Here a list of the largest cooperations in the world (Source). Oli and Gas as well as automotive domniate this list. Exactly those companies that are for a good part responsible for global warming. I wonder who their largest shareholders are…..
Ranking | Company | Industry | Revenue (USD billions) | FY | Capitalization (USD billions) | Employ |
1 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Retail | $469 | 31-Jan-13 | $248 | 2,200,000 |
2 | Royal Dutch Shell | Oil and gas | $467 | 31-Dec-12 | $132 | 90,000 |
3 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Oil and gas | $453 | 31-Dec-12 | $406 | 76,900 |
4 | China National Petroleum Corporation | Oil and gas | $425 | 31-Dec-12 | 1,668,072 | |
5 | Sinopec Group | Oil and gas | $411 | 31-Dec-12 | $81 | 401,000 |
6 | BP | Oil and gas | $370 | 31-Dec-12 | $86 | 83,000 |
7 | Saudi Aramco | Oil and gas | $365 | 2011 | 54,000 | |
8 | Vitol | Commodities | $303 | 10-Jan-13 | 2,800 | |
9 | State Grid Corporation of China | Electric utility | $290 | 2012 | 1,564,000 | |
10 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | $254 | 31-Dec-12 | $77 | 502,000 |
11 | Chevron | Oil and gas | $242 | 31-Dec-12 | $211 | 61,000 |
12 | Total | Oil and gas | $240 | 31-Dec-12 | $120 | 111,000 |
13 | Toyota | Automotive | $222 | 31-Mar-13 | $149 | 326,000 |
14 | Glencore Xstrata | Commodities | $214 | 31-Dec-12 | $41.66 | 58,000 |
15 | Samsung Electronics | Electronics | $187 | 31-Dec-12 | $181 | 222,000 |
16 | E.ON | Electric utility | $174 | 31-Dec-12 | $47 | 79,000 |
17 | Apple | Electronics | $170 | 28-Sep-13 | $410 | 76,000 |
18 | Japan Post Holdings | Conglomerate | $168 | 31-Mar-13 | 229,000 | |
19 | Eni | Oil and gas | $167 | 31-Dec-12 | $94 | 78,000 |
20 | Phillips 66 | Oil and gas | $166 | 31-Dec-12 | $39 | 13,500 |
21 | Gazprom | Oil and gas | $164 | 31-Dec-12 | $145 | 432,000 |
22 | Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate | $162 | 31-Dec-12 | $201 | 217,000 |
23 | General Motors | Automotive | $152 | 31-Dec-12 | $40 | 284,000 |
24 | Daimler | Automotive | $150 | 31-Dec-12 | $64 | 275,087 |
25 | General Electric | Conglomerate | $147 | 31-Dec-12 | $212 | 287,000 |
26 | Kuwait Petroleum Corporation | Oil and gas | $145 | 31-Mar-12 | 17,927 | |
27 | Petrobras | Oil and gas | $144 | 31-Dec-12 | $171 | 81,000 |
28 | Allianz | Financial services | $140 | 31-Dec-12 | $54 | 142,000 |
29 | Valero Energy | Oil and gas | $139 | 31-Dec-12 | $16 | 22,000 |
30 | Lukoil | Oil and gas | $139 | 31-Dec-12 | $51 | 120,000 |
31 | Cargill | Food processing | $136 | 31-May-13 | 158,000 | |
32 | Hon Hai Precision Industry | Electronics | $134 | 31-Dec-12 | $41 | 1,290,000 |
33 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | $134 | 31-Dec-12 | $47 | 164,000 |
34 | Statoil | Oil and gas | $130 | 31-Dec-12 | $86 | 32,000 |
35 | GDF Suez | Electricity and gas utility | $128 | 31-Dec-12 | $58 | 161,000 |
36 | AT&T | Telecommunications | $127 | 31-Dec-12 | $185 | 256,000 |
37 | Pemex | Oil and gas | $127 | 31-Dec-12 | 138,000 | |
38 | PDVSA | Oil and gas | $124 | 31-Dec-12 | 121,000 | |
39 | CVS Caremark | Retail | $123 | 31-Dec-12 | $59 | 202,000 |
40 | McKesson | Pharmaceuticals | $122 | 31-Mar-13 | $22 | 32,000 |
41 | Trafigura | Commodities | $120 | 31-Dec-12 | 8,445 | |
42 | JX Holdings | Oil and gas | $119 | 31-Mar-13 | $16 | 24,000 |
43 | AXA | Financial services | $118 | 31-Dec-12 | $39 | 240,000 |
44 | Assicurazioni Generali | Financial services | $116 | 31-Dec-12 | $24 | 85,000 |
45 | Verizon | Telecommunications | $115 | 31-Dec-12 | $108 | 203,000 |
46 | Koch Industries | Conglomerate | $115 | 31-Dec-12 | 60,000 | |
47 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Telecommunications | $113 | 31-Mar-13 | $73 | 205,000 |
48 | SK Group | Conglomerate | $112 | 31-Dec-12 | 52,377 | |
49 | Hewlett-Packard | Computer hardware | $112 | 31-Oct-13 | $47 | 267,000 |
50 | Enel | Electric utility | $111 | 31-Dec-12 | $34 | 59,000 |
51 | Fiat | Automotive | $110 | 31-Dec-12 | $7 | 214,836 |
52 | UnitedHealth Group | Health care | $110 | 31-Dec-12 | $62 | 99,000 |
53 | Tesco | Retail | $110 | 23-Feb-13 | $42 | 493,000 |
54 | National Iranian Oil Company | Oil and gas | $110 | 2011 | 36,000 | |
55 | Honda | Automotive | $104 | 31-Mar-13 | $69 | 181,876 |
56 | IBM | Computer services | $104 | 31-Dec-12 | $242 | 433,000 |
57 | BASF | Chemicals | $103 | 31-Dec-12 | $80 | 113,262 |
58 | Costco | Retail | $102 | 1-Sep-13 | $39 | 132,000 |
59 | Siemens | Conglomerate | $102 | 30-Sep-13 | $92 | 405,000 |
60 | Nissan Motor Company | Automotive | $102 | 31-Mar-13 | $48 | 128,000 |
61 | Carrefour | Retail | $101 | 31-Dec-12 | $17 | 476,000 |
62 | Rosneft | Oil and gas | $101 | 31-Dec-12 | $75 | 166,100 |
63 | Cardinal Health | Pharmaceuticals | $101 | 30-Jun-13 | $14 | 40,000 |
64 | BMW | Automotive | $100 | 17-Mar-13 | $58.8[64] | 105,876 |
65 | Nestlé | Food processing | $100 | 31-Dec-12 | $207 | 339,000 |