What are the largest/most power companies on the planet?

[AUz]

So title explains it all..

Which is the world's most powerful/largest company?

There are few contenders : Google, Facebook, Exxon Mobil, Apple etc etc..

I think that it terms of 'influence', Google has the lead. I mean, Google can manipulate what information humanity sees and what it doesn't see...

But when it comes to most powerful/largest..Google might not make it on the top..There are other contenders..

My bet is on the undisputed oil king of the planet... Saudi Aramco

Here are few facts about Saudi Aramco :

Saudi Aramco is the world's largest oil company by miles!!!! It is a state-owned company head quartered in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Annual Revenue (2011) : $ 356 billion

Estimated Market Capitalization : $ 10 trillion (by financial times) !!!!!!!

Saudi Aramco alone holds 260 billion barrels of oil and ~ 280 trillion cubic feet natural gas reserves.

Saudi Aramco alone is larger than oil giants like Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell, and Chevron combined !!!!! [ whats up, b!tches? ]

Saudi Aramco head-quarters ...

Command and Control center of the planet's most powerful company!

So, write your options...

 

[Icewolf]

Saudi Aramco is controlled & regulated by US & EU.

Microsoft might be the largest & most powerful, although it's losing its grip.
Apple & Google come at a close tie.

 

[Shabz Nist]

Saudi aramco is really controlled by US and EU. At any point they decide to cut off energy supplies on some fancy whim, rest assured--the entire world would be up in arms to seize control.

Saudi Arabia is not a powerful country at all, let alone Saudi aramco.

Personally, i think the most powerful companies in the world belong to the United States. It ranges from Microsoft and Google to the likes of Intel and General Electric.

They control the world, more or less.

 

[Wright]

Toyota, Microsoft, and Coke.

 

[Icewolf]

Saudi aramco is really controlled by US and EU.

Yeah, thanks for copying me bro.

 

[Shabz Nist]

Yeah, thanks for copying me bro.

Your'e welcome. But i did a bit more research and now would like to amend my post. The three companies that really controls the World are the following. According to forbes :

McGraw-Hill
CME Group
Barclay’s

Looking at the consumer brands: 10 companies command the most influence.

 

[Shabz Nist]

Bulk of grain trade is controlled by ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), Bunge, Cargill, Glencore International, Louis Dreyfus

The top 50 of the 147 superconnected companies (newscientist)
1. Barclays plc
2. Capital Group Companies Inc
3. FMR Corporation
4. AXA
5. State Street Corporation
6. JP Morgan Chase & Co
7. Legal & General Group plc
8. Vanguard Group Inc
9. UBS AG
10. Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
11. Wellington Management Co LLP
12. Deutsche Bank AG
13. Franklin Resources Inc
14. Credit Suisse Group
15. Walton Enterprises LLC
16. Bank of New York Mellon Corp
17. Natixis
18. Goldman Sachs Group Inc
19. T Rowe Price Group Inc
20. Legg Mason Inc
21. Morgan Stanley
22. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
23. Northern Trust Corporation
24. Société Générale
25. Bank of America Corporation
26. Lloyds TSB Group plc
27. Invesco plc
28. Allianz SE 29. TIAA
30. Old Mutual Public Limited Company
31. Aviva plc
32. Schroders plc
33. Dodge & Cox
34. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc*
35. Sun Life Financial Inc
36. Standard Life plc
37. CNCE
38. Nomura Holdings Inc
39. The Depository Trust Company
40. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
41. ING Groep NV
42. Brandes Investment Partners LP
43. Unicredito Italiano SPA
44. Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
45. Vereniging Aegon
46. BNP Paribas
47. Affiliated Managers Group Inc
48. Resona Holdings Inc
49. Capital Group International Inc
50. China Petrochemical Group Company

 

[AUz]

Saudi aramco is really controlled by US and EU. At any point they decide to cut off energy supplies on some fancy whim, rest assured--the entire world would be up in arms to seize control.

Why would they cut-off energy supply? lol..They make money out of it.

Secondly, Saudi Aramco is controlled by US/EU? Well, it is a rant. Saudi Aramco does what is best for it..simple as that.

Also, does it matter who controls the company? It still is the largest/most powerful company on the planet!

 

[Shabz Nist]

Why would they cut-off energy supply? lol..They make money out of it.

Secondly, Saudi Aramco is controlled by US/EU? Well, it is a rant. Saudi Aramco does what is best for it..simple as that.

Also, does it matter who controls the company? It still is the largest/most powerful company on the planet!

Not at all. China petrochem is the single energy firm that makes the list.

 

[Wright]

Your'e welcome. But i did a bit more research and now would like to amend my post. The three companies that really controls the World are the following. According to forbes :

McGraw-Hill
CME Group
Barclay’s

Looking at the consumer brands: 10 companies command the most influence.

Source? Where is General motors, DELL, etc?

 

[Shabz Nist]

Moving on :

Biggest Energy firms in the world.

Exxon Mobil (USA)
BP (UK)
Gazprom (Russia)
Petrobras Brasieiro (Brazil)
Total SA (France)
E.On AG (Germany)
Petro China (China)
China petroleum (China)
Chevron (USA)
Shell (Netherlands)
Lukoil (Russia)
RWE AG (Germany)
Reliance (India)

Source? Where is General motors, DELL, etc?

That's just for consumer brands. Source is Huffingtonpost.

 

[Shabz Nist]

Chemical firms :

BASF (germany)
Dow (USA)
Sinopec (China)
Incos (UK)
Exxon (USA)
DuPont (USA)
Formosa Plastics (Taiwan)
Shell (Netherlands)
SABIC (Saudi Arabia)
Total (France)

Biggest Automobile Manufacturers

Volkswagen
Toyota
Daimler
Ford
Honda
BMW
General Motors
Nissan
Hyundai
Volvo
Renault
SAIC
Kia
Fiat
Tata
Dongfeng Motor Group
Peugeot
Suzuki
Isuzu
Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru)
Mahindra and Mahindra
Mitsubishi
Mazda
Porsche
BYD
Great Wall Motors
Huayu Automotive

 

[fatman17]

the seven sisters.....!!!

what is the defination of powerful...?

 

[Ming]

Most powerful industries:

1. Banking
2. Oil & Gas
3. Defence
4. Media

 

[AUz]

Not at all. China petrochem is the single energy firm that makes the list.

what list? who decides the list?