Ranking of the World's Top 100 Companies

List of the World's Top 500 Companies (001-050 in 2008)

Ranking Chinese Common Name Location of Headquarters Major Businesses Operating Revenue in Millions of US Dollars

1 Wal-Mart United States General Merchandise Retailing 378,799

2 ExxonMobil United States Oil Refining 372,824

3 Royal Shell Oil Netherlands Refining 355,782

4 BP UK Refining 291,438

5 Toyota Motor Japan Automotive 230,201

6 Chevron US Refining 210,783

7 Holland International Group Netherlands Bank 201,516

8 Total France Refining 187,280

9 General Motors US Automotive 182,342

9 General Motors U.S. Automotive 182,347

10 ConocoPhillips U.S. Refining 178,558

11 Daimler Germany Automotive 177,167

12 General Electric U.S. Diversified 176,656

13 Ford Motors U.S. Automotive 172,468

14 Fortis Belgium/Dutch Banks 164,877

15 AXA France Insurance 162,762

16 Sinopec China Oil Refining 159,260

17 Citigroup US Bank 159,229

18 Volkswagen Germany Automotive 149,054

19 Dexia Group Belgium Bank 147, 648

20 HSBC Holdings UK Bank 146,500

21 BNP Paribas France Bank 140,726

22 Allianz Germany Insurance 140,618

23 Crédit Agricole France Bank 138,155

24 State Grid China Utilities 132,885

25 China National Petroleum Corporation China Oil Refining 129,798

26 Deutsche Bank Germany Banking 122,644

27 Eni Italy Oil Refining 120,565

28 Bank of America USA Banking 119,190

29 American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation USA Telecommunications 118,928

30 Berkshire Hathaway U.S. Insurance 118,245

31 UBS Swiss Banks 117,206

32 JPMorgan Chase U.S. Banks 116,353

33 Carrefour France Food, Drug Stores 115,585

34 Generali Insurance Italy Insurance 113,813

35 American International Group USA Insurance 110,064

36 Royal Bank of Scotland UK Banks 108,392

37 Siemens Germany Electronics, electrical equipment 106,444

38 Samsung Electronics Korea Electronics, electrical equipment 106,006

39 ArcelorMittal Luxembourg Metals 105,216

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40 Honda Motor Japan Automobiles 105,102

41 Hewlett-Packard U.S. Computer Office Equipment 104,286

42 Petroleos Mexicanos Mexico Crude Oil Production 103,960

43 Société Générale (Société Générale) France Banks 103,443

44 McKesson U.S. Health Care Wholesale 101, 703

44 Mackeson U.S. Health Care Wholesale 703

45 Halifax Bank of Scotland UK Banking 100,267

46 International Business Machines US Information Technology Services 98,786

47 Gazprom Russia Energy 98,642

48 Hitachi Japan Electronics, Electrical Equipment 98,306

49 Valero Energy Corp. USA Refining 96,758

50 Nissan Motor Japan Automobiles 94,782

List of the World's Top 500 Companies (FY2008 051-100)

Ranking Commonly Used Names in Chinese Headquartered Locations Major Businesses Operating Revenues in Millions of US Dollars

51 Tesco United Kingdom Food, Drug Stores 94,703

52 Ion Germany Energy 94,356

53 Verizon Communications USA Telecom 93,775

54 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japan Telecom 93,527

55 Deutsche Post Germany Postal & Parcel Carrier 90,472

56 Metro Germany Food, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals 90,267

57 Nestlé Switzerland Food 89,630

57 Nestlé Switzerland Food 89,630

58 Banco Internacional de Espa?a Spain Bank 89,295

59 Statoil Norway Oil Refining 89,224

60 Cardinal Health USA Wholesale Healthcare 88,364

61 Goldman Sachs USA Securities Brokerage 87,968

62 Morgan Stanley USA Securities 87, 879

62 Goldman Sachs USA Securities 879

63 Petrobras Brazil Oil Refining 87,735

64 Deutsche Telekom Germany Telecom 85,570

65 The Home Depot U.S. Specialty Retail 84,740

66 Peugeot France Automobiles 82,965

67 Lakin Korea Electrical & Electronic Equipment 82,096

68 France Electricity France Utilities 81,629

69 Ingenieur UK Insurance 81,317

70 Barclays UK Banking 80,347

71 Fiat Italy Automobiles 80,112

72 Panasonic Japan Electronics, Electrical Equipment 79,412

73 BASF Germany Chemistry 79. 322

74 Credit Suisse Swiss Banks 78,206

75 Sony Japan Electronics, Electrical Equipment 77,682

76 Telefónica International Spain Telecom 77,254

77 UniCredit Italy Italian Banks 77,030

78 BMW Germany Automobiles 76,675 <

79 Procter & Gamble U.S. Home & Personal 76,476

80 CVS Caremark U.S. Food, Drug Stores 76,330

81 UnitedHealth U.S. Healthcare & Insurance 75,431

82 Hyundai Motor South Korea Automobiles 74,900

83 U.S. Mail U.S. Postal Parcel Express 74,778

84 France Telecom France Telecom 72,488

85 Vodafone UK Telecom 71,202

86 Sunkyoung Korea Oil Refining 70,717

87 Kroger U.S. Food, Drug Stores 70,235

88 Nokia Finland Networking Communications Equipment 69,886

89 ThyssenKrupp Germany Metals 68,799

90 Lukoil Russia Refining 67,205

91 Toshiba Japan Electronics, electrical equipment 67,145

92 Repsol YPF Spain Refining 67,006

93 Boeing U.S. Aerospace defense 66,387

94 Prudential UK Insurance 66,358

95 Petronas Malaysia Refining 66,218

96 Americans Bergen US Healthcare Wholesale 66,074

97 Suez France Energy 64,982

98 Munich Re Germany Insurance 64,774

99 Costco US Specialty Retail 64, 400

100 Merrill Lynch USA Stockbroking 64,217