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BY ANDREA MURPHY
Chinese companies extend their streak
at the top of the Global 2000, our an-
nual ranking of the biggest publicly
traded corporations in the world. For THE TOP 100
the sixth consecutive year the Industrial 1 O ICBC CN 31 S BANCO SANTANDER SP
and Commercial Bank of China and 2 O CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CN 32 S CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CN
3 S JPMORGAN CHASE US 33 T AXA GROUP FR
the China Construction Bank take the 4 T BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY US 34 T COMCAST US
No. 1 and 2 spots. Overall, China-Hong 5 S AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA CN 35 S CHINA LIFE INSURANCE CN
6 S BANK OF AMERICA US 36 S BP UK
Kong accounts for 291 of the companies 7 T WELLS FARGO US 37 T MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL JA
on the list, up from 262 in 2017. On 8 S APPLE US 38 T BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS CN
9 T BANK OF CHINA CN 39 T SOFTBANK JA
our inaugural list in 2003, there were 43 10 S PING AN INSURANCE GROUP CN 40 S BMW GROUP GE
irms from China-Hong Kong and only 11 S ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NE 41 S ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV BE
3 in the top 100. PetroChina, ranked 12 T TOYOTA MOTOR JA 42 S ROYAL BANK OF CANADA CA
13 O EXXON MOBIL US 43 T GAZPROM RU
No. 30 this year, was the highest-ranked 14 S SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS KO 44 S PFIZER US
Chinese company in 2003 at No. 54. 15 T AT&T US 45 T ITAÚ UNIBANCO BR
16 S VOLKSWAGEN GROUP GE 46 T NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL JA
he Asia-Paciic region leads with 792 17 S HSBC UK 47 S SBERBANK RU
companies, 40% of the entire list. Taken 18 O VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS US 48 T NESTLE SZ
19 S BNP PARIBAS FR 49 S INTEL US
as a group, the Global 2000 accounts 20 T MICROSOFT US 50 S MORGAN STANLEY US
for $39.1 trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in 21 S CHEVRON US 51 T SIEMENS GE
22 T ALLIANZ GE 52 S BOEING US
proit, $189 trillion in assets and $56.8
23 S ALPHABET US 53 S AMAZON.COM US
trillion in market value. All metrics are 24 T WALMART US 54 S TD BANK GROUP CA
up double digits year-over-year, with 25 T CHINA MOBILE HK 55 T PROCTER & GAMBLE US
26 O TOTAL FR 56 T ING GROUP NE
proits up an impressive 28%. 27 T SINOPEC CN 56 T POSTAL SAVINGS BANK OF CHINA CN
Reporting by Prisca Ang, Jane Ho, 28 S UNITEDHEALTH GROUP US 58 S HONDA MOTOR JA
29 T DAIMLER GE 59 S SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL JA
Joyce Huang. 30 S PETROCHINA CN 60 T GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP US
ASIAN COMPANIES ARE IN RED TYPE.
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