Top 10 Companies in the World 2011

Four months back Forbes listed the world's leading companies of 2000. Forbes always uses a tremendous amount of research and surveys before listing the top shots. I believe in Forbes, and hence thought of placing the top companies in the world in terms of their global strength. In short, we are going to see the world's biggest public companies.

The list of top 10 Global companies.

1. JPMorgan Chase

Industry - Finance, Banking
Country- United States
Assets - Over 2.1 Trillion Dollars

Interesting fact: "J.P" in JPMorgan stands for John Pierpont.

2. HSBC Holdings

Industry - Finance, Banking
Country - United Kingdom
Assets - Over 2.4 Trillion Dollars

3. General Electric

Industry - Mixed, Conglomerates
Country - United States
Assets - Over 700 Billion Dollars

4. ExxonMobil

Industry - Oil & Gas
Country - United States
Assets - Over 300 Billion Dollars

5. Royal Dutch Shell

Industry - Oil & Gas
Country - Netherlands
Assets - Over 300 Billion Dollars

6. PetroChina

Industry - Oil & Gas
Country - China
Assets - Over 250 Billion Dollars

7. ICBC

Industry - Finance & Banking
Country - China
Assets - Over 1.7 Trillion Dollars

8. Petrobras-Petroleo Brasil

Industry - Oil & Gas
Country - Brazil
Assets - Over 300 Billion Dollars

9. Berkshire Hathaway

Industry - Investment Services
Country - United States
Assets - Over 350 Billion Dollars

10. Citigroup

Industry - Banking and Finance
Country - United States
Assets - Over 1.9 Trillion Dollars

Source: Forbes.com