Forbes: Global 2000 Companies

Forbes recently published its list of the top 2000 global companies in the World (which now spans 60 different countries).

One world; one gigantic marketplace. This year, 60 countries have global 2000
entries vs. 51 in our inaugural list in 2004. The Forbes global 2000 are public
companies with the top composite scores based on their rankings for sales,
profits, assets and market value. Our justification for using a composite
ranking is simple: One metric alone can give a false impression about corporate
size. In total, the global 2000 companies now account for $30 trillion in
revenues, $2.4 trillion in profits, $119 trillion in assets and $39 trillion in
market value. Around the world, 72 million people work for these companies.

Below is a list of some of the top companies sorted by market value: