List of the largest global technology companies
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This is a list of the largest Global Technology Companies by turnover
in 2009 according to Datamonitor
. "Information technology" sector defined as including the categories "electronic and electrical equipment," "software and computer services," and "technology hardware and equipment."
Revenue
In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
in 2009 according to Datamonitor
Datamonitor
Datamonitor is an international company providing market intelligence, data analysis and opinion via a worldwide network of in-house analysts. According to the organization's website in 2011, Datamonitor assists over 6000 of the world’s leading corporations in making strategic and operational...
. "Information technology" sector defined as including the categories "electronic and electrical equipment," "software and computer services," and "technology hardware and equipment."
| Rank | Company name | 2009 Revenue (USD United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... million Million One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106... ) |
2008 Revenue (USD million) | 2007 Revenue (USD million) | Headquarters | Foundation | Employees | Executive head | 2010 Market Cap (USD United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... million Million One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106... ) |
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| 1 | Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul... |
$117,400m | $110,350m | $103,400 m | Samsung Town, Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
1969 | 164,600 | Lee Kun-hee Lee Kun-hee Lee Kun-hee is Chairman of Samsung Electronics. He resigned on April 21, 2008 owing to Samsung Slush funds scandal, but returned on March 24, 2010. Lee has a degree in economics from Waseda University in Tokyo and attended an MBA course at George Washington University in the United States in 1966... , Chairman |
$123,642m |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard (HP) | $114,552m | $118,364m | $104,000m | Palo Alto Palo Alto, California Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
1939 | 325,000 | Meg Whitman Meg Whitman Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman is an American business executive. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard. A native of Long Island, New York, she is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School... , CEO |
$96,610m |
| 3 | Hitachi Hitachi Hitachi is a multinational corporation specializing in high-technology.Hitachi may also refer to:*Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan*Hitachi province, former province of Japan*Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi, members of the Japanese imperial family... |
$99,544m | $114,722m | $94,998m | Chiyoda Chiyoda, Tokyo is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards... , Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
1910 | 400,129 | Kazuo Furukawa, President | $21,400m |
| 4 | IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
$95,750m | $103,600m | $98,800m | Armonk, New York Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place located in the town of North Castle in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 4,330.... , USA |
1896 | 399,409 | Samuel J. Palmisano Samuel J. Palmisano Samuel J. Palmisano was president and chief executive officer of IBM, which as of 2009 was the largest IT company in the world and 45th largest company overall. He was elected chairman in October 2002, effective January 1, 2003, and has served as CEO since March 2002. Before he became CEO,... , Chairman & CEO |
$177,570m |
| 5 | Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... |
$79,618 | $100,000m | $76,201m | Minato Minato - Places :Special wards in Tokyo* Minato, TokyoWards in cities* Minato-ku, Nagoya* Minato-ku, Osaka** Minato Bridge, a 1974 double-deck cantilever truss bridge- People :* Nicolò Minato - Places :Special wards in Tokyo* Minato, TokyoWards in cities* Minato-ku, Nagoya* Minato-ku, Osaka** Minato... , Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
1946 | 180,500 | Masaru Ibuka Masaru Ibuka Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony.... , Co-founder; Akio Morita Akio Morita Akio Morita KBE was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.-Early life:... , Co-founder; Howard Stringer Howard Stringer Sir Howard Stringer is a Welsh-born American businessman and the chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation.-Personal life:... , Chairman, President & CEO |
$35,020m |
| 6 | Toshiba Toshiba is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and... |
$76,667m(2010) | Minato, Tokyo Minato, Tokyo is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
1939 (merging) | Co-founders: Hisashige Tanaka, Ichisuke Fujioka, and Shoichi Miyoshi | $21,750m | |||
| 7 | Panasonic Panasonic Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd... |
$79,388m(2010) | Kadoma, Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Osaka, Japan (March 13, 1918) | 384,586 (March 31, 2010) | Konosuke Matsushita, Co-founder; Kunio Nakamura, Chairman; Masayuki Matsushita, Vice Chairman; Fumio Ohtsubo, President | $29,764m | ||
| 8 | Dell Dell Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest... |
$61,101m | $61,133m | $57,400m | Round Rock, Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , USA |
1984, November 4 | 76,500 | Michael Dell Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell is an American business magnate and the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc. He is the 44th richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$14.6 billion in 2011, based primarily on the 243.35 million shares of Dell stock worth $3.5 billion that he owns,... , Founder and CEO |
$26,180m |
| 9 | Foxconn Foxconn The Foxconn Technology Group is a multinational business group anchored by the Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. , a Taiwan-registered corporation headquartered in Tucheng, Taiwan... |
$59,323m | Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Republic of China Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor... |
1974 | 611,000 | Terry Gou Terry Gou Terry Tai-Ming Gou, sometimes written as Terry Guo, is a Taiwanese tycoon who leads Hon Hai Precision, a company that manufactures electronics on contract for other companies... , Chairman & President |
$5,110m | ||
| 10 | Nokia Corporation Nokia Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki... |
$58,802m | $61,412m | $78,619m | Espoo Espoo Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen.... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
1865 | 123,171 | Stephen Elop Stephen Elop Stephen Elop is the chief executive officer of Nokia Corporation. A Canadian citizen, Elop is the first non-Finn to be named CEO of Nokia. He replaced Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in this position on September 21, 2010.- Career :... , President & CEO; Jorma Ollila Jorma Ollila Jorma Jaakko Ollila is the Chairman and former CEO of the Nokia Corporation and a Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company , UPM-Kymmene , and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd... , Chairman |
$34,570m |
| 11 | Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
$58,437m | $60,420m | $51,120m | Redmond, Washington Redmond, Washington Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000.... , USA |
1975, April 4 | 93,000 | Bill Gates Bill Gates William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen... , Co-founder and Non-executive Chairman; Steve Ballmer Steve Ballmer Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer is an American business magnate. He is the chief executive officer of Microsoft, having held that post since January 2000. , his personal wealth is estimated at US$13.9 billion, ranking number 19 on the Forbes 400.-Early life:Ballmer was born in Detroit, Michigan to... , CEO |
$216,030m |
| 12 | Fujitsu Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues.... |
$46,714m | Minato Minato - Places :Special wards in Tokyo* Minato, TokyoWards in cities* Minato-ku, Nagoya* Minato-ku, Osaka** Minato Bridge, a 1974 double-deck cantilever truss bridge- People :* Nicolò Minato - Places :Special wards in Tokyo* Minato, TokyoWards in cities* Minato-ku, Nagoya* Minato-ku, Osaka** Minato... , Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan (Incorporated 1935) | 185,926 (June 2009) | Michiyoshi Mazuka, Chairman; Koichi Hironishi, Senior EVP, Services Business Group; Tatsuo Tomita, Senior EVP, Products Business Group; Richard Christou, President, Global Business Group | $13,380m | ||
| 13 | NEC Corporation NEC , a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government.... |
$45,650m | $46,172m | $47,589m | Minato Minato, Tokyo is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies... -ku, Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
1899 | 143,327 | Hajime Sasaki, Chairman of the Board; Kaoru Yano, President | $1,190m |
| 14 | Apple Inc. | $42,910m | $32,480m | $24,010m | Cupertino, California Cupertino, California Cupertino is an affluent suburban city in Santa Clara County, California in the U.S., directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 58,302 at the time of the 2010 census. Forbes... , USA |
1976, April 1 | 34,300 | Tim Cook Tim Cook Timothy D. "Tim" Cook is the chief executive officer of Apple Inc., having joined the company in March 1998. He was named the CEO of Apple after Steve Jobs announced his resignation on August 24, 2011.- Early life :... , CEO |
$317,540m |
| 15 | Canon Inc. | $34,472m | $45,801m | $40,745m | Ota-ku, Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
1937, August 10 | 166,980 | Fujio Mitarai Fujio Mitarai is the chairman of Canon and also of the Japan Business Federation. He studied Law at Chuo University, and was President of Canon in the USA until 1989.-Biography:* 1935 September 23: Born at Kamae, Ōita .... , Chairman & CEO |
$58,210m |
| 16 | Cisco Systems Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$... |
$36,117m | $39,540m | $34,922m | San Jose San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
1984 | 63,756 | John T. Chambers, Chairman & CEO | $107,750m |
| 17 | Intel Corporation Intel Corporation Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most... |
$35,127m | $37,600m | $38,300m | Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the... , USA |
1968 | 83,500 | Paul S. Otellini, CEO; Craig Barrett, Chairman | $118,390m |
| 18 | Fujifilm Fujifilm is a multinational photography and imaging company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.Fujifilm's principal activities are the development, production, sale and servicing of color photographic film, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color paper, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging... |
$34,347m | Midtown West, Tokyo Midtown Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan | January 20, 1934 | 76,358 (2008) | Shigetaka Komori(President & CEO) | |||
| 19 | Sharp Corporation Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first... |
$33,639m (2010) | Abeno-ku, Osaka Abeno-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in southern Osaka city and has a population of over 107,000. In the northern part of Abeno, Abenobashi, there is the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line which terminates at Abenobashi Station, the Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line of the Osaka Municipal... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Tokyo, Japan (1912 (1912)) | 64,500 (September 30, 2010) | Tokuji Hayakawa, Founder; Katsuhiko Machida, Chairman; Mikio Katayama, President | $10,620m | ||
| 20 | Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric is a multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.... |
$32.6 billion | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan (1921) | 102,835 (Consolidated, as of Dec 2007) | Setsuhiro Shimomura(President & CEO) | |||
| 21 | Motorola Motorola Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009... |
$30,146m | $36,622m | $42,879m | Schaumburg, Illinois Schaumburg, Illinois Schaumburg is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. A common misspelling of the city name is Schaumberg, a spelling which persists on some modern maps. Schaumburg is located just under northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately northwest of O'Hare International Airport. As... , USA |
1928 | 64,000 | David Dorman David Dorman David W. Dorman is an American Telecommunications executive and is currently the non-executive chairman of Motorola.... , Chairman; Greg Brown, Co-CEO; Sanjay Jha Sanjay Jha Sanjay K. Jha is chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Mobility and previously served as co-chief executive officer of Motorola. from 2008.-Early life:... , Co-CEO |
$18,210m |
| 22 | Quanta Computer | $24.600m | Taoyuan County Taoyuan County "Taoyuan County" may refer to:*Taoyuan County, Taiwan, a county in northern Taiwan Province, *Taoyuan County, Hunan, a county in Hunan Province,... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
Taipei, Taiwan (1988) | over 30,000 worldwide | Barry Lam, Chairman of the Board | $230,400m | ||
| 23 | Accenture Accenture Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across... |
$24,500m | $25,313m | $21,452m | Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,... |
1989 | 200,000 | William D. Green William D. Green William D. Green is an American business executive. He is currently the chairman of the global Accenture management consulting firm.- Early life :... , Chairman & CEO |
$30,480m |
| 24 | Ricoh Ricoh or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo.... |
$24.4171 billion(Fiscal year ended March 31, 2010) | Chūō, Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan (February 6, 1936) | 108,525(on consolidated basis, as of March 31, 2010) | Masamitsu Sakurai(Chairman), Shiro Kondo(President & CEO) | |||
| 25 | Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems... |
$23,252m | $22,430m | $17,996m | Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an affluent waterfront neighborhood located in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City.... , USA |
1977 | 101,950 | Larry Ellison Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. As of 2011, he is the third wealthiest American citizen, with an estimated worth of $33 billion.- Early life :Larry Ellison was born in the... , Co-founder & CEO Jeffrey O. Henley Jeffrey O. Henley Jeffrey O. Henley is the Chairman of Oracle Corporation. He has held this position since January 2004, prior to which he was the Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Vice President for 13 years from March 1991 to July 2004... (Chairman) |
$135,580m |
| 26 | Google Google Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program... |
$22,134m | $21,268m | $16,594m | Mountain View, California Mountain View, California -Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south... , USA |
1998, September 4 | 19,835 | Sergey Brin Sergey Brin Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Russian-born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the largest internet companies. , his personal wealth is estimated to be $16.7 billion.... , Co-founder, Lawrence E. Page, Co-founder & Products President Eric E. Schmidt Eric E. Schmidt Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American software engineer and the current executive chairman of Google. From 2001 to 2011, he served as the chief executive officer of Google.... , Chairman & CEO |
$186,080m |
| 27 | Asus ASUS ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones... |
US$21,173 | Beitou District, Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
April 2, 1990 | 104,294 | Founders TH Tung and Ted Hsu, Chairman Jonney Shih, CEO Jerry Shen | $169,920m | ||
| 28 | Huawei Huawei Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China... |
$23.3 billion USD | Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
1987 | $28 billion | ||||
| 29 | Sanyo Sanyo is a major electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 230 Subsidiaries and Affiliates.... |
$20.426 billion (2010) | Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan | April 1, 1950 | 9,611 (3-31-2009) | Toshio Iue, Seiichiro Sano | |||
| 30 | Dai Nippon Printing | $18.258 billion | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan (1876) | 35,596 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2006) | Yoshitoshi Kitajima(President) | |||
| 31 | Acer Inc. | $17.9 billion | Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
1976 as Multitech | 7,500 (September, 2010) | J.T. Wang (CEO of Acer Group & Chairman of Acer Inc.), Gianfranco Lanci (CEO & President of Acer Inc.) | |||
| 32 | Computer Sciences Corporation Computer Sciences Corporation Computer Sciences Corporation is an American information technology and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA... |
$16,739m | $16,499m | $14,854m | Annandale, Virginia Annandale, Virginia Annandale is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting off of the western part of it to form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's.-Geography:... , USA |
1959, April | 92,000 | Mike Laphen, CEO | $6,940m |
| 33 | Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel.... |
$15,755,480,894.44 (2010) | (Original office)Kyoto, Japan | September 23, 1889 | 4,130 (2009) | ||||
| 34 | Lenovo | $14.901 billion | Beijing, China; Morrisville, North Carolina, United States; Singapore | 1984 | Approx. 24,000 (2008) | Liu Chuanzhi (Chairman), Yang Yuanqing (CEO) | |||
| 35 | Compal Electronics Compal Electronics Compal Electronics is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer , handling the production of notebook computers, monitors, and televisions for a variety of clients around the world, including Acer Inc., Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, and Fujitsu Siemens Computers... |
$12.83 billion | Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
Taipei, Taiwan (1984) | over 30,000 in worldwide | ||||
| 36 | Kyocera Kyocera is a multinational manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions... |
$12.82 billion USD | Kyoto, Japan | April 1959 | 67,224 | Tetsuo Kuba(President) | |||
| 37 | Olympus Corporation Olympus Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,... |
$12.48 billion USD | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | 1919 | 2,907 (as of April 1, 2005; non-consolidated Olympus Corp. only) | Tsuyoshi Kikukawa(Representative Director & President) | |||
| 38 | AU Optronics AU Optronics AU Optronics was formed in December 2001 by the merger of Acer Display Technology, Inc., and Unipac Optoelectronics Corporation. In October 2006, AUO merged with Quanta Display Inc. to create a leading TFT-LCD manufacturer. Additionally, the amassed production of the company's G6 reached worldwide... |
$11200m | Hsinchu Hsinchu Hsinchu City is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" for its windy climate.Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan . The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
12 August 1996 (as Acer Display Technology, Inc.) | 42,000 | Kuen-Yao Lee, Chairman | |||
| 39 | Fuji Electric Fuji Electric , operating under the brand name FE, is a Japanese holding company that retains manufacturing companies of pressure transmitters, flowmeters, gas analyzers, controllers, inverters, pumps, generators, ICs, motors, and power equipments.-History:... |
$11.169 billion | Tokyo, Japan | 1923 | 25,634 (2007) | Haruo Ito(President) | |||
| 40 | Daikin Industries Daikin Industries is a Japan-based multinational corporation present in Japan, China, Australia, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America.The company was founded in 1924 by Akira Yamada in Osaka, Japan. Daikin has centrally been a chemical corporation, where its focus has been on air conditioning systems... |
$11.047 billion | Umeda Center Building, 4-12, Nakazaki-nishi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan | Osaka, Japan (February 11, 1924 (1924-02-11), Osaka Kinzoku Kogyo Limited Partnership) | 33,480 (2007) | Akira Yamada(Founder), Noriyuki Inoue (chair, CEO), Yukiyoshi Okano (president, COO) | |||
| 41 | SAP AG SAP AG SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software... |
€10,672m | €11,575m | €10,256m | Walldorf Walldorf Walldorf is a town in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.Walldorf is currently probably best known as the city that headquarters the world's third largest software company SAP, but it is also the birthplace of the millionaire John Jacob Astor, at the time of his death the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
1972 | 47,578 | Bill McDermott Bill McDermott William R. McDermott is one of the two co-CEOs of SAP AG, a position to which he was appointed in February 2010.-Biography:Bill McDermott received his MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. He also successfully completed the Executive Development Program at the University... (Co-CEO, Global Field Operations) |
$55,740m |
| 42 | Seiko Epson Seiko Epson , commonly known as Epson, is a Japanese technology company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers, information and imaging related equipment... |
$10.6 billion | Suwa, Nagano, Japan | (Officially registered in Shinjuku, Tokyo)Suwa, Nagano, Japan (1942) | 79,914 (Consolidated, as of September 30, 2010) | Seiji Hanaoka(Chairman), Minoru Usui(President) | |||
| 43 | Konica Minolta Konica Minolta is a Japanese manufacturer of office equipment, medical imaging, graphic imaging, optical devices, and measuring instruments. It is headquartered in the Marunouchi Center Building in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with a Kansai office in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture... |
$11.479 billion | Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | Osaka, Japan (1873) | 38,310 worldwide (2009) | Masatoshi Matsuzaki (President and CEO) | |||
| 44 | Capgemini Capgemini Capgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 114,274 operating in 40 countries. It is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1967 by Serge Kampf, the current chairman, in... |
€8,371m | €11,575m | €10,256m | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
1967 | 90,240 | Serge Kampf Serge Kampf Serge Kampf is a French businessman who founded the computer services company Capgemini in 1967.Serge Kampf serves as Managing Director of Cap Gemini EUROPE BV and Cap Gemini Benelux BV.... (Chairman), Paul Hermelin Paul Hermelin -Biography:Paul Hermelin was born in 1952. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1972 and from the École nationale d'administration in 1978.He started his career in Jacques Delors's Ministry of the Economy. From 1988 to 1991, he worked in Hubert Curien's Ministry of Research and Technology... (CEO) |
$7,180m |