The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world features in Forbes magazine. The ranking is a comprehensive list of the world’s largest, most powerful public companies, as measured by revenues, profits, assets and market value
The ranking was first published in 2003 and it is a useful indicator for leading public companies in the world. In 2015, the world’s largest companies shows the dominance of the U.S. and China in the current global business landscape. The two countries split the top 10 spots for a second year in a row. For the first time, China’s four biggest banks own the top four spots.
For the 2015 ranking, there are 16 Malaysian companies listed down from 20 in 2013. Maybank & Tenaga Nasional are the top two.
The table below is top 20 of 2015 Forbes Global 2000 and all the position of Malaysian companies in the list.
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Sales | Profits | Assets | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $ bil | $ bil | $ bil | $ bil | |||
| 1 | ICBC | China | Banking | 166.8 | 44.8 | 3,322 | 278.3 |
| 2 | China Construction Bank | China | Banking | 130.5 | 37 | 2,699 | 212.9 |
| 3 | Agricultural Bank of China | China | Banking | 129.2 | 29.1 | 2,575 | 189.9 |
| 4 | Bank of China | China | Banking | 120.3 | 27.5 | 2,458 | 199.1 |
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States | Conglo merate | 194.7 | 19.9 | 534.6 | 354.8 |
| 6 | JPMorgan Chase | United States | Banking | 97.8 | 21.2 | 2,593 | 225.5 |
| 7 | Exxon Mobil | United States | Oil & Gas | 376.2 | 32.5 | 349.5 | 357.1 |
| 8 | PetroChina | China | Oil & Gas | 333.4 | 17.4 | 387 | 334.6 |
| 9 | General Electric | United States | Conglo merate | 148.5 | 15.2 | 648.3 | 253.5 |
| 10 | Wells Fargo | United States | Banking | 90.4 | 23.1 | 1,701 | 278.3 |
| 11 | Toyota Motor | Japan | Auto & Truck | 252.2 | 19.1 | 389.7 | 239 |
| 12 | Apple | United States | Computer Hardware | 199.4 | 44.5 | 261.9 | 741.8 |
| 13 | Royal Dutch Shell | Nether lands | Oil & Gas | 420.4 | 14.9 | 353.1 | 195.4 |
| 14 | Volkswagen Group | Germany | Auto & Truck | 268.5 | 14.4 | 425 | 126 |
| 15 | HSBC Holdings | United Kingdom | Banking | 81.1 | 13.5 | 2,634 | 167.7 |
| 16 | Chevron | United States | Oil & Gas | 191.8 | 19.2 | 266 | 201 |
| 16 | Wal-Mart Stores | United States | Retailing | 485.7 | 16.4 | 203.7 | 261.3 |
| 18 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea | Semi conductors | 195.9 | 21.9 | 209.6 | 199.4 |
| 19 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 93.9 | 7.2 | 1,846 | 156.7 |
| 20 | China Mobile | China | Telecom munications | 104.1 | 17.7 | 209 | 271.5 |
| 371 | Maybank | Malaysia | Banking | 8.1 | 2.1 | 183.1 | 24.5 |
| 408 | Tenaga Nasional | Malaysia | Electric Utilities | 13.6 | 2.2 | 33.3 | 22.3 |
| 574 | CIMB Group Holdings | Malaysia | Banking | 6.6 | 950 | 118.4 | 14.5 |
| 578 | Public Bank | Malaysia | Banking | 4.9 | 1.4 | 98.9 | 20.4 |
| 709 | Sime Darby | Malaysia | Conglo merate | 13.3 | 868 | 14.8 | 16 |
| 932 | Axiata Group | Malaysia | Telecom munications | 5.7 | 718 | 14.1 | 16.8 |
| 1122 | Genting | Malaysia | Casinos & Gaming | 5.6 | 457 | 21 | 9.3 |
| 1185 | RHB Capital | Malaysia | Banking | 3.2 | 623 | 62.7 | 5.8 |
| 1287 | Hong Leong Financial | Malaysia | Banking | 2.4 | 514 | 55.7 | 4.9 |
| 1318 | MISC | Malaysia | Transport ation | 2.8 | 674 | 11.9 | 10.6 |
| 1331 | AmBank Group | Malaysia | Banking | 2.4 | 569 | 37.2 | 5.3 |
| 1339 | Petronas Chemicals | Malaysia | Oil & Gas | 4.5 | 753 | 8.4 | 12.3 |
| 1441 | Maxis | Malaysia | Telecom munications | 2.6 | 525 | 5.4 | 14.9 |
| 1485 | Petronas Gas | Malaysia | Oil & Gas | 1.3 | 563 | 3.8 | 12.5 |
| 1559 | IOI Group | Malaysia | Food Processing | 3.6 | 834 | 4.4 | 8.1 |
| 1589 | YTL | Malaysia | Diversified Utilities | 5.4 | 387 | 17.8 | 4.8 |