Forbes Global 2000
2008 list
Columns: Rank | Company | Headquarters | Industry | Sales (billion $) | Profits (billion $) | Assets (billion $) | Market Value (billion $)
1 | HSBC | UK | Banking | 146.1 | 19.1 | 2,349.0 | 180.8 | 2 | General Electric | USA | Conglomerate | 172.7 | 22.2 | 795.3 | 330.9 | 3 | Bank of America | USA | Banking | 119.2 | 15.0 | 1,715.8 | 176.5 | 4 | JPMorgan Chase | USA | Banking | 116.4 | 15.4 | 1,562.2 | 136.9 | 5 | ExxonMobil | USA | Oil and gas | 358.6 | 40.6 | 242.1 | 465.5 | 6 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands | Oil and gas | 355.8 | 31.3 | 266.2 | 221.1 | 7 | BP | UK | Oil and gas | 281.0 | 20.6 | 236.1 | 204.9 | 8 | Toyota | Japan | Automotive | 203.8 | 14.0 | 276.4 | 175.1 | 9 | ING Group | Netherlands | Insurance / banking | 197.9 | 12.7 | 1,932.2 | 75.8 | 10 | Berkshire Hathaway | USA | Diversified Financials | 118.3 | 13.2 | 273.2 | 216.7 | 10 | The Royal Bank of Scotland | UK | Banking | 108.5 | 14.6 | 3,807.5 | 76.6 | 12 | AT&T Inc. | USA | Telecommunications | 118.9 | 12.0 | 275.6 | 210.2 | 13 | BNP Paribas | France | Banking | 116.2 | 10.7 | 2,494.4 | 81.9 | 14 | Allianz | Germany | Insurance | 139.1 | 10.9 | 1,547.5 | 80.3 | 15 | Total S.A. | France | Oil and gas | 199.7 | 19.2 | 165.8 | 181.8 | 16 | Walmart | USA | Retailing | 378.8 | 12.7 | 163.4 | 198.6 | 17 | Chevron | USA | Oil and gas | 204.0 | 18.7 | 148.8 | 180.0 | 18 | American International Group | USA | Insurance | 110.1 | 6.2 | 1,060.5 | 118.2 | 19 | Gazprom | Russia | Oil and gas | 81.8 | 23.3 | 201.7 | 306.8