The largest companies in the world. American companies thrive in Russia, so what's the shame? Large companies in the Russian market

American Forbes has prepared its annual ranking of the 2000 largest public companies in the world. In its calculations, Forbes took four metrics equally: revenue, earnings, asset size, and market capitalization.

The total indicators of those included in the fresh list have significantly increased over the past year. Together, the rating participants generated $ 32 trillion in revenue (an increase of $ 2 trillion), and the total profit was $ 2.4 trillion against $ 1.4 trillion a year earlier. Forbes estimated the assets of the 2000 largest corporations at $ 138 trillion, and the total capitalization at $ 38 trillion.

The largest representation is still in the United States, which has delegated 536 companies to the list. The American leadership has not raised any questions so far: 260 companies were included in the rating from the main competitor - Japan. In addition, if in the first hundred American companies took 28 places at once, then Japanese companies only took five. At the same time, the largest of them - Nippon Telegraph & Tel - took only 48th place. The USA and Japan are followed by China (121 companies), Canada (67 companies) and South Korea (61 companies).

The rating is dominated by representatives of the financial sector (480 companies). Huge assets are, of course, their trump card. Oil and gas companies lag far behind - 127 of them in the rating. Insurance companies rank first in terms of profit growth (624%), in revenue growth - in semiconductor manufacturers (45%), in capitalization growth - in auto concerns (57%).

JPMorgan Chase is in the first line of the rating for the second year in a row. Over the year, JPMorgan improved its results a little more: revenue was $ 115.48 billion ($ 115.63 billion last year), profit $ 17.37 billion ($ 11.65 billion), assets $ 2117 billion ($ 2031 billion), capitalization $ 182.21 billion ($ 166.19 billion a year ago). At the same time, these indicators alone can hardly be called outstanding - JPMorgan does not even get into the top 10 for any of them.

HSBC now ranks second. The rapid growth of profits helped the British bank rise from the eighth line: from $ 5.83 billion to $ 13.3 billion. The once undisputed leader is the American corporation General Electric. GE's revenue for the year decreased from $ 156.78 billion to $ 150.21 billion, and the value of assets from $ 781 billion to $ 751 billion.

This is followed by three oil companies: ExxonMobil (the world leader in capitalization - $ 407.2 billion), Dutch Shell and Chinese PetroChina. ICBC, the largest Chinese bank, ranks 7th: with revenue of $ 69.19 billion, ICBC's profit was $ 18.84 billion. Warren Buffett's investment fund Berkshire Hathaway, the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil and Citigroup Bank.

The number of Russian companies on the list decreased by two - to 26. Three managed to break into the first hundred: Gazprom (15th place), Lukoil (71st) and Rosneft (77th). In addition, Gazprom was the third company in terms of profit - $ 25.72 billion. Only ExxonMobil ($ 30.46 billion) and Nestle ($ 36.65 billion) earned more than the Russian gas giant.

Company name, date of foundation	The country	Region activist ness	Revenue / Profit / Assets / Capitalization (billion)	Short description
		115,5/17,4/ 2,117.6/ 182,2	JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM, TYO: JPM.T) is one of the oldest and most respected financial companies on the planet. The New York-based company is a leader in investment banking, financial services, and trust management.
Great Britain		103,3 /13,3/ 2,467.9/ 186.5	The HSBC Group is one of the world's largest combined banking and financial services organizations. The HSBC Group successfully operates in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North and South America, the Middle East and Africa.
	Energy, Conglomerate	150,2 /11,6/ 751,2/ 216,2	American corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of many types of equipment, including locomotives, power plants, gas turbines, aircraft engines, medical equipment, also manufactures lighting equipment, plastics and sealants.
	Oil and gas	341,6 /30,5/ 302,5 / 407,2	Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is an American company, the largest privately-owned oil company in the world.
Netherlands	Oil and gas	369.1 /20,1/ 317.2/ 212.9	Shell is one of the world's leaders in the energy sector, playing a key role in meeting the growing global energy needs. Has been engaged in the exploration and production of oil and gas for over a hundred years. The concern employs about 101 thousand people in more than 90 countries.
	Oil and gas	222.3 /21,2/ 251.3/ 320.8	The largest oil and gas company in China.
		69,2 /18,8/ 1,723.5/ 239.5	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the largest Chinese commercial bank. It is included in the "Big Four" of the largest state-owned banks in China (along with Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and China Construction Bank).
	Investments, insurance	136,2 /13/ 372,2/211	The holding company Berkshire Hathaway is an investment and insurance company. It controls more than 40 companies in sectors such as financial services, confectionery, publishing, jewelry, furniture, carpets, building materials, and others.
Brazil	Oil and gas	121,3 /21,2.6/ 313,2/ 238,8	Brazilian State Oil Company. The headquarters of the company is located in Rio de Janeiro. The company operated the world's largest oil platform, the Petrobras 36 Oil Platform, which exploded and sank on March 15, 2001.

		130,4 /10,5/ 2,680.7/ 88	E European leader in the global banking and financial services market and one of the six strongest banks in the world according to Standard & Poor "s. Together with Société Générale and Crédit Lyonnais, it forms the“ big three ”of the French banking market. Headquarters - in Paris, London and Geneva.
	Financial services, insurance, banks	93,2 /12,4/ 1,258.1/ 170,6	Wells Fargo was formed by the merger of the California-based Wells Fargo & Co. and Norwest, a Minneapolis company in 1998. The management of the new company decided to keep the Wells Fargo name in order to use the well-known name of the company with 150 years of history and its famous symbol - the carriage. Wells Fargo operates 6,062 locations serving over 23 million customers.
		109,7 /12,8/ 1,570.6/ 94,7	The largest financial and credit group in Spain. The company's financial institutions are represented in almost all countries of Central Europe and Latin America. The key structure of the group is Banco Santander, the largest bank in Spain. Headquarters - in the city of Santander (Cantabria).
	Telecommunications	124,3 /19,9/ 268,5/ 168,2	AT&T has become the largest telecommunications company by a wide margin, with Spain's second-largest Telefónica in only 32nd place.
		Oil and gas	98,7 /25,7/ 275,9/ 172,9	The gas production and gas distribution company, the largest company in Russia, the largest gas company in the world, owns the longest gas transmission system (over 160,000 km). It is the world leader in the industry.
	Extraction and refining of oil	189,6 /19/ 184.8/ 200,6	The company produces oil in various regions of the world. It owns a number of oil refineries, as well as an extensive network of gas stations.
		58,2 /15,6/ 1,408/ 224,8	One of the largest banks in China. The bank was founded on October 1, 1954 and originally bore the name "People's Construction Bank of China", changing it to "China Construction Bank" on March 26, 1996.
	Commercial network, retail	421,8 /16,4/ 180,7/ 187,3	Wal-Mart is the largest in the world retail network, which includes (mid-February 2007) 6,782 stores in 14 countries. Among them are both hypermarkets and supermarkets selling food and industrial goods. Wal-Mart's strategy includes such terms as maximum assortment and minimum, aiming for wholesale, prices.
	Oil and gas	188,1 /14,2/ 192,8/ 138	Oil and gas company, the fourth largest producer in the world after Royal Dutch Shell, BP and ExxonMobil. The headquarters are located in Paris. The company operates in more than 130 countries around the world; the company employs 111,000 people. In addition to production, the company carries out oil refining and owns a network of filling stations, as well as owns a number of enterprises in the chemical industry, as well as in other industries.
Germany	Insurance	142,9 /6,7/ 838,4/ 67,7	Insurance company, one of the leading financial companies in the world. In 1985, Allianz was transformed into an international holding. Today Allianz is 600 subsidiaries in more than 70 countries around the world, employing 181 thousand full-time employees and 500 thousand insurance agents.
		49,4 /11, 9 / 1,277.8/ 143	The oldest Chinese bank. The headquarters is in Beijing. It has more than 13 thousand branches in China and 550 representations in 25 other countries. The main business is corporate and retail lending; also deals with investment banking, insurance and servicing of plastic cards. Since 1993 Bank of China has a subsidiary bank in Moscow - JSCB BANK OF CHINA (ELOS).
	Energy	175,8 /11,4/ 156,3/ 109,1	The company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “COP”. Capitalization of ConocoPhillips as of March 20, 2006 - about $ 85 billion. The largest shareholders are American investment companies (73%), 1.6% belongs to the company's management.
	Oil and gas	284,8 /10,9/ 148,7/ 107,7	China Integrated Energy and Chemical Company. The country's second largest oil and gas company (after PetroChina).
Germany	Cars	168,3 /9,1/ 267,5/ 70,3	The Volkswagen Group owns 48 car manufacturers in 15 European countries and six countries in America, Asia and Africa. More than 370 thousand people work at the enterprises of the group, more than 26 600 cars are produced daily, authorized sales and service of cars are carried out in more than 150 countries of the world.
		49,4 /9,5/ 1,298,2/ 134
Switzerland	Food	112 /36,7/ 117,7/ 181,1	The world's largest food manufacturer. Nestle also specializes in pet food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The main office of the company is located in the Swiss city of Vevey.
Great Britain	cellular	67,5 /13,1/ 236,6/ 148,2	British company, the world's largest operator in terms of revenue cellular... The headquarters is in Newbury, Berkshire.


	Energy	113,1 /6,2/ 245,5/ 85,2	Large French energy and gas company. The company is headquartered in Paris.




		Production consumer goods	79,6 /11,2/ 134,3/ 172,2	In January 2005, Procter & Gamble announced the takeover of Gillette; the deal was worth $ 56 billion. The acquisition made P&G the world's largest consumer goods company, overtaking Unilever.
		Pharmaceuticals	67,8 /8,3/ 195/ 155,7	The company produces drugs for a wide range of consumers under famous brands Benadryl, Sudafed, Listerine, Desitin, Visine, Ben Gay, Lubriderm, Zantac75 and Cortizone. Pfizer is the inventor and manufacturer of the world renowned drug Viagra.
		Financial services, investments	46 /8,4/ 911,3/ 90	The company's business is divided into 3 key divisions: investment banking, exchange trading and asset and securities management.
Germany	Energy	124,6 /7,9/ 205,1/ 64	The largest German energy company. The headquarters is in Dusseldorf. The company supplies electricity, gas and water to more than 21 million consumers. E.ON together with Gazprom is participating in the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline.
Netherlands	Finance, insurance	149,2 /4,3/ 1,665.3/ 46,8	A financial group providing banking, insurance and property management services. ING stands for Internationale Nederlanden Groep (International Netherlands Group).
Switzerland		49,8 1 /7,7/ 1,403/ 70,8	The largest Swiss bank providing various financial services around the world. Based in Basel and Zurich.
Great Britain		63,9 /5,6/ 2,328.3/ 58,3	One of the largest financial and banking groups in the UK and the world with a broad presence in Europe, the USA and Asia. The group's operations are carried out through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC.
	Electronics	127,2,4 /9,1/ 119,9/ 90,3	The company provides solutions in the field of IT infrastructure, personal computing systems and access devices, system integration services, service support and outsourcing, as well as printing devices and image output for large enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses.

		85,4 /5,3/ 1,518.7/ 46,9	One of the largest French banks. The headquarters is in Paris. Société Générale has several subsidiary commercial banks in Russia: OJSC AKB Rosbank, CJSC Bank Societe Generale Vostok, LLC Rusfinance Bank, Bank Deltacredit.


	Computers, software	76,3 /16,6/ 86,7/ 324,3	Apple Inc. - American corporation, manufacturer of personal computers, audio players, phones, software. One of the pioneers in the field of personal computers and modern multitasking operating systems with a graphical interface.
	Insurance	162,4 /3,7/ 981,8/ 46,4	French company specializing in the provision of insurance services. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

	Computer software	66,7 /20,6/ 92,3/ 215,8	Produces operating systems of the Windows family (Wi? Ndows), office applications of the family Microsoft Office, server application suites, games, multimedia products, software development tools, and Xbox game consoles. Leads a policy of active purchase of promising software development companies. In particular, as a result of the takeover of the companies Navision, Solomon, Great Plains, a new large direction of Microsoft Dynamics (previously called Microsoft Business Solutions) appeared in the range of Microsoft. Three solutions in this area are presented in Russia: ERP systems Axapta, Navision and a relationship management system - Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Brazil		68,9 / 7 , 1 / 488,7/ 48 , 5	The main backbone Brazilian bank headquartered in Brasilia. The bank was founded in 1808 and is therefore considered the oldest in Brazil and one of the oldest in Latin America. The bank is controlled by the state, but its shares are listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange.
	Cars	51/4,2/ 2.177,4/ 74 , 5	World renowned Japanese group of companies. Headquarters Ira is in Tokyo. Mitsubishi was founded in the early 1870s by Yataro Iwasaki. From the merger of the family coats of arms of the founders arose trademark Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi Electric entered the Russian market around 1997.
Brazil	Iron ore mining	50,1 / 18 , 1 / 127,8/ 162 , 5	VALE DO RIO DOCE (KVRD), renamed Vale since 2007, was founded in Itabira as a state-owned company by the Brazilian federal government. In 69 years, Vale has grown to become the largest diversified mining company in America and the second largest in the world. Operates in 14 Brazilian states and five continents. The company has more than nine thousand kilometers of its own railways and 10 port terminals.
	Cars	129 / 6 ,6/ 164,7/ 54 , 3	North American automobile company, manufacturer of automobiles under the brands Ford, Lincoln and Mercury. The company is headquartered in Dearborn. The Ford Motor Company has been controlled by the Ford family for over 100 years and is thus one of the largest family-owned companies in the world.
	Energetics	96,5 / 5 , 9 / 217,4/ 54	The largest Italian energy company, one of the largest energy companies in the world. The headquarters is in Rome. Ranks second in Europe in terms of installed capacity.
	Cars	202,8 /2, 2 / 323,5/ 137 ,8	The largest Japanese automotive corporation, which also provides financial services and has several additional lines of business. The headquarters is in Toyota.
	Body care products and medical equipment	61,6 / 13 , 3 / 102,9/ 163 , 3	American company, a major manufacturer of medicines, body care products and medical equipment. In 2006, the company acquired the body care business from the major American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
Uk	Mining of copper, diamonds, gold and iron ore	56,6 / 14 , 3 / 112,4/ 131 , 6	Australian-British concern, the world's second largest transnational mining group. Consists of two operating companies - Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto plc. The group is managed from Melbourne and London.
Switzerland		53,9 / 5 , 2 / 1.097,1/ 50 , 7	Swiss investment bank. The headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland. The bank was founded by Alfred Escher as Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA) to finance construction railways(Nordostbahn) and the industrialization of Switzerland. more details ...
Norway		90,4 / 6 , 5 / 110,3/ 83 ,8	The company is one of the largest suppliers of crude oil in the world market, as well as the largest supplier of natural gas to the European market. Statoil provides about 60% of Norway's offshore hydrocarbon production. Statoil owns a network of modern filling stations in the Murmansk, Pskov, Leningrad regions and St. Petersburg.
	Cars	135,6 / 6 , 2 / 138,9/ 49 ,8	The largest American automobile corporation, until 2008 for 77 years the largest car manufacturer in the world (since 2008 - Toyota). Production is established in 35 countries, sales in 192 countries. The headquarters are located in Detroit.
Germany		61,2 / 3 , 1 / 2.556,5/ 59,6	Deutsche Bank, the largest banking group in Germany. Includes commercial, mortgage, investment banks, leasing companies, etc. The Management Board is in Frankfurt am Main. 13 million customers, more than 1500 branches in the country, numerous participation, branches, representative offices abroad (in 76 countries of the world including Moscow).
Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals	50,6 / 9 , 8 / 123,3/ 125,2	Transnational pharmaceutical corporation, the second largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Europe by market share. The company operates in 140 countries and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
	Telecommunications	106,6 /2, 5 / 220/ 101 , 3	An American telecommunications company, one of the largest in the United States and worldwide. The headquarters is in New York. Provides services to the fixed and mobile communications, satellite services broadband on the Internet, as well as information services. In addition, the company owns big business for the release of telephone directories.
Australia		37,8 / 6 , 1 / 596,4/ 69 , 3	The fourth largest bank in Australia. Operations in Australia account for the largest weight in the bank's business volume. It is also the largest bank in New Zealand, where its subsidiary ANZ National Bank operates.
		43,4 / 6 , 3 / 734,1/ 52 , 3	Banco Bilbao was founded in 1856. In 1980 it merged with Banco Vizcaya and in 2000 acquired Banco Agentaria. It has 7700 branches worldwide, of which 4400 are in Spain.
Australia	Extraction of coal, copper, iron ore, diamonds, silver, as well as oil and natural gas.	52,8/12,7/ 84,8/ 231,5	The world's largest mining company. The main It has a clear headquarters in Melbourne, Australia and an additional headquarters in London. It was founded in 2001 by combining the business of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP), and the British Billiton.
	Insurance	48,2 / 4 , 8 / 179,6/ 96 , 6	China Life Insurance, the largest Insurance Company China.
		31,8 / 5 ,6/ 720,9/ 87 , 2
Australia		34,3 / 4 , 8 / 544,8/ 79 , 2	One of Australia's leading providers of financial services including retail banking, commercial enterprises and organizations, fund management, retirement programs, insurance, brokerage and financial services. The group's shares are among the top five capitalized securities on the Australian Stock Exchange.
		86,1 / 9 / 84/ 59 , 2	The main activities of the company mpanii - operations for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, production and sale of petroleum products. The second largest company in Russia after Gazprom in terms of revenue.
Germany	Cars	80,2 / 4 , 3 / 146,1/ 51	German manufacturer of cars, motorcycles, engines and bicycles. The company's motto is “Driving pleasure”.
Germany		85,5 / 6 , 1 / 78,2/ 74 , 2	The largest chemical concern in Germany and in the world. The headquarters are located in the city of Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany. The interests of BASF SE in Russia are represented by the companies ZAO BASF, BASF Stroitelnye Sistemy, BASF VOSTOK, Wintershall Russland, as well as several joint ventures.
	Telecommunications	60,9 / 6 , 5 / 120,5/ 56 , 7	The largest telecommunications company in France. The most important divisions of France Telecom: Orange (mobile operator and Internet provider), Orange Business Services (fixed line and Internet access services for corporate clients). The company currently employs 220 thousand people; the company has about 91 million customers worldwide.
		68,8 / 2 , 4 / 1,318/ 47 , 3	One of the largest financial institutions, the geography of which is 22 states of Europe and 27 more countries of the world are disappearing. Central and Eastern Europe UniCredit Group has the largest international banking network, represented by more than 4,000 branches and offices, employing about 78,000 employees and serving more than 28 million customers.
		49,9 / 4 / 889 / 41 , 2	The banking group, which is the leader in the banking services market in Italy and one of the largest banking groups in the Eurozone, is based in Milan. Italy has 6,090 branches spread across the country serving over 11.1 million customers. The bank's representative offices specializing in servicing corporate clients are present in 34 countries, including the USA, Russia, China and India.
Australia		36,9 / 4 , 1 / 662,2/ 54
		46,1 / 10 , 4 / 93 ,9/ 85	Russian oil company. The headquarters is in Moscow. In 1991, on the basis of the disbanded Ministry of Petroleum and gas industry The USSR established the state oil company Rosneftegaz. In 1993 it was transformed into state enterprise Rosneft.
Switzerland	Insurance	67,8 / 3 , 4 / 375,7/ 39 , 9	Swiss group of companies providing insurance services. Has a network of offices around the world. The headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland. The companies of the Group employ about 60 thousand people in 170 countries of the world. In Russia "Zurich" operates in about 200 settlements.
	Cars	91,8 / 2 , 9		Pharmaceuticals	40,7 / 7 , 3 / 110,3/ 89 , 2	One of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations, the first largest in Europe and the third in the world pharmaceutical company... The company was formed on August 20, 2004 through the merger of Sanofi-Synthelabo and Aventis.
	Insurance	52,7 / 2 , 8 / 730,9/ 48 , 4	World famous American company that was founded in 1863 by a group of New York businessmen. She specializes in / 4, 4 / 514.1 / 60, 5	The fourth largest bank in Australia after Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac. Operations in Australia account for the largest weight in the bank's business volume. ANZ is also the largest bank in New Zealand, home to its subsidiary, ANZ National Bank.
	Food	57,8 / 6 , 3 / 68,2/ 102 , 6	American Food Company. Headquartered in Purchase, New York. Founded in 1965 through the merger of The Pepsi Cola Company and Frito Lay. Until 1997, the company owned networks fast food KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
	network hardware	42,4 / 7 , 6 / 82 / 99 , 2	An American multinational company that develops and sells networking equipment. Seeks to present a full range of network equipment, and thus provide an opportunity for the client to purchase absolutely all necessary network equipment exclusively from Cisco Systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.
	Telecommunications	49,2 / 7 , 3 / 69,7/ 110 , 1	Mexican telecommunications holding. The fifth mobile operator in the world in terms of the number of subscribers. One of the largest companies in Latin America. The headquarters are located in Mexico City (Mexico). Its Mexican subsidiary Telcel is the largest cellular operator in Mexico, with a market share of over 70%.
Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals	50,8 / 9 , 3 / 62,9/ 120 , 9	A Swiss pharmaceutical company, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies and number one in the world in diagnostics. It is one of the leading manufacturers of biotechnological medicines in the field of oncology, virology, rheumatology and transplantology. The company gained particular prominence in connection with the invention of Tamiflu, an anti-flu drug.
Luxembourg	Metallurgy	78 / 2 , 9 / 130,9/ 53 , 6	The largest metallurgical company in the world, at the end of 2008 controlled 10% of the world steel market. Registered in Luxembourg. The company owns a number of enterprises for the extraction of iron ore, coal, as well as metallurgical enterprises, including the large plant "Krivorozhstal" in Ukraine.
	Food	35,1 / 11 , 8 / 72,9/ 148 , 7	An American food company, the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of concentrates, syrups and soft drinks. The most famous product of the company is the Coca-Cola drink. The headquarters is in the capital of the state of Georgia - Atlanta. In Russia, the company sells about 17% of its own production in the world. Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia owns 15 factories in Russia.
Germany	Telecommunications	83,6 / 2 , 3 / 164,6/ 60 , 7	German telecommunications company, the largest in Europe and the third largest in the world. The headquarters is in Bonn. Deutsche Telekom has been present in Russia for over 14 years.
	Electronics	43,6 / 11 , 5 / 63,2/ 114 , 5	An American corporation that manufactures a wide range of electronic devices and computer components, including semiconductors, microprocessors, chipsets, etc. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA.
	Insurance	118 / 2 , 3 / 564,6/ 33 , 4	The largest insurance company in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. The headquarters is located in Trieste. The company's activities are concentrated in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia.
Saudi Arabia	Metal, chemical industry	40,5 / 5 , 7 / 84,3/ 81 , 2	SABIC is one of the world leaders in the production of metals, chemicals, fertilizers and plastics. It is the largest steel producer in the Middle East, producing strip steel and long steel products.
	Beer production	36,8 / 4 , 1 / 113,8/ 90 , 6	American brewery, the second largest in the world after InBev and the largest in the United States. The headquarters is in St. Louis (Missouri). In July 2008, it was announced that the Belgian brewery InBev had agreed with Anheuser-Busch's shareholders to take over the latter. The company owns 12 large breweries in the United States, as well as 15 factories in other countries of the world, including China.
		33,1 / 2 , 9 / 1,310.3/ 49	One of the largest Japanese banks. The headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of the Sumitomo and Mitsui groups.
		24,2 / 4 , 4 / 541,1/ 63 , 6	Is one of the main financial institutions North America and the most international of Canadian banks. The Scotiabank Group and its subsidiaries employ approximately 60,000 people and serve approximately 12.5 million customers in approximately 50 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a variety of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment Banking services... More ... 2	The largest electric company in France. Electricite de France operates 59 nuclear power plants, supplying electricity to 25 million homes. EDF is working with Toyota to develop batteries, car chargers and electric fueling infrastructure in Europe. More details ...

selected the 25 best companies to work with. Every year, a research organization analyzes data from surveys of over 5 million employees and analysts. corporate culture labor from 7,200 companies, the total staffing of which in aggregate is more than 16 million people. In this way, employer rating Great Place to Work can be called one of the most ambitious.

Since the release of the first Best Companies to Work List in 1997, Great Place to Work has identified the best employers in nearly 50 countries around the world. The ranking is based on data from approximately 2,900 companies that have been included in the Great Place to Work Institute country lists.

To qualify for a spot on the World's Best Employers List, a company had to be on at least five national rankings of the Great Place to Work Institute of Best Employers, have more than 5,000 employees, 40% of whom are located outside the country where the company is headquartered.

As a result, Great Place to Work experts selected the 25 truly best companies in the world. They studied working conditions and the achievements of companies in the field of creating a comfortable work environment.
The first place in the ranking in 2013 was taken by Google(She first made the Great Place to Work list in 2006). The total number of its employees worldwide is 40,178 people, the income is $ 50.2 billion. The head office is located in Mountain View (USA, California). Google has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico and several other countries.

In general, the giants of the IT sphere settled in the top four of the rating. The second place is taken by the SAS Institute. It now has 13,732 employees and revenues of $ 2.9 billion. Senior management at SAS is 33% women. average age employees in the company - 45 years. NetApp, which is ranked third, has 12604 employees. Global income is estimated at $ 6.3 billion, the average age of professionals is 40.5 years. The number of women in top management is 20%. The fourth place belongs to the Microsoft corporation. The number of employees and income is higher than the top three employers - 100,517 people and $ 77.8 billion, respectively. There are 29% of women in the top management, the average age of employees is 37.8 years.

Rounding out the top five employers is W. L. Gore & Associates, an American manufacturing company specializing in a variety of polymers. 10,197 employees, $ 3.2 billion in revenue. This company also cannot be called very young - the average age of employees is 42.7 years. W. L. Gore & Associates has offices in, among others, France, Germany, Italy, Korea.

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Today we have top of the 10 most valuable companies in the world.

Today, the company logo is likely to be recognized by many people, because Apple Corporation has truly 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 trio started building home computers and making their own PC models, but greatest success fell precisely in the last years of the company, when Apple introduced to the world its line of mobile products - iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets.

Today the range of the company's products is very wide - smartwatches, computers and laptops, tablets and smartphones, etc. But the main feature of the popularity of "apple" gadgets is the high quality, stylish design and clever marketing program of Steve Jobs.

Today the company includes thousands of representative offices, brand stores and service centers around the world, with a staff of about 132 thousand employees.

The headquarters is located in the USA, in 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 bundled software for home computers, making PC control user-friendly and intuitive.

The Windows operating system was a real breakthrough, as 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 OS Windows of the new generation, applications for working with documentation - Microsoft Office, as well as a number of other programs. In addition, MS releases its own mobile devices and accessories, video, audio and office equipment.

The headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington.

$ 1,020 billion

Industry: Internet.

The world-famous Internet company Google recently changed its official name to Alphabet, since the company has long gone beyond one search engine Google, 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.

The main office of Google is located 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 trade.

January 7, 2019, company Amazon became the most valuable company in the world for the first time, overtaking its competitor - Microsoft. Now she only takes 5th place.

Amazon is an American retail company that sells and supplies a variety of products 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 Jefos Bezos. The main office is located in Seattle, Washington state.

By overall assessment currently the company employs about 647.5 thousand employees. 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 social network Facebook is visited by over 2 billion people every day. For one Internet project, with a market value of $ 633 billion, it is simply an astronomical indicator of popularity and demand.

Today Facebook generates more than $ 22 billion in net income per year from advertising. In addition, Facebook is the leader among this list in terms of profitability, as in the last year alone, the company increased net profit by 54%.

The headquarters are located in Menlo Park, California.

Alibaba Group

$ 610.13 billion

Industry: Internet.
Products: E-commerce, online auction hosting, online money transfers, mobile commerce.

Alibaba is one of the largest virtual trading platforms in China and the world, attracting the attention of buyers with both 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, customer finder and cloud computing.

The headquarters are located in Hangzhou.

$ 562.39 billion

Industry: Insurance, finance, railway transport, utilities, production of 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 the most expensive share in the world.

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 meeting of shareholders of the company received the joking nickname "Woodstock for Capitalists".

$ 492.9 billion

Industry: Conglomerate.
Products: Social networks, instant messaging, media, web portals, etc.

Tencent is a venture capital company, conglomerate, investment holding and one of the largest companies in the gaming industry.

Founded in 1998, this Chinese multinational investment holding is currently ranked 9th most valuable company.

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. was 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 based on data on issued cards and transactions. Visa cards can be used to pay in over 200 countries.

Most of the company's transactions are processed using the VisaNet electronic payment network.

What is noteworthy is that 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 interference and natural disasters.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Market capitalization as a method for 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 company size is important because company size is a major determinant of the various characteristics that investors are interested in, including risks.

As the product of the number of shares by 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, underestimated, in order to get the real value of the company, it is necessary to consider its activities from a fundamental point of view.

Foreign companies operating in the country continue to develop and increase sales. Not the warmest relations between Russia and Western countries and mutual sanctions had little effect on foreign business in the Russian Federation.

Ranking of the largest foreign companies in Russia was compiled by Forbes magazine. In total, there are 50 foreign corporations in the top list. The experts of the publication note that this year the total revenue of foreign companies in Russia has decreased slightly - by 1.3%. And this despite the economic crisis.

The largest share of Russian revenue in total sales is with Nokian Tires from Finland (45%). It is followed by the French chain Leroy Merlin (18%) by a wide margin.

15 largest foreign companies in Russia

15. Danone

A French food company that produces dairy products has been doing business in Russia since 1992. In 2015, the company's revenue amounted to 107 billion rubles. This is 10% more than in the previous year. The share of Russian revenue is 7%.

The American company also managed to improve its results compared to last year. The total revenue of the food corporation is 114 billion rubles. The Russian share is 5%. It is worth noting that in 2015 Mars was three lines lower - in 17th place in the rating of the largest foreign companies in Russia.

13. Nestle

The Swiss food company started its business in Russia in 1995. In 2016, it ranked 13th in the ranking of the largest foreign companies in our country. In 2015, the corporation managed to earn 120 billion rubles (+ 25% over the previous period). The share of Russian revenue is 2% of the total.

12. Japan Tobacco International

On the other hand, the Japanese tobacco company Japan Tobacco International has significantly slowed down. If in the previous year one of the world's largest tobacco producers was on the fifth line of the ranking, this year it is only on the 12th. Over the year, Japan Tobacco International's revenue decreased by 39% and amounted to 135 billion rubles. The share of Russian revenue is 11%. The company has been running its business in Russia since 1999.

11. British American Tobacco

The British tobacco manufacturer, on the other hand, is more fortunate. Over the year, the company's revenue increased by 15% and amounted to 139 billion rubles. At the same time, the Russian share is 16%. British American Tobacco has been operating in Russia since 1991.

The American manufacturer of consumer goods also managed to increase its revenue by 8% at once. This year the company earned 141 billion rubles. The share of Russian revenue is 3%.

Leroy Merlin is a French company that owns retail chains specializing in the sale of goods for renovation and construction. The company has been conducting its business in Russia since 2004. This year, the company's revenue increased by 23% and amounted to 152 billion rubles. The Russian share is 18%.

8. Daimler

The German automobile manufacturer Daimler entered the Russian market in 1994 and became the first foreign automobile company to establish a subsidiary in Russia. The company is engaged in the production of Mercedes-Benz cars. This year, the company's revenue amounted to 157 billion rubles. The share of Russian revenue is 2%.

7. Volkswagen Group

Another German automaker ranked 7th in the ranking of the largest foreign companies in Russia. This year, the company's total revenue amounted to 171 billion rubles. True, these indicators are much worse than last year (-26%). The share of Russian revenue is 1%.

6. PepsiCo

The American manufacturer of soft drinks began operations in Russia in 1974. The first PepsiCo plant appeared in Novorossiysk. Currently the company employs over 23,000 people. In 2015, PepsiCo managed to earn 172 billion rubles. The share of Russian revenue is 4%.

The Swedish furniture manufacturer started its business in Russia in 2000. The first store of the company appeared in Khimki. In 2015, IKEA increased its revenue by 9% and earned 200 billion rubles. At the same time, the share of Russian revenue is 9%.

4. Toyota Motor

The Japanese automaker came to Russia in 2002. At the end of 2007, she launched a passenger car plant in the Leningrad Region. The company produces only one model - Camry. In 2015, the company's revenue amounted to 230 billion rubles. The Russian share is 2%.

3. Philip Morris International

One more tobacco producer opens the top three. Philip Morris International has three affiliated companies in Russia: Philip Morris Kuban, CJSC Philip Morris Izhora and LLC (FMSM). This year, the company's revenue increased by 21% at once and amounted to 234 billion rubles. The Russian share is 15%.

2. Metro Group

In Russia, it unites 81 small wholesale stores Metro Cash & Carry (fifth place among food retailers in Russia in terms of revenue in calendar 2014) and 67 electronics stores and household appliances Media Markt. The Russian market is the key market for the German company, accounting for 9% of global revenues and 40% of pre-tax profits. Number of employees in Russia: 22,353.

1. Groupe Auchan

For the second year in a row, Auchan has been ranked first in the rating of the largest foreign companies in Russia. This year, the corporation's revenue amounted to 414 billion rubles (+ 11% compared to last year). The Russian share is 11%.