The richest company in the world. The richest companies

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Any company is created with only one purpose - to obtain high profits from its activities. The direction in which the company's work takes place can, of course, be any, but every sane leader of a large company with a worldwide reputation, in any case, will certainly develop a detailed plan, which he adheres to in order to achieve the goals. In this article, we will consider which is the richest company in the world today, who manages it and what it specifically does. A list of those organizations that occupy leading positions in the world ranking of the richest corporations will also be presented.

Main line of business

Studying the rating of the richest companies on the planet, it is easy to notice even for an inexperienced person that today (to be precise, according to the results of 2015), the leading positions are occupied by precisely those corporations whose main focus is modern technologies and their active implementation in our dynamic life. Also on the list you can find companies involved in the industrial sector, oil and gas industry, pharmaceuticals, consumer sector, telecommunications, finance. At the same time, the richest company in the world, whose name will be named below,significantly ahead of its closest competitors in terms of its capitalization. Surprisingly, this brand is not the oldest in terms of age, but it managed to break into the absolute leaders both in terms of sales and authorized capital.

Bitted apple

This is the logo chosen by the richest company in the world. Her name is Apple. It appeared in 1976, and its creators were Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. The main direction of the company's work is the production of high-performance computer equipment, phones, laptops, tablets and other similar developments. It is worth noting that all Apple products are characterized by ease of use, convenience and accessibility for all segments of the population. The company very zealously protects all its latest technical developments from existing competitors, closely monitors the quality of its products, and regularly opens new outlets. The company also has a huge number of software patents.

At the moment, Apple Corporation has the highest profitability on the planet in terms of the number of products sold, design and level of prestige. It is also very good that the company does not stop at the achieved results and constantly strives to move forward even despite the death of one of the ideological leaders - Steve Jobs. As a result, Apple is valued at $748.7 billion.

The brainchild of Warren Buffett

Berkshire CompanyHathaway began its triumphant ascent to the world Olympus of trade in 1962, when at that time a little-known investor Buffett, noting the positive growth of this textile manufactory, invested in it.

Today, Berkshire Hathaway has changed its line of business a bit. Now she manages the assets of the railroad, confectionery firms, jewelry business, publishing houses, vacuum cleaner manufacturers and the media business. The company has about two hundred thousand employees. At the end of 2015, a huge corporation ranked fifth in the world rating list with a capital of 351.2 billion dollars.

Multi-Vector Giant

In 1878, the General Electric Company was founded. One of its founders was Thomas Edison himself, the legendary inventor and innovator. At the initial stage, the company was engaged in the production of incandescent lamps. In modern conditions, the company is already paying attention to several areas, namely:

• Medicine.
• Energy.
• Transport.
• Lighting equipment.
• Aviation.
• Finance.

Largely due to such a wide range of business interests, the company ranked ninth in the world in terms of capital with $275.4 billion.

Family business

One of the most famous companies in America, Johnson and Johnson, was founded in 1886 thanks to the efforts of the Johnson brothers - Robert, Edward and James. Today, the company is run by Alex Gorsky.

The firm's priority areas of detail today are:

• Production of medical equipment and supplies.
• Production of consumer goods.
• Pharmaceuticals.

In addition, the company owns many other brands, including several of the largest brands on the planet such as: Nizoral, Nicorette, O. B., Clean & Clear and others.

Today's capitalization of Johnson and Johnson is 277.3 billion dollars, which, in turn, allowed it to reach the eighth line of the world ranking.

Titanium trade

Wal-Mart Stores is another representative of the United States of America, which was founded in 1962 through the efforts of Sam W alton.

The main activity of the company is retail, and in the giant's stores you can buy literally everything, from needles to household appliances. The format of the stores is understandable to any modern person - hypermarkets, the hallmark of which is very low prices, one might even say wholesale. This feature of Wal-Mart Stores led to the fact that in those small towns where at least a retail outlet of this company was opened, all other smaller stores very often closed, unable to compete with the giant.

The estimated value of the company at the end of 2015 was $240.4 billion. This amount of capital brought the American trading monster to the 15th line of the conditional rating.

Oil and gas monopoly

Chevron Company –the largest US energy corporation, which is primarily involved in oil and gas production. It also processes raw materials, maintains and maintains a huge network of gas stations. The company was founded in 1879, already far from us. In our time, the board of directors is headed by John Watson. It was largely thanks to his active position that the company was able to reach a capitalization level of $192.9 billion and stake its position in the ranking of the richest companies in the world.

We also point out that Chevron is the second largest integrated oil corporation on the planet. The main office of the company is located in Houston. In addition, 40% of all global refineries use Chevron hydraulic oil treatment technology.

Major engine manufacturers (DaimlerChrysler, Caterpillar, Cummins) actively use Chevron lubricants and additives.

IT Service Provider

IBM is the manufacturer of the world's first computers. The American giant is known all over the world. It produces equipment for servers, high-speed computers, programs, systems for storing various data, and provides consulting services. In some way, IBM is a benchmark that other similar corporations are guided by, because the level of its work is prohibitively high, and its activity has three main vectors:

• Global Services - control and management of various applications, implementation of systemintegration. About 200 thousand employees are involved in this area of activity.
• Program development. This work brings the company 25% of its profits.
• Production of servers.

In our reality, the company is valued at $167.1 billion (42nd position in the world ranking).

The richest company in the world was listed above, and it would be quite logical to talk about the silver and bronze "winners" of the competition in the level of capital.

So, the second position was occupied by Microsoft corporation with the authorized capital of 380.7 billion dollars. Its creator is the well-known world community Bill Gates, who began to bring this company to the world market back in 1975. Today Microsoft is one of the leading manufacturers of computer hardware and software. The company also developed the Bing search engine.

"Bronze" went to the largest search engine in the world - Google. The estimated cost of the company is $367.9 billion. The search engine processes more than 41 billion requests monthly and is rightfully considered the world leader in this direction.