El ranking de las mejores empresas del mundo de Forbes (The Global 2000) acaba de ser publicado y esta encabezado por JPMorgan Chase, seguido de General Electric, Bank of America, Exxon Mobil. Las cuatro primeras posiciones son ocupadas por empresas de Estados Unidos. La quinta es la china ICBC y en sexto lugar aparece el Banco Santander. Por sectores de actividad dominan los bancos en los primeros lugares y otro sector muy bien situado es de las empresas de petróleo y gas.
En cuanto a las empresas españolas, no hay ninguna sorpresa sobre las mejores ya que las cinco primeras son las cinco grandes del Ibex 35: Banco Santander, Telefónica, BBVA, Iberdrola y Repsol-YPF. En total hay 29 empresas españolas entre las 2000 que componen el ranking de Forbes.
El ranking de las mejores empresas se puede consultar por distintos criterios:
A continuación esta la lista de las cien primeras empresas.
Rank Company Country Industry
1 JPMorgan Chase United States Banking
2 General Electric United States Conglomerates
3 Bank of America United States Banking
4 ExxonMobil United States Oil & Gas Operations
5 ICBC China Banking
6 Banco Santander Spain Banking
7 Wells Fargo United States Banking
8 HSBC Holdings United Kingdom Banking
8 Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Oil & Gas Operations
10 BP United Kingdom Oil & Gas Operations
11 BNP Paribas France Banking
12 PetroChina China Oil & Gas Operations
13 AT&T United States Telecommunications Services
14 Wal-Mart Stores United States Retailing
15 Berkshire Hathaway United States Diversified Financials
16 Gazprom Russia Oil & Gas Operations
17 China Construction Bank China Banking
18 Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil Brazil Oil & Gas Operations
19 Total France Oil & Gas Operations
20 Chevron United States Oil & Gas Operations
21 Barclays United Kingdom Banking
22 Bank of China China Banking
23 Allianz Germany Insurance
24 GDF Suez France Utilities
25 E.ON Germany Utilities
25 Goldman Sachs Group United States Diversified Financials
27 EDF Group France Utilities
28 AXA Group France Insurance
29 Lloyds Banking Group United Kingdom Banking
29 Procter & Gamble United States Household & Personal Products
31 ENI Italy Oil & Gas Operations
32 Telefónica Spain Telecommunications Services
33 IBM United States Software & Services
34 UniCredit Group Italy Banking
35 Hewlett-Packard United States Technology Hardware & Equip
36 Nestlé Switzerland Food, Drink & Tobacco
37 Verizon Communications United States Telecommunications Services
38 China Mobile Hong Kong/China Telecommunications Services
39 ConocoPhillips United States Oil & Gas Operations
40 Pfizer United States Drugs & Biotechnology
41 Nippon Telegraph & Tel Japan Telecommunications Services
42 ENEL Italy Utilities
43 Deutsche Bank Germany Banking
44 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland Diversified Financials
45 Sinopec-China Petroleum China Oil & Gas Operations
46 Vodafone United Kingdom Telecommunications Services
47 Johnson & Johnson United States Drugs & Biotechnology
48 BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Spain Banking
49 Microsoft United States Software & Services
50 Siemens Germany Conglomerates
51 Banco Bradesco Brazil Banking
52 Banco do Brasil Brazil Banking
53 Royal Bank of Canada Canada Banking
54 Intesa Sanpaolo Italy Banking
55 Samsung Electronics South Korea Semiconductors
56 France Telecom France Telecommunications Services
57 Sanofi-aventis France Drugs & Biotechnology
58 Ford Motor United States Consumer Durables
59 Commonwealth Bank Australia Banking
60 RWE Group Germany Utilities
61 Novartis Switzerland Drugs & Biotechnology
62 BHP Billiton Australia/United Kingdom Materials
63 Zurich Financial Services Switzerland Insurance
64 Statoil Norway Oil & Gas Operations
65 Generali Group Italy Insurance
66 Roche Holding Switzerland Drugs & Biotechnology
67 Westpac Banking Group Australia Banking
68 Rio Tinto United Kingdom/Australia Materials
69 Lukoil Russia Oil & Gas Operations
70 Anheuser-Busch InBev Belgium Food, Drink & Tobacco
71 GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom Drugs & Biotechnology
72 Merck & Co United States Drugs & Biotechnology
73 Crédit Agricole France Banking
74 Munich Re Germany Insurance
75 Apple United States Technology Hardware & Equip
75 Cisco Systems United States Technology Hardware & Equip
77 Rosneft Russia Oil & Gas Operations
78 Mitsubishi Corp Japan Trading Companies
79 National Australia Bank Australia Banking
80 Vale Brazil Materials
81 CVS Caremark United States Retailing
82 Itaúsa Brazil Conglomerates
83 ANZ Banking Australia Banking
84 Tesco United Kingdom Food Markets
85 Unilever Netherlands/United Kingdom Food, Drink & Tobacco
86 Honda Motor Japan Consumer Durables
86 Toronto-Dominion Bank Canada Banking
88 Iberdrola Spain Utilities
89 Comcast United States Media
90 China Life Insurance China Insurance
91 Bank of Nova Scotia Canada Banking
92 UnitedHealth Group United States Health Care Equipment & Svcs
93 Sberbank Russia Banking
94 United Technologies United States Conglomerates
95 Nordea Bank Sweden Banking
96 Bank of Communications China Banking
97 BASF Germany Chemicals
98 Walt Disney United States Media
99 Standard Chartered Group United Kingdom Banking
100 AstraZeneca United Kingdom Drugs & Biotechnology