Se consideriamo i fatturati, le società più ricche si trovano ancora in USA, nonostante le ascese asiatiche. Vediamo la lista delle migliori aziende americane per fatturato e profitti netti nel 2011, direttamente dal sito Fortune.
| Rank | Company | Revenues ($ millions) | Profits ($ millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wal-Mart Stores | 421,849.0 | 16,389.0 |
| 2 | Exxon Mobil | 354,674.0 | 30,460.0 |
| 3 | Chevron | 196,337.0 | 19,024.0 |
| 4 | ConocoPhillips | 184,966.0 | 11,358.0 |
| 5 | Fannie Mae | 153,825.0 | -14,014.0 |
| 6 | General Electric | 151,628.0 | 11,644.0 |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway | 136,185.0 | 12,967.0 |
| 8 | General Motors | 135,592.0 | 6,172.0 |
| 9 | Bank of America Corp. | 134,194.0 | -2,238.0 |
| 10 | Ford Motor | 128,954.0 | 6,561.0 |
| 11 | Hewlett-Packard | 126,033.0 | 8,761.0 |
| 12 | AT&T | 124,629.0 | 19,864.0 |
| 13 | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 115,475.0 | 17,370.0 |
| 14 | Citigroup | 111,055.0 | 10,602.0 |
| 15 | McKesson | 108,702.0 | 1,263.0 |
| 16 | Verizon Communications | 106,565.0 | 2,549.0 |
| 17 | American International Group | 104,417.0 | 7,786.0 |
| 18 | International Business Machines | 99,870.0 | 14,833.0 |
| 19 | Cardinal Health | 98,601.9 | 642.2 |
| 20 | Freddie Mac | 98,368.0 | -14,025.0 |
| 21 | CVS Caremark | 96,413.0 | 3,427.0 |
| 22 | UnitedHealth Group | 94,155.0 | 4,634.0 |
| 23 | Wells Fargo | 93,249.0 | 12,362.0 |
| 24 | Valero Energy | 86,034.0 | 324.0 |
| 25 | Kroger | 82,189.4 | 1,116.3 |
| 26 | Procter & Gamble | 79,689.0 | 12,736.0 |
| 27 | AmerisourceBergen | 77,954.0 | 636.7 |
| 28 | Costco Wholesale | 77,946.0 | 1,303.0 |
| 29 | Marathon Oil | 68,413.0 | 2,568.0 |
| 30 | Home Depot | 67,997.0 | 3,338.0 |
| 31 | Pfizer | 67,809.0 | 8,257.0 |
| 32 | Walgreen | 67,420.0 | 2,091.0 |
| 33 | Target | 67,390.0 | 2,920.0 |
| 34 | Medco Health Solutions | 65,968.3 | 1,427.3 |
| 35 | Apple | 65,225.0 | 14,013.0 |
| 36 | Boeing | 64,306.0 | 3,307.0 |
| 37 | State Farm Insurance Cos. | 63,176.7 | 1,762.8 |
| 38 | Microsoft | 62,484.0 | 18,760.0 |
| 39 | Archer Daniels Midland | 61,682.0 | 1,930.0 |
| 40 | Johnson & Johnson | 61,587.0 | 13,334.0 |
| 41 | Dell | 61,494.0 | 2,635.0 |
| 42 | WellPoint | 58,801.8 | 2,887.1 |
| 43 | PepsiCo | 57,838.0 | 6,320.0 |
| 44 | United Technologies | 54,326.0 | 4,373.0 |
| 45 | Dow Chemical | 53,674.0 | 2,310.0 |
| 46 | MetLife | 52,717.0 | 2,790.0 |
| 47 | Best Buy | 49,694.0 | 1,317.0 |
| 48 | United Parcel Service | 49,545.0 | 3,488.0 |
| 49 | Kraft Foods | 49,542.0 | 4,114.0 |
| 50 | Lowe's | 48,815.0 | 2,010.0 |
| 51 | INTL FCStone | 46,940.3 | 5.4 |
| 52 | Lockheed Martin | 46,890.0 | 2,926.0 |
| 53 | Merck | 45,987.0 | 861.0 |
| 54 | Goldman Sachs Group | 45,967.0 | 8,354.0 |
| 55 | Express Scripts | 44,989.7 | 1,181.2 |
| 56 | Intel | 43,623.0 | 11,464.0 |
| 57 | Sears Holdings | 43,326.0 | 133.0 |
| 58 | Caterpillar | 42,588.0 | 2,700.0 |
| 59 | Chrysler Group | 41,946.0 | -652.0 |
| 60 | Safeway | 41,050.0 | 589.8 |
| 61 | Supervalu | 40,597.0 | 393.0 |
| 62 | Cisco Systems | 40,040.0 | 7,767.0 |
| 63 | Morgan Stanley | 39,320.0 | 4,703.0 |
| 64 | Prudential Financial | 38,414.0 | 3,195.0 |
| 65 | Walt Disney | 38,063.0 | 3,963.0 |
| 66 | Comcast | 37,937.0 | 3,635.0 |
| 67 | Sysco | 37,243.5 | 1,180.0 |
| 68 | Sunoco | 35,453.0 | 234.0 |
| 69 | Abbott Laboratories | 35,166.7 | 4,626.2 |
| 70 | Coca-Cola | 35,119.0 | 11,809.0 |
| 71 | New York Life Insurance | 34,947.2 | 1,091.5 |
| 72 | Northrop Grumman | 34,757.0 | 2,053.0 |
| 73 | FedEx | 34,734.0 | 1,184.0 |
| 74 | Hess | 34,613.0 | 2,125.0 |
| 75 | Ingram Micro | 34,589.0 | 318.1 |
| 76 | Johnson Controls | 34,305.0 | 1,491.0 |
| 77 | Aetna | 34,246.0 | 1,766.8 |
| 78 | Amazon.com | 34,204.0 | 1,152.0 |
| 79 | Humana | 33,868.2 | 1,099.4 |
| 80 | Enterprise Products Partners | 33,739.3 | 320.8 |
| 81 | Honeywell International | 33,370.0 | 2,022.0 |
| 82 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Group | 33,193.0 | 1,678.0 |
| 83 | News Corp. | 32,778.0 | 2,539.0 |
| 84 | DuPont | 32,733.0 | 3,031.0 |
| 85 | Sprint Nextel | 32,563.0 | -3,465.0 |
| 86 | General Dynamics | 32,466.0 | 2,624.0 |
| 87 | TIAA-CREF | 32,224.9 | 1,405.9 |
| 88 | Delta Air Lines | 31,755.0 | 593.0 |
| 89 | Allstate | 31,400.0 | 928.0 |
| 90 | HCA Holdings | 30,683.0 | 1,207.0 |
| 91 | American Express | 30,242.0 | 4,057.0 |
| 92 | 29,321.0 | 8,505.0 | |
| 93 | Tyson Foods | 28,430.0 | 780.0 |
| 94 | Philip Morris International | 27,208.0 | 7,259.0 |
| 95 | Time Warner | 26,888.0 | 2,578.0 |
| 96 | Oracle | 26,820.0 | 6,135.0 |
| 97 | 3M | 26,662.0 | 4,085.0 |
| 98 | Deere | 26,004.6 | 1,865.0 |
| 99 | Plains All American Pipeline | 25,893.0 | 505.0 |
| 100 | Rite Aid | 25,669.1 | -506.7 |
Vediamo ora le aziende più influenti nel continente europeo.
Le venticinque aziende più grandi d'Europa.
1) HSBC Group 47 miliardi di dollari (UK) (banche)
2) ING Group 82 miliardi di dollari (Olanda) (investimenti)
3) British Petroleum 174 miliardi di dollari (UK) (petrolio)
4) Royal Dutch Shell Group 135 miliardi di dollari (Olanda/UK) (petrolio)
5) UBS bank 50 miliardi di dollari (Svizzera) (banche)
6) BNP Paribas 54 miliardi di dollari (Francia) (banche)
7) Allianz Worldwide 85 miliardi di dollari (Germania) (assicurazioni)
8) Royal Bank of Scotland 31 miliardi di dollari (UK) (investimenti)
9) Total Fina Elf 94 miliardi di dollari (Francia) (petrolio)
10) Barclays 26 miliardi di dollari (UK) (banche)
11) Credit Suisse Group 67 miliardi di dollari (Svizzera) (banche)
12) ABN-Amro Holding 40 miliardi di dollari (Olanda) (banche)
13) Nestlé 81 miliardi di dollari (Svizzera) (alimentari)
14) Llyods TSB Group 22 miliardi di dollari (UK) (banche)
15) ENI 44 miliardi di dollari (Italia) (petrolio)
16) HBOS 27 miliardi di dollari (UK) (banche)
17) Fortis 41 miliardi di dollari (Olanda) (banche)
18) Banco Santander Central 31 miliardi di dollari (Spagna) (banche)
19) Siemens Gorup 77 miliardi di dollari (Germania) (industria)
20) Société Général Group 31 miliardi di dollari (Francia) (banche)
21) E.On 62 miliardi di dollari (Germania) (elettricità accessori)
22) Aegon Insurance Group 28 miliardi di dollari (Olanda) (assicurazioni)
23) BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya 24 miliardi di dollari (Spagna) (banche)
24) Unilever 46 miliardi di dollari (Olanda-UK) (alimentari)
25) Glaxo SmithKline 29 miliardi di dollari (UK) (farmaceutica)
