Top 20 World's Most Valuable Companies 2012

	Published/Updated on: 24-April-2012
This is a list of the Top 20 World's Most Valuable Companies based on Forbes' Annual Ranking as of April 18, 2012. They are ranked in terms of market value. Having $546 billion market cap, Apple ranks as the most valuable company in the world. Exxon Mobil, which ranked first in the previous year, now ranks as the second most valuable company in the world having $407.4 billion market value. The higher the company's market value, the greater the growth potential. Top 20 World's Most Valuable Companies 2012 (as of April 2012) Rank Company Market Value (in billion $) Country 1 Apple $546.00 United States 2 Exxon Mobil $407.40 United States 3 PetroChina $294.70 China 4 Microsoft $273.50 United States 5 IBM $238.70 United States 6 ICBC $237.40 China 7 Royal Dutch Shell $227.60 Netherlands 8 Chevron $218.00 United States 9 China Mobile $216.50 Hong Kong-China 10 General Electric (GE) $213.70 United States 11 Wal-Mart Stores $208.40 United States 12 Nestle $205.40 Switzerland 13 Google $203.20 United States 14 Berkshire Hathaway $202.20 United States 15 China Construction Bank $201.90 China 16 BHP Billiton $187.50 Australia 17 AT&T $187.30 United States 18 Procter & Gamble $185.20 United States 19 Petrobras-Petroleo Brasil $180.00 Brazil 20 Johnson & Johnson $178.80 United States Here's a bar graph of the Top 20 Most Valuable Companies in the World 2012. Notice how Apple outranked the other companies: Can Apple company hold its position as the most valuable company in the world until next year (2013)?
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