Forbes Global 2000: The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall?

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
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This from Forbes; “Every year since 2003, the Global 2000 has ranked the world’s publicly traded companies by sales, profit, assets and market value, with all four variables given equal weights. This year’s ranking looks far different from the list’s first installment 20 years ago, when Citigroup was No. 1 and AIG, Fannie Mae and IBM were among the 10 largest companies in America. None are in the top 20 today.”

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These are the twenty-five largest publicly traded companies by sales, profit, assets, and market value [with all four variables given equal weights] in the world.

  1. JPMorgan Chase
  2. Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
  3. ICBC
  4. China Construction Bank
  5. Agricultural Bank of China
  6. Bank of America
  7. Alphabet
  8. ExxonMobil
  9. Microsoft
  10. Apple
  11. Shell
  12. Bank of China
  13. Toyota Motor
  14. Samsung Electronics
  15. UnitedHealth Group
  16. Ping An Insurance Group
  17. Wells Fargo
  18. Chevron
  19. PetroChina
  20. HSBC Holdings
  21. TotalEnergies
  22. Verizon Communications
  23. Walmart
  24. Citigroup
  25. China Mobile

Read the entire list here.

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