Top Ten Companies with the Highest Revenue 2012

Of the top ten companies in the world with the highest revenue only one of them isn’t in the energy industry. This just goes to show how much the world values energy and the amount of money people are willing to pay for it.

10

Conoco Phillips

United States

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $251 billion

Employees: 29,800

 

9

Chevron

United States

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $253 billion

Employees: 61,189

 

8

State Grid Corporation of China

China

Industry: Electric Utility

Revenue in 2011: $265 billion

Employees: 1,564,001

 

7

Vitol

Switzerland and Netherlands

Industry: Commodities

Revenue in 2011: $297 billion

Employees: 2,810

 

6

BP

England

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $375 billion

Employees: 83,400

 

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5

China National Petroleum Corporation

China

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $378 billion

Employees: 464,000

 

4

Sinopec Group

China

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $397 billion

Employees: 400,193

 

3

Walmart

United States

Industry: Retail

Revenue in 2011: $446 billion

Employees: 2,200,000

 

2

Royal Dutch Shell

England

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $470 billion

Employees: 90,000

 

1

Exxon Mobile

United States

Industry: Oil and Gas

Revenue in 2011: $486 billion

Employees: 99,100

 

 

 

Source: Wikipedia [November 25, 2012]