Business: Global Rankings
Global Rankings (morguefile)
What a difference one decade can make…
Each year The Financial Times newspaper in London puts together a list of the world’s 500 largest publicly-traded companies (the FT 500) as measured by their market capitalization. Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price by the number of shares of that company’s stock that have been issued. During the last ten years, there has been a dramatic shift in the country of origin where the largest companies in the world are based.
| Global Rank | 2001 | 2011 (end of Q1) |
| 1 | General Electric (USA) | Exxon Mobil (USA) |
| 2 | Cisco Systems (USA) | PetroChina (China) |
| 3 | Exxon Mobil (USA) | Apple Inc. (USA) |
| 4 | Pfizer (USA) | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (China) |
| 5 | Microsoft (USA) | Petrobas (Brazil) |
| 6 | Wal-Mart (USA) | BHP Billiton (Australia) |
| 7 | Citicorp (USA) | China Construction Bank (China) |
| 8 | Vodafone (UK) | Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands/UK) |
| 9 | Intel (USA) | Chevron Corp. (USA) |
| 10 | Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands/UK) | Microsoft (USA) |
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~RG
