials, the company is abusing its dominant position. If found guilty, the search giant could face a $6 billion fine.
Brand value:$56 billion
Change per year: 0%
Sales of Coca-Cola in the US increased by 0.1% in 2014. But even this small increase is significant for the company, since this is the first increase in Coca-Cola sales in the domestic market since 2000. Fly in the ointment: The company's 2014 net income fell 17%, while Diet Coke sales fell 6.6%.
Brand value:$49.8 billion
Change per year: +4%
The company has had a hard time lately - sales of IBM equipment have been declining for 12 quarters in a row. But IBM does not lose heart and is going to turn from a hardware manufacturer into a leader in the cloud computing market. In the first quarter of 2015, the income from the "clouds" it created grew by 60%.
Brand value:$39.5 billion
Change per year: -1%
McDonald's serves about 69 million customers every day in 100 countries around the world. But recently, the brand has been facing changing eating habits in the United States and high food quality requirements in Asia. In the first quarter of 2015, McDonald's sales decreased by 11 %. This year, the company plans to close about 700 unprofitable restaurants in the US, China and Japan.
Brand value:$37.9 billion
Change per year:+8%
Due to strong competition from Apple in the expensive gadget segment and Chinese manufacturers in the budget price segment, Samsung's growth has slowed down. This year, the company hopes for a successful sale of the new S6 smartphone.
Brand value:$37.8 billion
Change per year:+21%
Toyota is the most profitable brand in the world - in 2014 the company showed a net profit of $19.8 billion.
9. General Electric
Brand value:$37.5 billion
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Top 10 richest people in the world in 2015
Mankind has always loved money and it did not matter what they were made of: shells, metal or paper. Money is not only the key to a secure and comfortable life, but also a symbol of well-being, power and success. In the modern world, the rich are very popular, films are made about them, books are written, journalists do not let them pass. And the more money a person has, the more attention his person attracts. People are interested in his personal life, family, habits and the way in which a person earned his money. We present you a list of the top 10 richest people in the world in 2015.
10. Lillian Bettencourt | $30 billion
Our list begins with a woman who in 1957 became a co-owner of the French company L'Oreal. In the past, a famous socialite, in 2011 she was declared incompetent due to Alzheimer's disease. Her condition is 30 billion American dollars, and it is considered the richest woman in Europe.
This year, the Bettencourt family managed to buy another 8% stake in L'Oreal, which was founded back in 1907 by Lillian's father, Eugene Schueller.
9. Jim Walton | $40.6 billion
This is an American billionaire, the son of the famous Sam Walton, who created Wal-Mart. The son continued the work of his father. His fortune is estimated at an astronomical amount, 40.6 billion dollars. He occupies the ninth line of our “hit parade” of the richest people in the world.
The global network was heavily criticized last year for the low wages it pays its employees. In early 2015, Wal-Mart announced an increase in the minimum wage.
Jim Walton also runs the family bank.
8. Christy Walton | $41.7 billion
Number eight on our list of the world's richest people is another woman who also made her fortune through Wal-Mart. Her late husband, Sam Walton, created this trading network and after his death in 2005, Christy Walton became a very wealthy widow. She has invested very prudently in the production of First Solar solar panels. Today her fortune is 41.7 billion dollars.
At the same time, Christy does not like to appear in public. For the year, Christie became richer by $ 5 billion.
7. David Koch | $42.9 billion
Another US citizen who has a fortune to 42.9 billion dollars. In a year, Koch managed to become richer by 2.9 billion. David Koch, along with his brother, owns the Koch Industries holding, which is engaged in many areas of activity. Among them are oil refining, pipeline construction, logistics, the production of paints and varnishes and the manufacture of building materials.
David Koch is actively involved in politics: he is called one of the main sponsors of the American Republican Party. In addition, he spends a lot of money on charitable projects.
6. Charles Koch | $42.9 billion
At number six on our list of the richest people is another representative of the Koch family - Charles Koch. The family business allowed him to become the owner of a fortune in 42.9 billion dollars for 2015. It is Charles who manages the family business and does it very successfully. He took over the Koch Industries holding in 1967 and managed to turn it into the largest company in the United States. He is considered one of the most influential people in American business and politics. The brothers are constantly expanding their own business by acquiring new assets.
5. Lawrence Alison | $54.3 billion
Another US representative on our list of the richest billionaires in the world. Alison - a native of Silicon Valley, thanks to his mind and talent, he was able to create the largest Oracle company and become the owner of a fortune in 54.3 billion dollars. Alison started his career as a simple programmer, worked for the CIA, and then went into business.
In 2014, Alison stepped down as CEO of Oracle Corporation to become Chief Technology Officer. He is a fan of sailing, actively buying up real estate. His daughter, Megan, is a highly successful film producer and has made several films in Hollywood.
4. Amancio Ortega | 64.5 billion
In fourth place is a billionaire of Spanish origin, who was born into a very poor family, but managed to become one of richest people on the planet. Amancio Ortega grew up in the family of a simple railway worker, and now he is called one of the best merchants in the world. His condition is 64.5 billion dollars. Ortega is the founder of the Zara brand.
He began to sew clothes with his wife right in his own apartment. At the moment, the stores of his company can be found in dozens of countries around the world. Zara weathered the 2009 crisis fairly easily, and Ortega has been able to earn $0.5 billion over the past year. The company has a very tight investment policy and spends relatively little on advertising. Ortega personally runs his empire. In recent years, the billionaire has been actively investing in the purchase of luxury real estate in different parts of the globe. Zara is one of the most successful companies in Spain and throughout Europe.
3. Warren Buffett | 72.7 billion
Another billionaire is from the USA. His condition is 72.7 billion dollars. Over the past year, Buffett has become richer by another $14.5 billion. 2014 was a very successful year for Buffett, but even the record amount earned by him was not enough to return to second place in our ranking of the richest people on the planet.
Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's financial empire, controls many companies in various sectors of the economy: energy, transportation, construction, and many others. The company's shares are among the most expensive on the American stock exchange. Despite his advanced age, Buffett is actively involved in the company's affairs, at the end of last year, Berkshire Hathaway bought shares in the world famous battery manufacturer Duracell.
Buffett has a reputation as a generous philanthropist and philanthropist. He donates billions of dollars to charitable causes every year. His total donations are $23 billion.
2. Carlos Slim Elu | 77.1 billion
In second place on our hit parade richest people on the planet located Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Elu, who has a fortune 77.1 billion dollars. This man made his fortune in telecommunications, mobile communications and financial transactions. Over the past year, Elu has become richer by another $5.1 billion. His empire includes the industrial holding Grupo Carso, the financial group Grupo Financiero Inbursa and Ideal, an infrastructure project company.
1. Bill Gates | 79.2 billion
Heading our list is the creator of Microsoft, Bill Gates. For the sixteenth time he became richest man on the planet over the past twenty one years. For several years he lost the palm to Carlos Slim El, but last year he was able to regain his leadership position. This was largely due to successful financial policy. Gates' fortune 79.2 billion dollars, over the past year he became richer by another 3.2 billion.
In recent years, Bill Gates has been investing more and more in a variety of assets around the world and reducing his stake in Microsoft. Gates is actively involved in charitable activities, his projects are aimed at helping, and he also spends heavily on educational projects in the United States.
What else to see:
Economic crises, military conflicts, political instability and other negative factors do not have a significant impact on them. The most successful companies in the world are the backbone of the global economy, some of them earning as much as the GDP of small developing countries.
Perfect marketing, financial foresight, unconventional management techniques - which of the recipes helps them to take a leading position in all existing ratings year after year - is the biggest secret of big business. They are the best, time, money and millions of first-class specialists work for them.
The success of a company is measured by three indicators:
- profit;
- asset value;
- capitalization size.
For young, fast-growing companies, experts have introduced an indicator that assesses how much assets have increased since the day they were founded.
The figures that appear in the annual reports of the world's largest corporations make a stunning impression. To paraphrase a well-known expression, we can say: "Corporations rule the world." The most successful global companies feel comfortable at the top of the financial Olympus, rarely and reluctantly allowing ambitious newcomers to the podium.
1. Manage the dream. Toyota
The assets of the automotive giant Toyota are estimated at $406 billion. It is the largest automaker in the world. The company began operating in 1924 with the sale of looms and over a nearly century-old history has become a global auto giant. In addition to the production and sales of cars, the company conducts business in several directions. Toyota Motors Corporation owns a financial structure, an insurance company, and conducts real estate transactions. The success of the Toyota brand was brought by 14 commandments of doing business, which, with true Japanese scrupulousness, reflected all areas of life of a large corporation. “Make a decision slowly, look at everything with your own eyes, educate your leaders” - common truths work great, especially if they are written in the “corporation production system” and are mandatory for everyone - from workers to directors. Over the three quarters of 2016, more than 8 million cars were sold - this is an absolute world record.
2. Black gold. ExxonMobil
Oil is called black gold for a reason. One of the most valuable companies in the world, ExxonMobil is a giant oil refining industry. The company has assets worth $395.4 billion, and net profit in the first half of 2016 amounted to $16 billion. The history of ExxonMobil began in the century before last, when Standard Oil, owned by the Rockefeller family, was divided into several companies. As a result of many transformations, divisions and mergers, ExxonMobil, a public company, appeared in 1999, which today owns shares in oil refineries in 45 countries, a network of gas stations in 100 countries and is engaged in oil production around the world. ExxonMobil's performance is the best illustration of long-term success. For all the time of its existence, the corporation has not had a single loss-making period.
3. Investments and insurance. Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett and his $360 billion Berkshire Hathaway is the most successful investment holding in the world. The main activity is investment and management. Warren Buffett - the permanent chairman of the board of directors, began to build his empire with the organization of a small insurance company. By investing profits in buying stocks, Buffett began to earn enough to buy entire companies. Berkshire Hathaway now owns businesses in many different industries - retail, rail, food, home appliances, publishing and, of course, all types of insurance. The subsidiary media holding BH Media Group includes seventy newspapers and one TV channel.
4. IT geniuses. Microsoft
Microsoft has lagged behind the leader by almost 100 billion, its assets are estimated at $303.5 billion. Since last year The company's profit increased by 10%. The corporation practically monopolized the market of office programs and software. In addition, Microsoft produces computer accessories and its own tablet model. Microsoft products are sold in almost a hundred countries around the world, and their office suite is the most used on the market. The nearest competitors from year to year remain far behind. The exception is APPLE, but its profits are due to the successful sale of the iPhone and electronics. Microsoft's latest success is attributed to a change in leadership. The new CEO, Satya Nadella, is committed to a tough business demeanor and aggressive marketing policy.
5. China is always in the lead. Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China
Not a single economic rating is complete without representatives of the fastest growing economy in the world. The Chinese Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China has a capitalization of $275 billion. This is one of the youngest financial leaders - the bank began operations in 1984. The Chinese government owns 50% of the shares. In 2006, the Bank held the most successful share offering in history, raising a record-breaking $22 billion for the global economy. The financial business remains one of the most profitable. The most successful of the product manufacturers, APPLE only occupies the 7th position in the ranking of the most successful companies in the world.
6. One-stop sales. walmart
Retailer Wal-Mart, which owns the WalMart supermarket chain, has $200 worth of assets. billion. The company owns more than 10 thousand stores around the world, the number of employees is 2.5 million people. Retailing is one of the most complex types of business. Wal-Mart is successful because of its tough business practices and cost-cutting strategies. Many WalMart store suppliers testify that the company is forcing them to cut selling prices, and small businesses are angry that a huge network monopolizes the retail market in many countries. In addition, Wal-Mart became notorious for violating the rights of workers and constant conflicts with labor unions. Since 2000, the company began a period of instability, during which two large projects were closed - in South Korea and Germany. In the first case, the department store format did not appeal to Korean consumers, and sales in Germany resulted in an annual loss of $100 million.
7. Apple records. APPLE
APPLE is valued at $154.1 billion for the highest-grossing technology company. 2015 alone brought APPLE owners $53.1 billion in net profit. During its existence, the brainchild of Steve Jobs increased its own value by 50,000%. The corporation managed to do the impossible - to turn the use of smartphones and computer equipment into a real cult of worship for goods with an apple logo. It's not just about their own software and high quality, APPLE has created an ideal marketing model, which puts the prestige and impeccable image of the company at the forefront. "Own APPLE, you own the best" is an idea that continues to make APPLE billions in profits.
8. Internet business. Google
Another high-tech company, Google, ranks second eighth in the ranking. richest corporations in the world. Google is valued at $82.5 billion. Last year was not the best for the company, but even though earnings growth was less than predicted, the increase reached 16%. Google receives more than a billion search queries every day, and the company operates more than a million servers. In addition to the search engine itself, the Google brand owns an email service, a social network, a browser, an image processing program, and several sites that are in the top 100 in terms of traffic. Every year, Google introduces new applications to users, improves and updates existing ones.
9. Eternal classic. Coca Cola
Coca-Cola has somewhat lost ground. The most popular soda in the world began to lose its leadership position retail sales of soft drinks in 2010. Since then, the company's profit has been gradually declining. Some analysts attribute this to the fashion for proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Others see a link between falling sales and the merger between The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Despite the disappointing statistics, especially the disastrous one in 2014, the company is valued at $58 billion. A decrease in sales does not always mean a loss, so the Coca-Cola brand is traditionally included in the world rankings of the most successful companies.
10. Business on communication. Facebook
The Facebook brand is valued at $52.6 billion. It is the most popular social network in the world. Every year the company increases profits, and, accordingly, the value of assets. Last year alone, the growth was more than 50%. Facebook is showing great results, but this is not surprising - almost 1 billion people use the network every day. In 2011, a fantastic figure was reached - in one month the number of network visitors exceeded 1 trillion. In August 2015, the billionth personal page on the Facebook network was registered. We can say that today Internet communication is one of the most demanded goods on the world market.
The main assessment is consumer confidence
Another interesting indicator by which the company's success is assessed is the trust index. This criterion was introduced by the American consulting firm Reputation Insitute. The index shows the ratio of customer confidence to the company's reputation. All the companies in the top ten are large transnational holdings, most of which are based in the United States.
Top 10 companies with the highest consumer confidence index:
- automobile concern BMW;
- the largest representative of the entertainment industry The Walt Disney Company;
- watch brand Rolex;
- transnational corporation of Internet resources Google;
- the Daimler concern, which owns the MERCEDES brand;
- one of the market leaders in electronics and home appliances Sony
- software manufacturer Microsoft;
- Cannon is a manufacturer of optical, printing and television equipment;
- food concern Nestle;
- Apple is a manufacturer of original smartphones, personal and tablet computers, software.
There are several ratings ranking the world's largest business. Each of them evaluates profitability, assets, sales growth and other objective economic factors. If you look closely at any TOP of the best, you can see the most successful types of business. Oil refining, Internet technology, software development, automotive and retail are the areas in which the largest resources are deployed and the most high-profile fortunes are created. Most of these companies began to build their business empires at the beginning of the last century. The 21st century is the time of IT technologies and electronics. It is in these areas that newcomers have the highest chances of breaking through to the heights of big business.
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