50 countries of the world manufacturing company. The largest companies in the world
Today we have top 10 most expensive companies in the world.
Today, many people will surely recognize the company logo, because Apple has become really 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: Development software.
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 distributes various goods through 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.
Facebook brings in over $22 billion today net profit 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, railway transport, public 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 company's shareholders' meeting was jokingly nicknamed "Woodstock for the capitalists."
$492.9 billion
Industry: Conglomerate.
Products: Social networks, instant messaging, media 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 multiplayer online 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 valuation methods investment attractiveness companies.
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.
American Forbes has prepared its annual ranking of the 2000 largest public companies in the world. In its calculations, Forbes equally took into account four indicators: revenue, profit, asset size and market capitalization.
The total indicators of those included in the fresh list over the past year have increased markedly. Together, the rating participants generated $32 trillion in revenue (an increase of $2 trillion), and the total profit amounted to $2.4 trillion compared to $1.4 trillion a year earlier. Assets 2000 largest corporations Forbes estimated it at $138 trillion, and the total capitalization at $38 trillion.
The United States continues to have the largest representation, with 536 companies on the list. American leadership does not raise any questions so far: from the main competitor - Japan - 260 companies got into the rating. In addition, if in the first hundred American companies took 28 places at once, then Japanese companies only five. At the same time, the largest of them - Nippon Telegraph & Tel - is located only in 48th place. The US and Japan are followed by China (121 companies), Canada (67 companies) and South Korea (61 companies).
Representatives of the financial sector dominate in the rating (480 companies). Huge assets, of course, their main trump card. Oil and gas companies are far behind — there are 127 of them in the ranking. In terms of profit growth, insurance companies take the first place (624%), semiconductor manufacturers (45%) in terms of revenue growth, and auto concerns (57%) in terms of capitalization growth.
JPMorgan Chase ranked first for the second year in a row. Over the year, JPMorgan improved its results a little more: revenue amounted to $115.48 billion ($115.63 billion - last year), profit of $17.37 billion ($11.65 billion), assets of $2117 billion ($2031 billion), capitalization of $182.21 billion ($166.19 billion a year ago). At the same time, these indicators can hardly be called outstanding separately - JPMorgan does not even get into the top 10 in any of them.
Second place is now occupied by HSBC. The rapid growth of profit helped the British bank to rise from the eighth line: from $5.83 billion to $13.3 billion. The American corporation General Electric, once the undisputed leader, closes the three. 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), the Dutch Shell and the Chinese PetroChina. ICBC, the largest Chinese bank, ranks 7th: with revenues of $69.19 billion, ICBC's profit was $18.84 billion. investment fund Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway, Brazilian government oil company Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil and Citigroup bank.
The number of Russian companies on the list was reduced by two to 26. Three managed to break into the top hundred: Gazprom (15th), Lukoil (71st) and Rosneft (77th). Gazprom, in addition, turned out to be 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.
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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. |
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United Kingdom |
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, the Asia-Pacific region, North and South America, the Middle East and Africa. |
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Energy, Conglomerate |
150,2 /11,6/ 751,2/ 216,2 |
The 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. |
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Oil and gas |
341,6 /30,5/ 302,5 / 407,2 |
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is an American company, the largest private oil company in the world. |
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Netherlands |
Oil and gas |
369.1 /20,1/ 317.2/ 212.9 |
The Shell concern, one of the world leaders in the energy sector, is playing key role in meeting the growing global demand for energy resources. 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. |
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Oil and gas |
222.3 /21,2/ 251.3/ 320.8 |
China's largest oil and gas company. |
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69,2 /18,8/ 1,723.5/ 239.5 |
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is China's largest commercial bank. Included in the "Big Four" of the largest state-owned banks in China (along with the Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and China Construction Bank). |
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Investments, insurance |
136,2 /13/ 372,2/211 |
Berkshire Hathaway is an investment and insurance holding company. It controls more than 40 companies in sectors such as financial services, confectionery production, publishing, jewelry business, production of furniture, carpets, building materials, etc. |
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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. |
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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 makes up the "big three" of the French banking market. Headquarters - in Paris, London and Geneva. |
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Financial services, insurance, banks |
93,2 /12,4/ 1,258.1/ 170,6 |
Wells Fargo was formed from the merger of California-based Wells Fargo & Co. and Norwest, a Minneapolis-based company in 1998. The board of the new company decided to keep the name Wells Fargo 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 branches serving over 23 million customers. |
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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). |
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Telecommunications |
124,3 /19,9/ 268,5/ 168,2 |
AT&T has become the largest telecommunications company, and by a wide margin: Spain's Telefónica, which is number two in the industry, is only 32nd. |
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Oil and gas |
98,7 /25,7/ 275,9/ 172,9 |
The gas production and 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. |
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Extraction and processing 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. |
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58,2 /15,6/ 1,408/ 224,8 |
One of the largest banks in China. The bank was founded on October 1, 1954 and was originally named "People's Construction Bank of China", changing it to "China Construction Bank" on March 26, 1996. |
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Commercial network, retail |
421,8 /16,4/ 180,7/ 187,3 |
Wal-Mart is the world's largest retail network, which includes (as of 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 components as the maximum assortment and minimum, tending to wholesale, prices. |
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Oil and gas |
188,1 /14,2/ 192,8/ 138 |
Oil and gas company, the fourth largest in the world after Royal Dutch Shell, BP and ExxonMobil. The headquarters is located in Paris. In addition to mining, the company carries out oil refining and owns a network of gas stations, and also owns a number of enterprises in the chemical industry, as well as in other industries. |
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Germany |
Insurance |
142,9 /6,7/ 838,4/ 67,7 |
An insurance company, one of the leading financial companies in the world. In 1985, Allianz was transformed into an international holding. To date, Allianz has 600 subsidiaries in more than 70 countries, employing 181,000 full-time employees and 500,000 insurance agents. |
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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 representative offices in 25 other countries. The main business is corporate and retail lending; also engaged in investment banking, insurance and plastic card services. |
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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". The capitalization of ConocoPhillips as of March 20, 2006 is about $85 billion. The largest shareholders are American investment companies (73%), 1.6% belongs to the company's management. |
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Oil and gas |
284,8 /10,9/ 148,7/ 107,7 |
Chinese integrated energy and chemical company. The country's second-largest oil and gas company (after PetroChina). |
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Germany |
Cars |
168,3 /9,1/ 267,5/ 70,3 |
The Volkswagen Group owns 48 automotive companies in 15 European countries and six countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. More than 370 thousand people work at the enterprises of the group, more than 26,600 vehicles are produced daily, authorized sales and service of vehicles are carried out in more than 150 countries of the world. |
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49,4 /9,5/ 1,298,2/ 134 |
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Switzerland |
Food |
112 /36,7/ 117,7/ 181,1 |
The world's largest food manufacturer. Nestle also specializes in the production of pet food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The main office of the company is located in the Swiss city of Vevey. |
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United Kingdom |
cellular |
67,5 /13,1/ 236,6/ 148,2 |
British company, the world's largest operator in terms of revenue cellular communication. Headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire. |
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Energy |
113,1 /6,2/ 245,5/ 85,2 |
Large French energy and gas company. The company headquarters is located in Paris. |
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Consumer Goods Manufacturing |
79,6 /11,2/ 134,3/ 172,2 |
In January 2005, Procter & Gamble announced it was taking over Gillette; the deal was valued at $56 billion. As a result of this purchase, P&G became the world's largest consumer goods company, overtaking Unilever. |
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pharmaceuticals |
67,8 /8,3/ 195/ 155,7 |
The company produces drugs for a wide range of consumers under the well-known brands Benadryl, Sudafed, Listerine, Desitin, Visine, Ben Gay, Lubriderm, Zantac75 and Cortizone. Pfizer is the inventor and manufacturer of the world famous drug Viagra. |
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Financial services, investments |
46 /8,4/ 911,3/ 90 |
The company's business is divided into 3 key divisions: investment banking, stock trading and asset and securities management. |
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Germany |
Energy |
124,6 /7,9/ 205,1/ 64 |
The largest German energy company. The headquarters is in Düsseldorf. The company supplies electricity, gas and water to more than 21 million consumers. E.ON, together with Gazprom, is participating in the project for the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline. |
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Netherlands |
Finance, insurance |
149,2 /4,3/ 1,665.3/ 46,8 |
financial group, providing services in the field of banking, insurance and property management. The abbreviation ING stands for Internationale Nederlanden Groep (International Netherlands Group). |
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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. |
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United Kingdom |
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 wide presence in Europe, the USA and Asia. The group's operations are conducted through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC. |
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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, services for system integration, service support and outsourcing, as well as printing devices and display devices for large enterprises, small and medium business organizations. |
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85,4 /5,3/ 1,518.7/ 46,9 |
One of the largest French banks. The headquarters is in Paris. In Russia, Société Générale has several subsidiaries of commercial banks: OJSC AKB Rosbank, CJSC Bank Societe Generale Vostok, LLC Rusfinance Bank, Bank DeltaCredit. |
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Computers, software |
76,3 /16,6/ 86,7/ 324,3 |
Apple Inc. - American corporation, manufacturer of personal computers, audio players, telephones, software. One of the pioneers in the field of personal computers and modern multitasking operating systems with a graphical interface. |
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Insurance |
162,4 /3,7/ 981,8/ 46,4 |
French company specializing in the provision of insurance services. The company's headquarters is located in Paris, France. |
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computer software |
66,7 /20,6/ 92,3/ 215,8 |
Produces operating systems of the Windows family (Windows), office applications of the Microsoft Office family, server application suites, games, multimedia products, software development tools, and Xbox game consoles. Leads a policy of actively buying up promising software development companies. In particular, as a result of the takeover of Navision, Solomon, Great Plains, a new large area of Microsoft Dynamics (previously called Microsoft Business Solutions) appeared in the Microsoft assortment. Three solutions in this area are presented in Russia: ERP systems Axapta, Navision and relationship management system - Microsoft Dynamics CRM. |
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Brazil |
68,9 / 7 , 1 / 488,7/ 48 , 5 |
The main backbone Brazilian bank headquartered in the city of 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 traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. |
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Cars |
51/4,2/ 2.177,4/ 74 , 5 |
World famous 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. |
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Brazil |
Iron ore mining |
50,1 / 18 , 1 / 127,8/ 162 , 5 |
VALE DO RIO DOCE (Vale do Rio Doce) (CVRD), renamed Vale since 2007, was founded in Itabira as a public company by the Brazilian federal government. In 69 years, Vale has become the largest diversified mining company in America and the second largest in the world. It operates in 14 Brazilian states and on five continents. The company has more than nine thousand kilometers of its own railway lines and 10 port terminals. |
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Cars |
129 / 6 ,6/ 164,7/ 54 , 3 |
North American automotive company, manufacturer of cars under the brands "Ford", "Lincoln" and Mercury. The company's headquarters is located in Dearborn. Ford Motor Company has been controlled by the Ford family for more than 100 years, making it one of the largest family-owned companies in the world. |
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Energy |
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. It ranks second in Europe in terms of installed capacity. |
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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. |
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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 major American pharmaceutical company Pfizer. |
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Great Britain |
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. |
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Switzerland |
53,9 / 5 , 2 / 1.097,1/ 50 , 7 |
Swiss investment bank. The headquarters is located in Zurich, Switzerland. The bank was founded by Alfred Escher as the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA) to finance the construction railways(Nordostbahn) and the industrialization of Switzerland. more... |
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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 petrol stations in the Murmansk, Pskov, Leningrad regions and in St. Petersburg. |
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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 is located in Detroit. |
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Germany |
61,2 / 3 , 1 / 2.556,5/ 59,6 |
Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest banking concern. Includes commercial, mortgage, investment banks, leasing companies, etc. The board is in Frankfurt am Main. 13 million customers, more than 1500 branches in the country, numerous participations, branches, representative offices abroad (in 76 countries of the world including Moscow). |
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Switzerland |
pharmaceuticals |
50,6 / 9 , 8 / 123,3/ 125,2 |
Transnational pharmaceutical corporation, the second largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Europe in terms of market share. The company operates in 140 countries and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. |
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Telecommunications |
106,6 /2, 5 / 220/ 101 , 3 |
American telecommunications company, one of the largest in the US and worldwide. The headquarters is in New York. Provides services to fixed and mobile communications, satellite broadband Internet access services, as well as information services. In addition, the company owns big business for the publication of telephone directories. |
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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 volume of the bank's business. It is also the largest bank in New Zealand where it operates. subsidiary— ANZ National Bank. |
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43,4 / 6 , 3 / 734,1/ 52 , 3 |
Banco Bilbao was founded in 1856. It merged with Banco Vizcaya in 1980 and took over Banco Agentaria in 2000. It has 7,700 branches worldwide, 4,400 of which are in Spain. |
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Australia |
Mining 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. Osno The main headquarters is in Melbourne, Australia, with 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. |
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Insurance |
48,2 / 4 , 8 / 179,6/ 96 , 6 |
China Life Insurance Company, China's largest insurance company. |
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31,8 / 5 ,6/ 720,9/ 87 , 2 |
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Australia |
34,3 / 4 , 8 / 544,8/ 79 , 2 |
One of Australia's leading providers of financial services, including services to individuals, commercial enterprises and organizations, fund management, pension plans, insurance, brokerage and financial services. The group's shares are among the top five capitalized securities on the Australian Stock Exchange. |
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86,1 / 9 / 84/ 59 , 2 |
Main activities of co companies - operations for 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. |
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Germany |
Cars |
80,2 / 4 , 3 / 146,1/ 51 |
German manufacturer of cars, motorcycles, engines and bicycles. The motto of the company is "Driving pleasure". |
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Germany |
85,5 / 6 , 1 / 78,2/ 74 , 2 |
The largest chemical concern in Germany and in the world. The headquarters is in the city of Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany. The interests of BASF SE in Russia are represented by CJSC BASF, BASF Building Systems, BASF VOSTOK, Wintershall Russland, as well as several joint ventures. |
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Telecommunications |
60,9 / 6 , 5 / 120,5/ 56 , 7 |
The largest telecommunications company in France. The most important divisions of France Telecom: Orange (cellular operator and Internet provider), Orange Business Services (fixed-line services and Internet access for corporate clients). The company currently employs 220,000 people; The company has about 91 million customers worldwide. |
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68,8 / 2 , 4 / 1,318/ 47 , 3 |
One of the largest financial institutions, the geography of which covers There are 22 states of Europe and 27 more countries of the world. In the 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. |
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49,9 / 4 / 889 / 41 , 2 |
The banking group, which is the market leader in banking services in Italy and one of the largest banking groups in the Eurozone, is based in Milan. There are 6,090 branches in Italy, distributed throughout the country, serving more than 11.1 million customers. Representative offices of the bank specializing in servicing corporate clients are present in 34 countries, including the USA, Russia, China and India. |
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Australia |
36,9 / 4 , 1 / 662,2/ 54 |
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46,1 / 10 , 4 / 93 ,9/ 85 |
Russian oil company. The headquarters is in Moscow. In 1991, the state oil company Rosneftegaz was created on the basis of the disbanded Ministry of the Oil and Gas Industry of the USSR. In 1993, it was transformed into the state enterprise Rosneft. |
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Switzerland |
Insurance |
67,8 / 3 , 4 / 375,7/ 39 , 9 |
Swiss group of companies providing insurance services. It has a network of divisions around the world. The headquarters is located in Zurich, Switzerland. The Group's companies employ about 60,000 employees in 170 countries around the world. In Russia, Zurich operates in approximately 200 settlements. |
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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 largest pharmaceutical company in the world. The company was formed on August 20, 2004 through the merger of Sanofi-Synthelabo and Aventis. |
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Insurance |
52,7 / 2 , 8 / 730,9/ 48 , 4 |
world famous |
The fourth largest bank in Australia after Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac. Operations in Australia account for the largest weight in the volume of the bank's business. ANZ is also the largest bank in New Zealand, where its subsidiary, ANZ National Bank, operates. |
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Food |
57,8 / 6 , 3 / 68,2/ 102 , 6 |
American food company. The headquarters is in Purchase, New York. Founded in 1965 by the merger of The Pepsi Cola Company and Frito Lay. Until 1997, the company owned networks fast food KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. |
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network hardware |
42,4 / 7 , 6 / 82 / 99 , 2 |
American multinational company that develops and sells network equipment. Strives to provide a full range of network equipment, and thus enable the client to purchase absolutely all the necessary network equipment exclusively from Cisco Systems. The company's headquarters is located in San Jose, California. |
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Telecommunications |
49,2 / 7 , 3 / 69,7/ 110 , 1 |
Mexican telecommunications holding. Fifth mobile operator in the world by the number of subscribers. One of the largest companies in Latin America. The headquarters is located in Mexico City (Mexico). Its Mexican subsidiary Telcel is the largest mobile operator in Mexico, with a market share of over 70%. |
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Switzerland |
pharmaceuticals |
50,8 / 9 , 3 / 62,9/ 120 , 9 |
Swiss pharmaceutical company, one of the world's leading companies in the field of pharmaceuticals and ranked first in the world in the field of diagnostics. It is one of the leading manufacturers of biotechnological medicines in the field of oncology, virology, rheumatology and transplantation. The company gained particular fame in connection with the invention of Tamiflu, an anti-flu drug. |
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Luxembourg |
Metallurgy |
78 / 2 , 9 / 130,9/ 53 , 6 |
largest steel company 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, and metallurgical enterprises, including a large plant "Kryvorizhstal" in Ukraine. |
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Food |
35,1 / 11 , 8 / 72,9/ 148 , 7 |
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. Headquarters - in the capital of the state of Georgia - Atlanta. In Russia, the company sells about 17% of its own products in the world. In Russia, Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia owns 15 plants. |
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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 represented in Russia for more than 14 years. |
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Electronics |
43,6 / 11 , 5 / 63,2/ 114 , 5 |
American corporation producing a wide range of electronic devices and computer components, including semiconductors, microprocessors, system logic sets (chipsets), etc. The headquarters is in Santa Clara, California, USA. |
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Insurance |
118 / 2 , 3 / 564,6/ 33 , 4 |
The largest insurance company in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. The headquarters is in Trieste. The company's activities are concentrated in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. |
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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 flat steel and long steel products. |
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Beer production |
36,8 / 4 , 1 / 113,8/ 90 , 6 |
American brewing company, 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 Belgian brewer InBev had reached an agreement with the shareholders of Anheuser-Busch to take over the latter. The company owns 12 large breweries in the United States, as well as 15 factories in other countries, including China. |
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33,1 / 2 , 9 / 1,310.3/ 49 |
One of the largest Japanese banks. The headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan. Part of the Sumitomo and Mitsui groups. |
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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, with approximately 60,000 employees, provide services to approximately 12.5 million customers in approximately 50 countries. Scotiabank offers a variety of products and services, including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. Read more... 2 |
The largest electric company in France. Electricite de France operates 59 nuclear power plants, supplying electricity to 25 million homes. EDF is collaborating with Toyota to develop batteries, car chargers and the deployment of an electric refueling infrastructure in Europe. Read more... |
First places in the ranking foreign companies with best reputation in Russia took Toyota, Rolex and Bosch. The authors of the rating, analysts from the Reputation Institute, are convinced that the reputation of companies in Russia and in the rest of the world is perceived in completely different ways.
Prepared for Forbes rating foreign companies with the best reputation in Russia according to the Reputation Institute (RI) in 2019 was headed by the Japanese automaker Toyota. Together with him, the Swiss watch company Rolex and German Bosch entered the top three. The leader of 2017 - Volkswagen - was ninth in this year's ranking (in 2018 it was 12th), and Japanese Sony dropped to 5th from the first line in last year's ranking.
In the aviation sector, reputational leadership has been held by Lufthansa for three years, in the financial sector by Visa, and in the entertainment sector by The Walt Disney. Toyota (automotive), Rolex (consumer goods), ExxonMobil (oil and gas), Lavazza (food and beverage), Hilton Worldwide (hotels), 3M (industrial), Pfizer (pharmaceuticals), IKEA ( retail), Intel (high tech) and DHL (logistics).
In terms of the reputation of the business sectors, the automotive sector ranks first, followed by consumer goods and high technology. In the last places - finance, transport and energy. “Only 25% of people in the world consider financial institutions sincere,” notes RI. The top 100 companies with the best reputation in Russia include two payment systems (Visa and Mastercard) and HSBC bank, while the global investment banks Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley were not ranked.
The last place in terms of the reputation of sectors in Russia in 2019 was entertainment and media. RI explained this by the deterioration in the attitude of Russians towards Facebook. The Walt Disney Company (#44) and Netflix (#73) were in the top 100 most respected companies.
At the same time, in the global ranking of companies with the best reputation published by RI in March, The Walt Disney Company was on the third line (topped the Rolex list), and Netflix topped the similar American rating in April (Facebook among 390 American companies considered by reputation was on penultimate place, only The Trump Organization had a worse reputation). The lightning-fast reaction of management to accusations of sexual assault by the star of the series “House of Cards” Kevin Spacey helped to climb 22 lines in the American rating of Netflix - in the midst of the #MeToo campaign, Netflix simply fired the actor.
“The importance of intangible assets is growing all over the world and today reputation management is the responsibility of the first persons of companies,” emphasizes Cornelius van Riel, co-founder and vice president of RI.
Today, one failure is enough to damage a company's reputation. The incident at a US collegiate basketball game where rising star Zion Williamson's shoe ruptured resulted in more than just injury to the player. The very next day, Nike shares fell by more than 1%, the company's market capitalization fell by $1.46 billion. In the RI 2019 world ranking, the company dropped from 12th to 15th place.
It doesn't work in Russia. There are regional peculiarities in the perception of companies in Russia and in the rest of the world, RI explains. In the ranking of the most respected foreign companies in Russian market Nike retained 11th place. Also, the "dieselgate" had a completely different effect on the reputation of Volkswagen in Russia and in the world. In the Russian rating, the company dropped from first place in 2017 to 12th in 2018, but already in 2019 it rose to ninth. In the global and US reputation rankings, Volkswagen was not in the top 100 in 2018 and 2019.
The Reputation Institute has been preparing an annual corporate reputation survey since 2006. In Russia, the calculations are carried out by the consulting company EmCo (exclusive representative of RI).
When compiling the reputation rating of foreign companies in Russia, more than 7,000 people were interviewed. They were asked about the activities of 143 companies, selected by size and prominence. The questions concerned the emotional attitude of a person to the company (trust, respect, admiration, goodwill), perception of its activities (products, innovations, working conditions, management, leadership, efficiency, responsibility) and supportive behavior (including willingness to buy the company's product). Survey participants rated companies according to various criteria on a 100-point scale. An average score above 80 indicates an excellent reputation.
Top 100 International Companies by Reputation Russia RepTrak® 2019
| № | international company | № | international company | № | international company | № | international company |
| 1 | Toyota | 26 | IKEA | 51 | Ford motor | 76 | Natura |
| 2 | Rolex | 27 | Rolls-Royce Aerospace | 52 | The Kraft Heinz Company | 77 | ExxonMobil |
| 3 | Bosch | 28 | Pirelli | 53 | Colgate-Palmolive | 78 | Eli Lilly |
| 4 | bmw | 29 | Nokia | 54 | The Estee Lauder Companies | 79 | Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) |
| 5 | Sony | 30 | 55 | Air France-KLM | 80 | GlaxoSmithKline | |
| 6 | lego | 31 | nissan motor | 56 | LVMH Group (Louis Vuitton - Moet Hennessy) | 81 | Novo Nordisk |
| 7 | Intel | 32 | Bridgestone | 57 | Toshiba | 82 | British Airways (Brand owned by IAG) |
| 8 | Adidas | 33 | IBM | 58 | mastercard | 83 | Mars Incorporated |
| 9 | Volkswagen | 34 | Philips Electronics | 59 | Accenture | 84 | Siemens |
| 10 | Canon | 35 | Xerox | 60 | Emirates | 85 | Heineken |
| 11 | Nike | 36 | Hitachi | 61 | Ferrero | 86 | LG Corporation |
| 12 | Panasonic | 37 | Hugo Boss | 62 | Boeing | 87 | Sanofi |
| 13 | Michelin | 38 | Danone | 63 | Ralph Lauren Corporation | 88 | Airbus |
| 14 | Samsung | 39 | HP | 64 | Bacardi-Martini | 89 | Anheuser-Busch InBev |
| 15 | Lavazza | 40 | barilla | 65 | L "Oreal | 90 | Oracle |
| 16 | Visa | 41 | Sharp | 66 | Starbucks Coffee Company | 91 | Pernod Ricard |
| 17 | Apple | 42 | Mitsubishi Motors | 67 | Huawei | 92 | Carlsberg Group |
| 18 | Cisco Systems | 43 | General Motors | 68 | Hilton Worldwide | 93 | HSBC |
| 19 | Mondelez International | 44 | The Walt Disney Company | 69 | AT&T | 94 | InterContinental Hotels Group |
| 20 | Microsoft | 45 | Levi Strauss & Co. | 70 | Kia Motors | 95 | Fujitsu |
| 21 | Giorgio Armani | 46 | good year | 71 | fujifilm | 96 | DHL |
| 22 | 3M | 47 | Johnson & Johnson | 72 | Marriott International | 97 | Unilever |
| 23 | Electrolux | 48 | Caterpillar | 73 | Netflix | 98 | Campbell Soup Company |
| 24 | Nestle | 49 | Deutsche Lufthansa | 74 | Honeywell International | 99 | Procter & Gamble |
| 25 | Hyundai | 50 | Honda motor | 75 | Pfizer | 100 | Bayer |
Read more about the top 10 companies from the Russian reputation rating in our gallery.
The Japanese automaker managed to bypass the German BMW and Volkswagen, which were in the lead in the ranking of the most respected foreign car brands in Russia in 2017-2018.
In the consumer goods sector, Rolex has traditionally ranked high for three years.
This year, the German company managed to outperform its Japanese rival Sony.
The Japanese company entered the top three in the consumer goods category, behind Rolex and Bosch.
The Danish company, which is always on the list of the most respected companies in the world, has shown a sharp rise in the Russian ranking - from 41st to 2nd place.
Among the most respected high-tech companies, Intel is ahead of Samsung and Apple in terms of reputation in Russia. The company also improved its position in the global reputation ranking (moved from 15th to 11th place).
The German manufacturer of sports shoes, clothing and equipment in terms of reputation both in Russia and in the world is ahead of its American competitor Nike (which ranks 11th and 15th in these ratings).
As a result of the dieselgate, the German automaker has not been in the top 100 of the world ranking for the second year in a row, but has returned to the top ten most respected foreign companies in Russia.
The company's competitor, Nikon, was not included in the Russian reputation top 100.
The Industrial Revolution created a demand for legal outsourcing and the world of law changed.
Today there are many international law firms. Some of them attracted such attention from the media and colleagues that the identification of world leaders in revenue began.
If you also want to know the top ten biggest players, then you are here. After studying the results of a mass of awards and online surveys, taking into account various regalia and success in working with clients, we have prepared such a list.
Its participants represented the interests of some of the world's most influential corporations, including General Motors, Motorola and Siemens. And it's far from full list names.
Baker & McKenzie (UK)
Baker & McKenzie was founded more than 60 years ago, employs more than 4,000 lawyers and operates in 42 countries. Among her clients are some of the most prestigious companies in the world.
Interacting with clients, the company does not forget for a second about its high values and attaches great importance consistency and responsibility. For three consecutive years, it has topped the Sharplegal Global Elite Brand Index, a list of the world's leading law firms compiled by Acritas.
In 2013, Baker & McKenzie received the WealthBriefing Awards for Legal Team of the Year, and in the same category in 2010, the STEP Private Client Awards. In the same 2010, she entered the top 25 law firms compiled by Private Client Practitioner.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (USA)
Skadden is an international company that dates back to 1948. It is headquartered in the US, and Forbes named Skadden the most powerful law firm on Wall Street. Since 2001, the magazine has named it the best in the country.
AmericanLawyer.com ranks Skadden as the second largest in the world in terms of turnover.
In 2010, the National Law Journal ranked Skadden Arps #6 on its list of America's 250 largest law firms.
DLA Piper (UK)
The head office of DLA Piper is in the United Kingdom. It is recognized as one of the 10 most important law firms on the planet.
The company operates in over 30 countries and employs 4,200 lawyers. In terms of income, she has no equal in the world.
In 2012, the firm ranked fifth in the Sharplegal Global Elite Brand Index. And her services were noted as exceptional.
DLA Piper has collected many awards. These include the Leadership in Law Award and two International Tax Review awards she received this year. The latter were awarded to firms in South and North America.
Allen & Overy (UK)
Allen & Overy is one of the mastodons of the legal world. On account of her awards in such categories as "Best law firm of the year", "Firm of the year ( labor law)”, “Firm of the Year (Insurance)” and “International Firm of the Year”.
A&O, as the company is briefly called, has 42 offices in 29 countries. The number of clients, she claims, exceeds 5,000, and partners - over 500.
Allen & Overy is also the only one to have been named Europe's Most Innovative Law Firm twice by the Financial Times.
Linklaters (UK)
Linklaters has a 175 year history. Among the largest law firms in the world, it is one of the leading ones. The company is present in 20 countries and is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Linklaters currently provides legal services in the areas of corporate, banking and tax law, as well as real estate, crisis management, private equity, investment management and healthcare.
The firm has won numerous awards, including Team of the Year (Corporate), European Private Equity Legal Adviser of the Year, and Innovation in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Civil Law.
Clifford Chance (UK)
The name Clifford Chance is one of the most recognizable names in the legal industry. The firm operates in 25 countries and has been ranked among the top 10 law firms in the world by many resources.
Clifford Chance appeared in 1987 as a result of a large-scale merger. Since then, she has maintained long-term relationships with clients and offers them a wide range of legal services. Her areas of expertise include capital markets, litigation and dispute resolution.
The firm is the recipient of dozens of awards, including Firm of the Year (Corporate and Commercial Law) and Law Firm Management Team of the Year.
Latham & Watkins (USA)
Latham & Watkins opened in 1934 in Los Angeles and is rapidly expanding internationally. Today Latham successfully represents the interests of well-known companies in almost all parts of the world.
In 2007, Latham & Watkins was the first US firm to generate over $2 billion in revenue. She has countless awards to her credit. Among other things, she was recognized as the "Law Firm of the Decade" and "Most Admired Firm".
Kirkland & Ellis (USA)
Kirkland & Ellis is an international trading law firm providing services related to litigation, tax, corporate transactions and intellectual property rights.
Kirkland & Ellis is one of the most respected law firms on the planet. Vault called it the most prestigious in Chicago. It is also the fifth largest in the US.
Prominent clients include United Airlines, Intel, Samsung Electronics, Siemens, Motorola and General Motors.
Sidley Austin (USA)
Sidley Austin provides specialized litigation services in 19 cities around the world. One of the company's first clients was Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lincoln.
According to usnews.com, Sidley Austin is the sixth largest US law firm (with 1,700 lawyers on staff).
The company has always been in the center of attention of the legal industry and has received a lot of awards and regalia. In 2012, usnews.com named Sidley Law Firm of the Year in Litigation and Capital Markets.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UK)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is headquartered in London. This transnational corporation has 27 offices in 17 jurisdictions - European, Asian and Middle Eastern, as well as in the USA.
The company was opened in 1743 - at the same time when one of its solicitors was accepted into the prestigious Bank of England.
Over the years of its existence, Freshfields has received many awards and regalia, and this has helped it to get into the list of 10 largest law firms in the world according to SPEAR'S.
Freshfields is the recipient of the Who's Who Legal Awards (Global Law Firm of the Year 2013), the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence (UK Law Firm of the Year 2009) and the Financial Times Award (Most Innovative law firm, 2009).
In addition, the company is among the world leaders in terms of revenue. In the 2012/2013 financial year, it amounted to $2.092 billion.
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 started in 1924 selling looms and for almost centennial history turned into 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 written in “ production system corporations” and are binding on 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 transportation, food production, household 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. New Executive Director Satya Nadella is an adherent of a tough business style and an 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 $22 billion for the global economy. 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 technology into a real cult of worship of goods with an apple logo. It's not just about proprietary 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 healthy lifestyle life. 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. Totally agree last year 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 confidence 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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