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
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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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"Top 20 World's Most Valuable Companies 2012" was written by Mary under the Business category. It has been read 13200 times and generated 0 comments. The article was created on 24 April 2012 and updated on 24 April 2012.
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