The World’s Top Biggest Companies Enjoying Highest Profits
This hub is all about World’s Most Biggest Profitable Companies that are enjoying great Revenue against their investment. Among top 10 profitable companies five belong with the Oil and Gas Industry.
Gazprom
Gazprom is one of the world’s largest energy companies. Its major business lines are geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and marketing of hydrocarbons as well as generation and marketing of heat and electric power. Gazprom’s mission is to ensure maximally efficient and balanced gas supply to Russian customers and reliably fulfill long-term gas export contracts.
CEO: Alexei Miller
Country: Russisa
Industry: Oil & Gas
Profit: US $24.33 Billion
Sales: US $115.25 Billion
Total Assets: US $234.77 Billion
Employees: 432,000
Stock Listing: Russian Trading System (RTS)
Headquarters: Moscow, Russia
China Mobile
China Mobile Limited provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network, the largest of its kind in the world. Also the most valuable mobile telecommunications company in the world and a state-owned enterprise.
CEO: Li Yue
Country: Hong Kong/China
Industry: Telecommunications
Profit: US $16.87 Billion
Sales: US $66.22 Billion
Total Assets: US $104.46 Billion
Employees: 145,934
Stock Listing: Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK)
Headquarters: Hong Kong, China
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobi is the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, providing energy that helps underpin growing economies and improve living standards around the world.
CEO: Rex W. Tillerson
Country: United States
Industry: Oil & Gas
Profit: US $19.28 Billion
Sales: US $275.56 Billion
Total Assets: US $233.32 Billion
Employees: 90,800
Stock Listing: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Headquarters: Irving, Texas, United States
Petrobras
Petrobras is driven by the challenge of supplying the energy that can propel development and ensure the future of the society with competency, ethics, cordiality, and respect for diversity.
CEO: José Sérgio Gabrielli de Azevedo
Country: Brazil
Industry: Oil and Gas
Profit: US $16.63 Billion
Sales: US $104.81 Billion
Total Assets: US $198.26 Billion
Employees: 38,908
Stock Listing: BM&FBOVESPA Stock Exchange (BM&F Bovespa)
Headquarters: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PetroChina
PetroChina Company Limited is the largest oil and gas producer and distributor, playing a dominant role in the oil and gas industry in China. It is not only one of the companies with the biggest sales revenue in China, but also one of the largest oil companies in the world.
CEO: Zhou Jiping
Country: China
Industry: Oil and Gas
Profit: US $16.80 Billion
Sales: US $157.22 Billion
Total Assets: US $174.95 Billion
Employees: 464,000
Stock Listing: Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
Headquarters: Beijing, China
BP (British Petroleum)
BP is one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
CEO: Robert Dudley
Country: United Kingdom
Industry: Oil and Gas
Profit: US $16.58 Billion
Sales: US $239.27 Billion
Total Assets: US $235.45 Billion
Employees: 97,600
Stock Listing: London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
ICBC
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) more commonly just is the largest bank in the world by profit and market capitalization. It is one of China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks. ICBC provides a wide range of financial products and services to 3.61 million corporate clients and 216 million individual customers through 16,232 outlets across China, 162 overseas subsidiaries and a global network of more than 1,504 correspondent banks as well as Internet Banking, Telephone Banking and self-service banking.
CEO: Jiang Jianqing
Country: China
Industry: Banking
Profit: US $16.27 Billion
Sales: US $71.86 Billion
Total Assets: US $1,428.46 Billion
Employees: 385,609
Stock Listing: Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a public multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions.
CEO: Steve Ballmer
Country: United States
Industry: Information Technology
Profit: US $16.26 Billion
Sales: US $58.69 Billion
Total Assets: US $82.10 Billion
Employees: 71,000
Stock Listing: NASDAQ Stock Exchange (NASDAQ)
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States
Barclays Bank
Barclays PLC is a major British multinational financial services firm. It is the second largest bank in the United Kingdom and the world based on asset size. Barclays has over 1800 UK high street branches and has over 4,750 branches in over 50 countries worldwide.
CEO: John Varley
Country: United Kingdom
Industry: Banking
Profit: US $15.17 Billion
Sales: US $65.91 Billion
Total Assets: US $2,223.04 Billion
Employees: 77,000
Stock Listing: London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Wal-Mart Stores
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores and a chain of warehouse stores. Wal-Mart features a great selection of high-quality merchandise, friendly service and, of course, Every Day Low Prices.
CEO: Mike Duke
Country: United States
Industry: Retailing
Profit: US $14.34 Billion
Sales: US $408.21 Billion
Total Assets: US $170.71 Billion
Employees: 2,150,000
Stock Listing: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Headquarters: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
