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The Forbes Global 2000 - is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine. The ranking is based on a mix of four metrics: Sales, Profit, Assets and Market value. The list has been published since 2003.

The Forbes Global 2000 is a useful indicator of which are the leading public companies in the world, but it is only an interpretation, as only public companies are listed. The results are not definitive; any change to the criteria would produce a different list.

2008 list

Listed below are the top 20 companies featured on the 2008 list.

Rank  ↓Company  ↓Headquarters  ↓Industry  ↓Revenue
(billion $)  ↓
Profits
(billion $)  ↓
Assets
(billion $)  ↓
Market Value
(billion $)  ↓
1 HSBC Flag of the United Kingdom UK Banking 146.5 19.1 2,349.0 180.8
2 General Electric Flag of the United States USA Conglomerate 172.7 22.2 795.3 330.9
3 Bank of America Flag of the United States USA Banking 119.2 15.0 1,715.8 176.5
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Flag of the United States USA Banking 116.4 15.4 1,562.2 136.9
5 ExxonMobil Flag of the United States USA Oil and gas 358.6 40.6 242.1 465.5
6 Royal Dutch Shell Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Oil and gas 355.8 31.3 266.2 221.1
7 BP Flag of the United Kingdom UK Oil and gas 281.0 20.6 236.1 204.9
8 Toyota Flag of Japan Japan Automotive 203.8 14.0 276.4 175.1
9 ING Group Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Insurance 197.9 12.7 1,932.2 75.8
10= Berkshire Hathaway Flag of the United States USA Diversified Financials 118.3 13.2 273.2 216.7
10= Royal Bank of Scotland Flag of the United Kingdom UK Banking 108.5 14.6 3,807.5 76.6
12 AT&T Flag of the United States USA Telecommunications 118.9 12.0 275.6 210.2
13 BNP Paribas Flag of France France Banking 116.2 10.7 2,494.4 81.9
14 Allianz Flag of Germany Germany Insurance 139.1 10.9 1,547.5 80.3
15 Total S.A. Flag of France France Oil and gas 199.7 19.2 165.8 181.8
16 Wal-Mart Flag of the United States USA Retailing 378.8 12.7 163.4 198.6
17 Chevron Flag of the United States USA Oil and gas 204.0 18.7 148.8 180.0
18 American International Group Flag of the United States USA Insurance 110.1 6.2 1,060.5 118.2
19 Gazprom Flag of Russia Russia Oil and gas 81.8 23.3 201.7 306.8
20 AXA Flag of France France Insurance 151.7 7.8 1,064.7 70.3

The complete list is available at http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/18/biz_2000global08_The-Global-2000_Rank.html.

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