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 2016, 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 third year in a row. The first 3 spots are the China’s biggest banks.
For the 2016 ranking, there are 15 Malaysian companies listed down from 16 in 2015. Maybank & Tenaga Nasional are the top two.
The table below is top 20 of 2016 Forbes Global 2000 and all the position of Malaysian companies in the list.
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Sales | Profits | Assets | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $ bil | $ bil | $ bil | $ bil | |||
| 1 | ICBC | China | Banking | 171.1 | 44.2 | 3420.3 | 198.0 |
| 2 | China Construction Bank | China | Banking | 146.8 | 36.4 | 2826.0 | 162.8 |
| 3 | Agricultural Bank of China | China | Banking | 131.9 | 28.8 | 2739.8 | 152.7 |
| 4 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States | Conglo merate | 210.8 | 24.1 | 561.1 | 360.1 |
| 5 | JPMorgan Chase | United States | Banking | 99.9 | 23.5 | 2423.8 | 234.2 |
| 6 | Bank of China | China | Banking | 122.0 | 27.2 | 2589.6 | 143.0 |
| 7 | Wells Fargo | United States | Banking | 91.4 | 22.7 | 1849.2 | 256.0 |
| 8 | Apple | United States | Computer Hardware | 233.3 | 53.7 | 293.3 | 586.0 |
| 9 | ExxonMobil | United States | Oil & Gas | 236.8 | 16.2 | 336.8 | 363.3 |
| 10 | Toyota Motor | Japan | Auto & Truck | 235.8 | 19.3 | 406.7 | 177.0 |
| 11 | Bank of America | United States | Banking | 91.5 | 15.8 | 2185.5 | 156.0 |
| 12 | AT&T | United States | Telecom munications | 146.8 | 13.2 | 402.7 | 234.2 |
| 13 | Citigroup | United States | Banking | 85.9 | 15.8 | 1801.0 | 138.1 |
| 14 | HSBC Holdings | United Kingdom | Banking | 70.3 | 13.5 | 2409.7 | 133.0 |
| 15 | Verizon Communications | United States | Telecom munications | 131.8 | 18.0 | 244.6 | 206.2 |
| 15 | Wal-Mart Stores | United States | Discount Stores | 482.1 | 14.7 | 199.6 | 215.7 |
| 17 | PetroChina | China | Oil & Gas | 274.6 | 5.7 | 368.7 | 203.8 |
| 18 | China Mobile | China | Telecom munications | 107.8 | 17.1 | 219.9 | 241.0 |
| 18 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea | Semi conductors | 177.3 | 16.5 | 206.5 | 161.6 |
| 20 | Ping An Insurance Group | China | Insurance | 98.7 | 8.7 | 732.3 | 90.0 |
| 362 | Maybank | Malaysia | Banking | 7.6 | 1.7 | 165.0 | 22.7 |
| 464 | Tenaga Nasional | Malaysia | Electric Utilities | 11.2 | 1.5 | 27.5 | 21.0 |
| 581 | Public Bank | Malaysia | Banking | 4.5 | 1.3 | 95.4 | 19.0 |
| 668 | CIMB Group Holdings | Malaysia | Banking | 5.9 | 0.7 | 107.7 | 10.7 |
| 813 | Sime Darby | Malaysia | Conglo merate | 11.5 | 0.5 | 15.2 | 12.9 |
| 1028 | Axiata Group | Malaysia | Telecom munications | 5.1 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| 1246 | Genting | Malaysia | Casinos & Gaming | 4.6 | 0.4 | 20.8 | 9.0 |
| 1293 | Petronas Chemicals | Malaysia | Oil & Gas | 3.5 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 13.7 |
| 1344 | MISC | Malaysia | Transport ation | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 10.1 |
| 1398 | RHB Capital | Malaysia | Banking | – | 0.4 | 53.7 | 4.9 |
| 1431 | Hong Leong Financial | Malaysia | Banking | 2.1 | 0.4 | 48.2 | 4.5 |
| 1487 | Petronas Gas | Malaysia | Oil & Gas | 1.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 11.2 |
| 1535 | AmBank Group | Malaysia | Banking | 1.9 | 0.4 | 31.6 | 3.6 |
| 1546 | Maxis | Malaysia | Telecom munications | 2.1 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 11.4 |
| 1938 | IHH Healthcare | Malaysia | Healthcare | 2.2 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 14.2 |