Fortune Global 500 Ranking for 2009

The annual Fortune 500 list of top global firms has just been released. Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell ranks first this year, the first time in more than a decade that a non-American firm has topped the list. Royal Dutch Shell was ranked third last year, behind two U.S. based Wal-Mart Stores and Exxon Mobil. China, the world's third-largest economy currently, has seen its fortunes rise across the board. Oil giant Sinopec, a Chinese firm, appears in the top 10 for the first time ever. Sinopec, short for China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, supplies 80% of China's fuel.

The number of American companies featured in the annual Fortune 500 list of top global firms has fallen to the lowest ever, while more Chinese firms have appeared than ever before. Is this a signal on the effects of the devastating financial crisis on the United States economy.

Fortune Global 500 Ranking for 2009 top 100

Rank  Company
1     Royal Dutch Shell
2     Exxon Mobil
3     Wal-Mart Stores
4     BP
5     Chevron
6     Total
7     ConocoPhillips
8     ING Group
9     Sinopec
10    Toyota Motor
11    Japan Post Holdings
12    General Electric
13    China National Petroleum
14    Volkswagen
15    State Grid
16    Dexia Group
17    ENI
18    General Motors
19    Ford Motor
20    Allianz
21    HSBC Holdings
22    Gazprom
23    Daimler
24    BNP Paribas
25    Carrefour
26    E.ON
27    PDVSA
28    ArcelorMittal
29    AT&T
30    Siemens
31    Pemex
32    Hewlett-Packard
33    Valero Energy
34    Petrobras
35    Banco Santander
36    Statoil Hydro
37    Bank of America Corp.
38    Royal Bank of Scotland
39    Citigroup
40    Samsung Electronics
41    Berkshire Hathaway
42    McKesson
43    Société Générale
44    Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
45    International Business Machines
46    Crédit Agricole
47    Assicurazioni Generali
48    Nestlé
49    J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
50    Metro
51    Honda Motor
52    Hitachi
53    GDF Suez
54    Deutsche Post
55    Verizon Communications
56    Tesco
57    Électricité de France
58    UniCredit Group
59    BASF
60    Cardinal Health
61    Deutsche Telekom
62    Enel
63    CVS Caremark
64    Fiat
65    Lukoil
66    Telefónica
67    Nissan Motor
68    Procter & Gamble
69    LG
70    Deutsche Bank
71    UnitedHealth Group
72    SK Holdings
73    AXA
74    ThyssenKrupp
75    Peugeot
76    Repsol YPF
77    France Télécom
78    BMW
79    Panasonic
80    Petronas
81    Sony
82    Kroger
83    Barclays
84    U.S. Postal Service
85    Nokia
86    Marathon Oil
87    Hyundai Motor
88    Costco Wholesale
89    Rwe
90    Home Depot
91    AmerisourceBergen
92    Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
93    Archer Daniels Midland
94    Vodafone
95    Munich Re Group
96    Nippon Life Insurance
97    Toshiba
98    Robert Bosch
99    China Mobile Communications
100   Target

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