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List of
Most Profitable Companies
Rank |
Company |
Global 500
Rank |
2008 Profits
($ millions) |
Profits %
change from 2007 |
1 |
Exxon Mobil |
2 |
45,220.0 |
11.4 |
2 |
Gazprom |
22 |
29,864.1 |
16.1 |
3 |
Royal Dutch Shell |
1 |
26,277.0 |
-16.1 |
4 |
Chevron |
5 |
23,931.0 |
28.1 |
5 |
BP |
4 |
21,157.0 |
1.5 |
6 |
Petrobras |
34 |
18,879.0 |
43.7 |
7 |
Microsoft |
117 |
17,681.0 |
25.7 |
8 |
General Electric |
12 |
17,410.0 |
-21.6 |
9 |
Nestlé |
48 |
16,669.6 |
87.8 |
10 |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China |
92 |
15,948.5 |
48.8 |
11 |
Total |
6 |
15,500.4 |
-14.1 |
12 |
BHP Billiton |
120 |
15,390.0 |
14.7 |
13 |
Petronas |
80 |
15,308.9 |
-15.5 |
14 |
Wal-Mart Stores |
3 |
13,400.0 |
5.3 |
15 |
China Construction Bank |
125 |
13,323.7 |
46.8 |
16 |
CVRD |
205 |
13,218.0 |
11.8 |
17 |
Banco Santander |
35 |
12,992.3 |
4.8 |
18 |
Johnson & Johnson |
103 |
12,949.0 |
22.4 |
19 |
ENI |
17 |
12,917.0 |
-5.7 |
20 |
AT&T |
29 |
12,867.0 |
7.7 |
21 |
International Business Machines |
45 |
12,334.0 |
18.4 |
22 |
Procter & Gamble |
68 |
12,075.0 |
16.8 |
23 |
China Mobile Communications |
99 |
11,442.0 |
35.8 |
24 |
Rosneft Oil |
158 |
11,120.0 |
-13.5 |
25 |
Telefónica |
66 |
11,112.3 |
-8.8 |
26 |
China National Petroleum |
13 |
10,270.8 |
-31.2 |
27 |
ArcelorMittal |
28 |
9,399.0 |
-9.3 |
28 |
Bank of China |
145 |
9,260.5 |
25.2 |
29 |
Lukoil |
65 |
9,144.0 |
-3.9 |
30 |
Siemens |
30 |
8,595.1 |
69.8 |
31 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
168 |
8,438.6 |
-19.1 |
32 |
Hewlett-Packard |
32 |
8,329.0 |
14.7 |
33 |
Roche Group |
171 |
8,288.1 |
1.9 |
34 |
Novartis |
183 |
8,195.0 |
-31.4 |
35 |
Pfizer |
152 |
8,104.0 |
-0.5 |
36 |
Cisco Systems |
191 |
8,052.0 |
9.8 |
37 |
Barclays |
83 |
8,035.2 |
-9.1 |
38 |
Merck |
378 |
7,808.4 |
138.4 |
39 |
Enel |
62 |
7,747.3 |
42.3 |
40 |
Statoil Hydro |
36 |
7,664.2 |
1.8 |
41 |
PDVSA |
27 |
7,451.0 |
38.7 |
42 |
Agricultural Bank of China |
155 |
7,406.4 |
28.7 |
43 |
Unilever |
121 |
7,357.9 |
38.3 |
44 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria |
113 |
7,347.7 |
-12.4 |
45 |
GDF Suez |
53 |
7,109.3 |
110.1 |
46 |
Volkswagen |
14 |
6,956.9 |
23.4 |
47 |
Philip Morris International |
345 |
6,890.0 |
N.A. |
48 |
Occidental Petroleum |
365 |
6,857.0 |
27.0 |
49 |
Verizon Communications |
55 |
6,428.0 |
16.4 |
50 |
TNK-BP Holding |
234 |
6,384.0 |
11.4 |
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( Courtesy:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ )
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