What are the top 10 corporation?

Answer 1

The world's largest corporations based on consolidated revenues reported from 2013-2015 are:

1. Wal-Mart (US)

2. Sinopec (China)*

3. China National Petroleum (China)*

4. Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands)*

5. Exxon/Mobil (US)*

6. Aramco (Saudi Arabia)*

7. BP (UK)*

8. State Grid Corp. (China)*

9. Samsung (S. Korea)

10. Vitol (Netherlands)*

It may be interesting to compare this with the top 10 corporations for 2006 (by consolidated revenues), which were:

1. Exxon/Mobil (US)* 2. Wal-Mart (US)

3. Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands)*

4. BP (UK)*

5. General Motors (US)

6. Chevron (US)* 7. Daimler-Chrysler (US)

8. Toyota (Japan)

9. Ford Motor Company (US)

10. ConocoPhillips (US)*

*indicates corporations in the energy sector.

The world's top publicly-traded companies based on market cap, as of Q1 2015 (source Financial TImes) are:

1. Apple (US)

2. Exxon/Mobile (US)

3. Berkshire Hathaway (US)

4. Google (US)

5. Microsoft (US)

6. Petro China

7. Wells Fargo (US)

8. Johnson & Johnson (US)

9. Bank of China

10. Novartis (Switzerland)