List of corporations by market capitalization
1998
Columns: Rank | Name | Headquarters | Primary industry | Market value ( USD million)
1 | General Electric | United States | Conglomerate | 222748 | 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | The Netherlands | Oil and gas | 191002 | 3 | Microsoft | United States | Software industry | 159660 | 4 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil and gas | 157970 | 5 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Beverage | 151288 | 6 | Intel Corporation | United States | Computer hardware | 150838 | 7 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | Japan | Telecommunications | 146139 | 8 | Merck | United States | Health care | 120757 | 9 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Japan | Automotive | 116585 | 10 | Novartis | Switzerland | Health care | 104468