Eric's Top Companies List

Fortune is always out of date and senseless. A certain General Motors is in top 10 with a market cap of $15 billion. You read it right. With revenues of $192 billion and net profit -$10 billion, GM is 5th in Global Fortune 500 list. So what if even our desi TCS can aquire GM. All the figures are latest (as on Jan end 2007) Revenues and Profit are for the 2005-06 fiscal. Top International Companies: - (All figures in $ billion unless otherwise stated) S. No. Company MCap (Revenues in last fiscal - Net Profit during last fiscal) 1. Berkshire Hathway 1500 (82 - 9) 2. Exxon Mobile 427 (340 - 36) 3. General Electric 373 (157 - 16) 4. Microsoft 299 (40 - 12) 5. Citigroup 266 (131 - 25) 6. Bank of America 243 (84 - 16) 7. Toyota 220 (186 - 12) 8. British Petroleum 211 (268 - 22) 9. Royal Dutch Shell 210 (307 - 25) 10. P & G 206 (57 - 7) 11. HSBC 201 (94 - 16) 12. Walmart Stores 199 (316 - 11) 13. Johnson & Johnson 192 (51 - 10) 14. China Mobile 190 (29 - 5) 15. Pfizer 188 (51 - 8) 16. Vodafone 167 (65 - 0) 17. Cisco 159 (25 - 6) 18. Chevron 156 (189 - 14) 19. IBM 151 (91 - 8) 20. China Life Insurance 150 (9 - 1) 21. AT&T 143 (44 - 5) 22. Google 142 (6 - 1) Other notable Companies: 1. Schlumberger 73 (14 - 2) 2. EDS 15 (21 - 0) 3. CSC 12 (16 - 1) Indian Companies 1. RIL 43 (19 - 2) 2. ONGC 43 (17 - 3.5) 3. Bharti Telecom 32 (1 - 0.5) 4. TCS 28 (3 - 0.65) 5. Infosys 28 (2 - 0.55) 6. NTPC 27 (6 - 1.3) 7. Reliance Communication 20 (2 - 0.2) 8. ICICI 20 (5 - 1) 9. Tata Steel 17 (3 - 1) 10. SBI 14 (8 - 1.3) 11. IOC 13 (37 - 1) Fortune Global 500 List 1-100 (340 - 51) 101-200 (51 - 29) 201-300 (29-21) 301-400 (21-17) 401-500 (17-13.74) Nike is the 500th Company in Fortune 500 List with a market cap of 24.3 billion much below Google which does not find a place even in Fortune 1000. I will be coming out with a Revenue based ranking in April 2007.

Eic's World Richest List: 2007

Do not wait for the Forbes List anymore. Always late and Inaccurate. Here is the latest list of the Richest 25 people in the world according to their worth as on January 1, 2007. All the numbers have been rounded to the nearest billion. Richest Families on Planet 1. Walton Family $80+billion 2. Gates Family $50+ billion 3. Buffett Family $40+ billion 4. Ambani Family $30+ billion Richest Individuals on Planet (As of worth on Jan 1, 2007) 1. Bill Gates (S) US, Software $ 53 bn 2. Warren Buffett (S) US, Investments $ 46 bn 3. Carlos Slim Helu (IG) Mexico, Telecom $ 30 bn 4. Ingvar Kamprad (S) Sweden, Retail $ 28 bn 5. Lakshmi Mittal (IG) India, Steel $ 27 bn 6. Bernard Arnault (S) France, Luxury/Varied $ 22 bn 7. Paul Allen (S) US, Software/Varied $ 21 bn 7. Li Ka-Shing (S) Hong Kong, Varied $ 21 bn 9. Prince Alwaleed (S) Saudi, Investments $ 20 bn 9. Kenneth Thomson (IG) Canada, Media $ 20 bn 9. Roman Abramovich (S) Russia, Oil $ 20 bn 9. Larry Ellison (S) US, Software $ 20 bn 13. Mukesh Ambani (IG) India, Oil/Textiles/Varied $ 19 bn 14. Michael Dell (S) US, Hardware $ 17 bn 14. Karl Albrecht (S) Germany, Retail $ 17 bn 16. Sheldon Adelson (S) US, Real Estate $ 16+ bn 16. Lillane Bettencourt (I) France, L’Oreal $ 16+ bn 18. Christy Walton (I) US, Retail $ 16 bn 18. Jim Walton (I) US, Retail $ 16 bn 18. S Robson Walton (I) US, Retail $ 16 bn 18. Alice Walton (I) US, Retail $ 16 bn 18. Helen Walton (I) US, Retail $ 16 bn 23. Anil Ambani (IG) India, Telecom/Varied $ 15 bn 23. Amancio Ortega (S) Spain, Retail $ 15 bn 25. Steve Ballmer (S) US, Software $ 14 bn 25. Azim Premji (IG) India, Software $ 14 bn 25. Sergey Brin (S) US, Software $ 14 bn 25. Larry Page (S) US, Software $ 14 bn ** K. P. Singh – 40th rank with $10 bn fortunes • All fortunes in US Dollars • S – Self Made fortunes • IG – Inherited and Growing • I – Inherited Salient Features: 1. 4 Indians in top 25 for the first time 2. Mukesh soon to break into top 10 3. Ambani family one of the richest 5 families on planet. 4. KP Singh is slated to break in top 25 as soon as DLF IPO launches. 5. Larry Ellison bounces back into top 10. 6. Lakshmi fell from 3rd to 5th despite an increase in worth. 7. 16 of the top 25 Billionaires are self-made, 6 are IG and 6 I. 8. 3 Under-40 men in top 25 list including Roman Abramovich, and Google founders. 9. 4 females in top-25 list. 10.Sergey Brin, aged 32 is the youngest person on the list.