The Worlds Biggest Companies
Ilovedividends.com list the 20 biggest companies in the world (Company value October 2012, 5th list update*). With or without dividends.
Ex: (1) means it was #1 last time the list was updated. (N) stands for new to the list since last update.
*The first list was published Oct 2010.
#1 Apple (2)
#2 Exxon (1)
#3 Microsoft (6)
#4 Wal-Mart (9)
#5 Google (7)
#6 General Electric (17)
#7 IBM (4)
#8 Chevron (8)
#9 China Mobile (12)
#10 Shell (5)
#11 Berkshire Hathaway (11)
#12 AT&T (19)
#13 Nestlé (13)
#14 Samsung (N)
#15 Procter & Gamble (16)
#16 Johnson & Johnson (18)
#17 Pfizer (N)
#18 Wells Fargo (N)
#19 BHP Billiton (10)
#20 China Construction Bank (14)