Monday, October 25, 2010

The Global 100

RankCompanyCountryIndustrySales ($bil) Profits ($bil)Assets ($bil)Market Value ($bil)
1 JPMorgan Chase United States Banking 115.63 11.65 2,031.99 166.19
2 General Electric United States Conglomerates 156.78 11.03 781.82 169.65
3 Bank of America United States Banking 150.45 6.28 2,223.30 167.63
4 ExxonMobil United States Oil & Gas Operations 275.56 19.28 233.32 308.77
5 ICBC China Banking 71.86 16.27 1,428.46 242.23
6 Banco Santander Spain Banking 109.57 12.34 1,438.68 107.12
7 Wells Fargo United States Banking 98.64 12.28 1,243.65 141.69
8 HSBC Holdings United Kingdom Banking 103.74 5.83 2,355.83 178.27
8 Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Oil & Gas Operations 278.19 12.52 287.64 168.63
10 BP United Kingdom Oil & Gas Operations 239.27 16.58 235.45 167.13
11 BNP Paribas France Banking 101.06 8.37 2,952.22 86.67
12 PetroChina China Oil & Gas Operations 157.22 16.80 174.95 333.84
13 AT&T United States Telecommunications Services 123.02 12.54 268.75 147.55
14 Wal-Mart Stores United States Retailing 408.21 14.34 170.71 205.37
15 Berkshire Hathaway United States Diversified Financials 112.49 8.06 297.12 190.86
16 Gazprom Russia Oil & Gas Operations 115.25 24.33 234.77 132.58
17 China Construction Bank China Banking 59.16 13.59 1,106.20 184.32
18 Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil Brazil Oil & Gas Operations 104.81 16.63 198.26 190.34
19 Total France Oil & Gas Operations 160.68 12.10 183.29 131.80
20 Chevron United States Oil & Gas Operations 159.29 10.48 164.62 146.23
21 Barclays United Kingdom Banking 65.91 15.17 2,223.04 56.15
22 Bank of China China Banking 52.20 9.45 1,016.31 147.00
23 Allianz Germany Insurance 130.06 6.16 834.04 52.74
24 GDF Suez France Utilities 114.65 6.42 245.95 83.36
25 E.ON Germany Utilities 117.38 12.05 214.58 68.26
25 Goldman Sachs Group United States Diversified Financials 51.67 13.39 849.00 84.95
27 EDF Group France Utilities 95.17 5.60 342.63 92.23
28 AXA Group France Insurance 145.86 5.17 1,016.70 46.02
29 Lloyds Banking Group United Kingdom Banking 106.67 4.57 1,650.78 50.25
29 Procter & Gamble United States Household & Personal Products 76.78 13.05 135.29 184.47
31 ENI Italy Oil & Gas Operations 121.01 6.27 163.52 82.22
32 Telefónica Spain Telecommunications Services 79.11 10.84 154.98 108.19
33 IBM United States Software & Services 95.76 13.43 109.02 167.01
34 UniCredit Group Italy Banking 92.17 5.59 1,438.91 43.95
35 Hewlett-Packard United States Technology Hardware & Equip 116.92 8.13 113.62 121.33
36 Nestlé Switzerland Food, Drink & Tobacco 97.08 10.07 105.16 173.67
37 Verizon Communications United States Telecommunications Services 107.81 3.65 227.25 82.21
38 China Mobile Hong Kong/China Telecommunications Services 66.22 16.87 104.46 199.73
39 ConocoPhillips United States Oil & Gas Operations 136.02 4.86 152.59 72.72
40 Pfizer United States Drugs & Biotechnology 50.01 8.64 212.95 143.23
41 Nippon Telegraph & Tel Japan Telecommunications Services 106.98 5.53 181.48 68.68
42 ENEL Italy Utilities 91.87 7.74 221.26 50.92
43 Deutsche Bank Germany Banking 62.98 6.93 2,150.60 39.75
44 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland Diversified Financials 50.26 6.11 988.91 53.93
45 Sinopec-China Petroleum China Oil & Gas Operations 208.47 4.37 110.66 130.06
46 Vodafone United Kingdom Telecommunications Services 58.35 4.38 217.97 112.26
47 Johnson & Johnson United States Drugs & Biotechnology 61.90 12.27 94.68 174.90
48 BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Spain Banking 49.27 6.03 760.39 48.20
49 Microsoft United States Software & Services 58.69 16.26 82.10 254.52
50 Siemens Germany Conglomerates 112.23 3.36 133.94 80.07
51 Banco Bradesco Brazil Banking 59.10 4.60 281.40 54.50
52 Banco do Brasil Brazil Banking 56.10 5.82 406.46 42.78
53 Royal Bank of Canada Canada Banking 35.41 3.58 608.05 78.17
54 Intesa Sanpaolo Italy Banking 50.71 3.56 877.66 44.67
55 Samsung Electronics South Korea Semiconductors 97.28 4.43 83.30 94.48
56 France Telecom France Telecommunications Services 65.92 4.30 132.06 62.39
57 Sanofi-aventis France Drugs & Biotechnology 41.99 7.54 114.85 98.07
58 Ford Motor United States Consumer Durables 118.31 2.72 194.85 41.80
59 Commonwealth Bank Australia Banking 31.84 3.81 500.20 75.10
60 RWE Group Germany Utilities 66.57 4.98 130.36 47.93
61 Novartis Switzerland Drugs & Biotechnology 44.27 8.40 90.89 126.22
62 BHP Billiton Australia/United Kingdom Materials 50.21 5.88 74.86 192.45
63 Zurich Financial Services Switzerland Insurance 70.27 3.22 366.66 34.71
64 Statoil Norway Oil & Gas Operations 79.76 3.16 97.09 72.26
65 Generali Group Italy Insurance 123.14 1.83 607.37 35.19
66 Roche Holding Switzerland Drugs & Biotechnology 47.35 7.51 69.64 146.19
67 Westpac Banking Group Australia Banking 31.19 3.04 519.03 70.99
68 Rio Tinto United Kingdom/Australia Materials 41.83 4.87 95.01 118.34
69 Lukoil Russia Oil & Gas Operations 86.34 9.14 70.94 45.18
70 Anheuser-Busch InBev Belgium Food, Drink & Tobacco 36.76 4.61 111.58 81.48
71 GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom Drugs & Biotechnology 45.83 8.94 65.38 95.36
72 Merck & Co United States Drugs & Biotechnology 27.43 12.90 112.09 116.11
73 Crédit Agricole France Banking 91.96 1.61 2,227.22 34.42
74 Munich Re Germany Insurance 59.31 3.67 284.21 30.12
75 Apple United States Technology Hardware & Equip 46.71 9.36 53.93 189.51
75 Cisco Systems United States Technology Hardware & Equip 35.53 6.07 76.40 140.85
77 Rosneft Russia Oil & Gas Operations 34.70 6.51 83.11 83.19
78 Mitsubishi Corp Japan Trading Companies 63.12 3.80 109.74 42.64
79 National Australia Bank Australia Banking 32.50 2.29 574.41 48.80
80 Vale Brazil Materials 27.82 5.88 100.81 145.14
81 CVS Caremark United States Retailing 98.73 3.70 61.64 47.85
82 Itaúsa Brazil Conglomerates 66.36 2.25 342.63 28.74
83 ANZ Banking Australia Banking 26.91 2.60 420.52 53.72
84 Tesco United Kingdom Food Markets 77.94 3.10 65.61 51.43
85 Unilever Netherlands/United Kingdom Food, Drink & Tobacco 57.05 4.83 52.05 91.33
86 Honda Motor Japan Consumer Durables 102.82 1.41 117.24 63.22
86 Toronto-Dominion Bank Canada Banking 23.60 2.90 517.28 55.43
88 Iberdrola Spain Utilities 35.15 3.94 125.21 42.16
89 Comcast United States Media 35.76 3.64 112.73 47.76
90 China Life Insurance China Insurance 24.01 3.12 153.13 118.75
91 Bank of Nova Scotia Canada Banking 23.27 3.29 460.93 47.26
92 UnitedHealth Group United States Health Care Equipment & Svcs 87.14 3.82 59.05 39.40
93 Sberbank Russia Banking 23.27 3.20 220.62 57.70
94 United Technologies United States Conglomerates 52.92 3.83 55.76 65.28
95 Nordea Bank Sweden Banking 22.81 3.41 729.06 39.42
96 Bank of Communications China Banking 19.05 4.17 392.83 57.34
97 BASF Germany Chemicals 72.63 2.02 72.06 52.12
98 Walt Disney United States Media 36.29 3.31 69.31 61.17
99 Standard Chartered Group United Kingdom Banking 20.94 3.38 435.56 46.16
100 AstraZeneca United Kingdom Drugs & Biotechnology 32.80 7.52 53.63 63.56

The World's Billionaires 2010

RankNameCitizenshipAgeNet Worth ($bil)Residence
1 Carlos Slim Helu & family Mexico 70 53.5 Mexico
2 William Gates III United States 54 53.0 United States
3 Warren Buffett United States 79 47.0 United States
4 Mukesh Ambani India 52 29.0 India
5 Lakshmi Mittal India 59 28.7 United Kingdom
6 Lawrence Ellison United States 65 28.0 United States
7 Bernard Arnault France 61 27.5 France
8 Eike Batista Brazil 53 27.0 Brazil
9 Amancio Ortega Spain 74 25.0 Spain
10 Karl Albrecht Germany 90 23.5 Germany
11 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden 83 23.0 Switzerland
12 Christy Walton & family United States 55 22.5 United States
13 Stefan Persson Sweden 62 22.4 Sweden
14 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 81 21.0 Hong Kong
15 Jim Walton United States 62 20.7 United States
16 Alice Walton United States 60 20.6 United States
17 Liliane Bettencourt France 87 20.0 France
18 S. Robson Walton United States 66 19.8 United States
19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 55 19.4 Saudi Arabia
20 David Thomson & family Canada 52 19.0 Canada

Top 10 Youngest Billionaires 2010

Asia's 10 Richest

1.Mukesh AmbaniMukeshAmbani thumb1 Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

$29 billion

India

Global ambitions: His Reliance Industries, already India’s most valuable company, recently bid $2 billion for 65% stake in troubled Canadian oil sands outfit Value Creation. Firm’s $14.5 billion offer to buy bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell was rejected

2.Lakshmi Mittal

$28.7 billionLakshmiMittal thumb1 Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

India

London’s richest resident oversees ArcelorMittal, world’s largest steel maker. Net profits fell 75% in 2009. Mittal took 12% pay cut but improved outlook pushed stock up one-third in past year. Looking to expand in his native India; wants to build steel mills in Jharkhad and Orissa but has not received government approval.

3.Li Ka-shing

$21 billion

Hong KongLiKashing thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

Betting on recovery, upped stakes in publicly traded conglomerates Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa. Through HW, Li is world’s largest operator of container terminals, world’s largest health and beauty retailer by number of outlets, a major supplier of electricity to Hong Kong and a real estate developer. Has a large holding in Canadian oil firm Husky Energy, which recently announced its third discovery in South China Sea.

4.Lee Shau Kee

$18. 5 billionLeeShauKee thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

Hong Kong

Lee’s wealth rebounded, thanks in part to doubling of share price of Henderson Land Development, the property firm he founded and still heads. Active investor in China, has stakes in such outperfomers as PetroChina, China Shenhua Energy and China Life. Chairman of Hong Kong & China Gas, which distributes gas in more than 90 cities.

5.Kwok family

$17 billion

Hong KongKwokfamily thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

Family behind one of Hong Kong’s most storied real estate firms has benefited from rebound in property prices. Eldest brother Walter, who stepped down from 18-year chairmanship of Sun Hung Kai Properties in May 2008 after disputing with his 2 younger siblings, Raymond and Thomas, dropped his lawsuit alleging improper dismissal; he is now a nonexecutive director.

6.Azim Premji AzimPremji thumb1 Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

$17 billion

India

Software czar chairs $5.5 billion (revenues) Wipro, country’s third-largest software exporter. Reported jump in net profits in last 2 quarters, signaling a rebound for U.S.-dependent outsourcing giant.

7.Robert Kuok

$14.5 billionRobertKuok thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

Malaysia

Onetime rice and sugar trader heads multinational Kuok Group, with interests ranging from shipping to real estate to media. In 2007 merged extensive Malaysian, Indonesian palm oil interests with Singapore’s Wilmar International, run by his nephew; now his most valuable holding.

8.Anil Ambani

$13.7 billion

IndiaAnilAmbani thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

Estranged brother of Asia’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, oversees Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, which has interests in telecom, infrastructure and entertainment. His Reliance Power plans to build 13 power plants for $25 billion by 2014. Infrastructure arm is investing $5 billion in new roads and metro systems to be completed by 2012. His entertainment unit has committed $825 million to Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios to co-produce films.

9.Shashi & Ravi Ruia

$13 billionShashiRaviRuia thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

India

Brothers’ $15 billion (revenues) Essar Group has weathered downturn and embarked on an expansion drive in all its businesses, including steel, oil and power. As part of global push, refiner Essar Oil bought 50% in Kenya Petroleum Refineries and is negotiating with Royal Dutch Shell to acquire 3 refineries with a total capacity of 25 million tons.

10.Savitri Jindal

$12.2 billionSavitriJindal thumb Top 10 Richest peoples in Asia 2010

India

Nonexecutive chair of the O.P. Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal, in 1952. Took over as group head after he died in a helicopter crash in 2005. In his lifetime, patriarch had handed down operations to their 4 sons, Prithviraj, Sajjan, Ratan and Naveen, who today run their independent units.

Top 10 Most Expensive Cars in the World 2010

Everyone love these most expensive cars in the world 2010. Expensive cars is one of the most favorite men’s toy. It’s the richest men pride. In this recession era, still quite a lot of persons have enough money to buy these most expensive cars. These cars is very expensive because of their detailing in production, speed also features they have. So let’s take a look at those most expensive cars one by one begin with the 10th:

10. SSC Ultimate Aero: $740,000
New model with 270 mph top speed, spiller made from carbon, a temperature sensor and tire pressure to optimize driving conditions.

most expensive cars ssc ultimate aero

SSC ultimate aero

9. Leblanc Mirabeau: $765,000

Designed with 24 hours resilience test at Le mans. It can be driven on the road legally. Mirabeau is using 4.7-liter V8 engine, 700 hp, and can reach average speed of 230 mile / hours. Specially made to order, including for semi automatic transmission system version.

most expensive cars leblanc mirabeau

Leblanc Mirabeau

8. Koenigsegg CCX: $1.1 Millions

This car used V8 engines and only 806 units produced. It only takes 3.2 seconds to reach 100 Kms / hour. Top speed can be reach easily is 245 mph. The car tire use rim carbon, with 6 speed, and ceramic brakes.

most expensive cars koenigsegg CCX

Koenigsegg CCX

7. Koenigsegg CCXR : $1.3 Millions
Koenigsegg CCXR is another variant from Koenigsegg CCX that signed in environmentally friendly cars. This car use biofuels, need 3.1 seconds to reach 100km/hours, with top speed 250mph.

most expensive cars Koenigsegg CCXR

Koenigsegg CCXR

6. Maybach Landaulet: $1.4 Millions

This car is most expensive cars brand from Germany. Landaulet is the most expensive car for the saloon car category. This car have 604 HP, with top speed 155 miles / h, and using 12 twin turbo engine.

most expensive cars maybach landaulet

Maybach Landaulet

5. Lamborghini Reventón: $1.42 Millions

Not yet clear whether this old version of Reventon is still available. Only 20 units have made, This car created using black aluminum rim, like the newer version of roadster, the design is inspired by fighter aircraft.

most expensive cars Lamborghini Reventon

Lamborghini Reventon

4. Lamborghini Reventón Roadster: $1.56 Millions

The car design is inspired by Stealth aircraft display. This car using V12 650 HP Engine. Can reach top speed of 340kms/hours.The car is very Light in weight because the body is made using carbon fiber materials.

most expensive cars lamborghini reventon roadster

Lamborghini Reventon Roadster

3. Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster: $1.8 Millions

There are only 5 units available, and go on sale. Chassis made from carbon titanium. Powered by 678 HP Mercedes AMG V12, only 3.4 seconds to reach 100 kms/hours. Can reach 217 mph top speed. The body carbon and suspension is using titanium and magnesium.

most expensive cars pagani zonda cinque roadster

Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster

2. Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport $2 Millions / $1.67 Millions for coupe version

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport use 1001 hp, 16-cylinder engine, and has been developed so there will be no draft inside, even when exploring the upper reaches of the car’s 217 mph top speed. Traits with 2.7 inch LCD mirror. This car is the world’s fastest roadster.

most expensive cars Bugatti Veyron 16 4 Grand Sport 57

Bugatti Veyron 16 4 Grand Sport 57

1. Koenigsegg Trevita: $2.21 Millions

Just three units to be produced. Koenigsegg Trevita is designed based on Koenigsegg CCXR and added with new shimmering diamond carbon fiber, named “Trevita” in Swedish means “three whites”.

Those three cars fully equipped with Koenigsegg Shimmering Diamond Weave bodywork, using double carbon wing, paddle-shift, inconell exhaust system, carbon ceramic brakes with ABS, hydraulic lifting system, infotainment system, tyre monitoring system, chrono instrument cluster and special airbags.The navigation system is also developed custom just for this model

For the Machine Koenigsegg placed the same 1018bhp engine. Special for this model, the exterior paint fully developed in Sweden, at Koenigsegg headquarters.

most expensive cars Koenigsegg Trevita

Koenigsegg Trevita