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Chapter 11
The criteria used by Fortune to rank the top global companies were revenues. These companies were not ranked by profit. In fact, Fannie Mae, ranked internationally as Global 500’s 26th company should a profit loss.

The US holds 7 positions of the top 25 companies while China only holds 3 positions and Japan only 2 positions. I was surprised by this because media causes us to believe that China and Japan are taking over US industry and profits. Not surprisingly, 14 of the top 25 companies are in the oil/gas/utility business and 4 are vehicle manufacturers.
Fortune: Global 500
Rank  Company Revenues
($ millions) Profits
($ millions)
1 Netherlands
Royal Dutch Shell
484,489 30,918
2 US: Texas
Exxon Mobil
452,926 41,060
3 US: Arkansas
Wal-Mart Stores
446,950 15,699
4 Britain: London
BP
386,463 25,700
5 China: Bejing
Sinopec Group
375,214 9,453
6 China: Bejing
China National Petroleum
352,338 16,317
7 China: Bejing
State Grid
259,142 5,678
8 US: California
Chevron
245,621 26,895
9 US: Texas
ConocoPhillips
237,272 12,436
10 Japan
Toyota Motor
235,364 3,591
11 France
Total
231,580 17,069
12 Germany
Volkswagen
221,551 21,426
13 Japan: Tokyo
Japan Post Holdings
211,019 5,939
14 Switzerland
Glencore International
186,152 4,048
15 Russia: Moscow
Gazprom
157,831 44,460
16 Germany: Dusseldorf
E.ON
157,057 -3,085
17 Italy: Rome
ENI
153,676 9,539
18 Netherlands: Amsterdam
ING Group
150,571 6,591
19 US: Michigan
General Motors
150,276 9,190
20 South Korea
Samsung Electronics
148,944 12,059
21 Germany: Stuttgart
Daimler
148,139 7,880
22 US: Connecticut
General Electric
147,616 14,151
23 Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
Petrobras
145,915 20,121
24 US: Nebraska
Berkshire Hathaway
143,688 10,254
25 France: Paris
AXA
142,712 6,012
26 US: Washington D.C.
Fannie Mae
137,451 -16,855
27 US: Michigan
Ford Motor
136,264 20,213

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