Supply chain management for Indian companies has been extremely important in having incremental business, which has strongly benefited from the growing presence of logistics companies. In India, there are several local as well as global logistics players, who serve worldwide. Some of the top logistics companies in India are DHL, Fedex, UPS, Bluedart etc. Here is the list of the top 10 logistics companies in India 2017 as per revenue, profit.

Quick Glance at Top Logistics Companies India 2017

1st place: DHL

2nd place: United parcel service (UPS)

3rd place: FedEx

4th place: Container Corp

5th place: Bluedart

6th place: Transport Corp

7th place: Gati

8th place: All Cargo Logistics

9th place: Safexpress

10th place: Aegis Logistics

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

Logistics India 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Profit):

10. Aegis Logistics

Incorporated in the year 1956, Aegis trades on both BSE and NSE and is India’s leading oil, gas and chemical logistic company.

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It is a Indian company with its corporate office located in Mumbai, and the group also operates internationally with its subsidiaries located in Singapore. The group today has 5 distinct business segments namely liquid logistics that is into handling of export and import of hazardous chemicals, petroleum products and petrochemicals. Next is the gas logistics where they are leader in shipping and distributing LPG gas and this segment expects to grow as the demand for energy increases. The third one is the EPC services engineering, procurement and construction services providing third party solutions to the clients. The fourth segment is retail LPG and the fifth is the marine to provide quality bunker fuels to the ships while maintaining high standard quality.

When it comes to CSR activities Aegis has been the sponsor of ANaRDe which has been established to eradicate poverty in rural areas. It conducts various programs for skill training, empowerment of women, entrepreneurship development, programs with banks to promote inclusion of villages into financial sector and many others.

Aegis policies are built on the HSE standards (Health, Safety and Environment) delivering superior services. They also celebrate environment day every year on June 5 and promote the thought of reduce, recycle and reuse in the mindset of the people and their practices and try to follow the best industry practices in their implementation.

Revenue: 101928  lakh rupees

Profit: 6532 lakh rupees

9. Safexpress

Started the journey year in 1997 with the mission to deliver excellence in logistics and achieve success, today it has entrenched itself as knowledge leader and market leader of supply chain solutions in India.

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In the ninth position is Safexpress, reaching a great position in short time earning nearly INR 8500 million revenues per annum. Safexpress offers wide range of services which include from services to individuals to enterprise, express distribution, 3PL and inventory management and supply chain consulting. Under individual services it has special offerings in the name of campus2home for graduating students, easy2move, sainik express-to help Indian defense personnel carry their baggage safely and safe returns to cater the needs of those participating in exhibitions. The vision of the company is to revolutionize supply chain and logistic industry and contribute to the growth of the economy. Its mission reflects the we can and we will attitude to overcome all the obstacles proactively and create delight to their customers by their personalised services. The company’s value lies in their culture of respect (relationship, evolve, self disciplined, explore, custodian and talk), they strive to evolve from effort based to result based organisation, take the pride in what they do and self disciplined to take up the ownership and accountability in the work they do.

They also have safexpress foundation through which they fulfil their social and environmental commitments. They work in the areas of education, health care, community development, skill development, and disaster relief to contribute towards the social upliftment of the communities across India. Safexpress has garnered more than 210 prestigious awards and accolades for providing unparalleled logistics services and outshine in the industry.

Revenue: 10452.81 million rupees

Profit: 605 million rupes

8. All Cargo Logistics limited

Part of the Avvashya group, All cargo logistics limited is a private multimodal logistics company established in the year 1993 with its headquarter at Mumbai India currently employing more than 8000 plus people.

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They have a strong network of 300 + offices across 160 plus countries worldwide creating benchmarks in quality services and value for its stakeholders. They believe logistics is an opportunity to create solutions that can empower the business globally that has always made them challenge their limits rather than limiting their challenges to make it happen. They have the strong vision to be known for pioneering the solutions in the industry of logistics worldwide. With this vision in mind they set their mission to inspire leadership, creativity and initiativeness to nurture long term relationship with the customers by building trust and by delivering promises by creating benchmarks. Benchmarking in quality, consistency, knowledge, technology and commitment.

The company’s ethics and values revolve around trust, integrity, and team spirit, leadership, passion for excellence and respect for individuals, transparency and openness providing equal opportunities for all. Their ways of giving back goes beyond philanthropy making not just the world better but also making it better for good.  The key areas of focus of this program are environment, education, empowering women, disaster relief, health care, sports to create a lasting difference for someone who needs the guidance.

Ingenuity rooted in their services has bought them awards year after year, award for best risk management practices, logistics super brand of the year, SHE awards by CII for safety, health and environment and 100 others for exhibiting professional excellence and stepping ahead with consistency and commitment.

Revenue: 1148.45 crore

Profit: 103.77 crore

7. Gati

Gati which reflects speed with direction is coined from Sanskrit literature stands for truth in the way of its operations.

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It was established in 1989 with the business model which was based on Business partner concept where the company didn’t own its own vehicles. It gave rise to a bunch of entrepreneurs who became the Gati associates and became their independent business partners. It started it operations between Madras and Madurai and today it has it strong presence in Asia Pacific and SAARC nations and within the country boundaries it covers 672 out of 676 districts with 19000 pincodes. It has 6000 plus young workforce with 608 offices and 4000 plus business partners. Its multimodal network of air, road and rail helps it to serve customised services across industries.

With the vision to become the leader in Asia pacific region and become the globally preferred provider, Gati has diversified into several segments to be the best in logistics. Few of its segments include express distribution, supply chain solutions, e-connect, international services, cold chain solutions and special services like student express for students to provide services at discounted rates and many others. Its values are built to provide services beyond customer’s expectation which include their attitude, behaviour, action and delivery promise to provide elegant offerings and care for the need of the customers like precious pearls.

In the year 2016 it has won the best express service provider of the year, best 3PL Company of the year, cold chain warehouse of the year, cold chain transporter of the year and many others for its excellent business practices. Gati has also set an ambitious 2020 target to deliver one million packages everyday with zero damages and delays and look for an exciting future ahead.

Revenue: 169442  lakhs

Profit: 3983 lakhs

6. Transport Corp

Established in the year 1958 Transport corporation of India Limited is a multimodal logistic and supply chain solution provider with it’s headquarter at Gurgoan Haryana India.

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It has been setting new benchmarks and contributing in moving the India GDP by 2.5% by value. Started as a one man one truck company it has made it presence felt globally with 1400 offices and dedicated workforce of more than 6000 people. With three main business divisions of TCI freight, TCI supply chain solutions and TCI seaways they are leading the way to provide customised solutions across 208 countries and trying to be reason for economic and social change. The vision of the company is to satisfy the aspirations of its society, customers, and vendors by being customer centric, multi specialist in Indian and international market with the commitment to excellence. They believe that their brand is a living entity and live for the customer and with the customer. They follow “CORE” values which stand for customer, ownership- to work with passion and take the feeling of belongingness towards the company, responsiveness- towards customer and align it with every aspect of business and the last one empathy – to enable a working environment which is respectful for all.

With the motto of equality and better life for all, Transport Corp has been very active in CSR by coming up with new schools in remote places, to protect the environment going green and using 3 R’s(Reduction Recycle and reuse) as their guiding path . They have also provided relief camp during earthquakes, conducts health programs and many other activities to become socially responsible firm.

It has several big awards in its name like warehousing excellence award in manufacturing sector, award for best supply chain technology advancement, award for retail excellence for excellent retail and many more for their industry leadership and operational excellence.

Revenue: 192664 lakhs

Profit: 7584 lakhs

5. Blue dart

Acquired by DHL, blue dart continues to operate under separate brand name located in more than 35000 locations across 220 nations worldwide.

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They are premier courier and package-distribution company incorporated in the year 1991 as a private limited organisation. They have their head office located at Mumbai in India. Blue Dart has the vision to excel continuously in delivery capabilities focussing on individual customer and in order to deliver sustainable quality service Blue Dart today has employed state of art technology for tracking and tracing. The blue dart aviation supports their time definite morning deliveries through their dedicated flight operations capacity. It has successfully established warehouses in 85 locations across the country and 7 bonded warehouses in major metro cities. The firm believes that it has the competitive advantage over others through their vast and unparalleled domestic network and their ability to provide customized services through their spectrum of services. They feel their air network is one of its kinds in the country and that their people are their valuable asset. Strong 10804 with the winning attitude have been responsible for their company’s success. It has several recognitions in its name .It has been voted as the super brand for nine consecutive years and also has been ranked 17th in the list of top 50 Indian places to work for in 2016. It also has the most trusted brand label to its name.

Blue dart has been known for its heavy investment in technology infrastructure to provide differentiated solutions. Their customer service cell has been equipped with automated distribution system (ADS) to provide quick response and support to its customers and the only Indian express way to have developed COSMAT II to track all their consignments.

With this blue dart continues to deliver value to its stakeholders through its people philosophy and focus to expand the market share to gain premium position in Indian market.

Revenue: 263430 lakhs

Profit: 15554 lakhs

4. Container Corp

Striving to become the customer’s first choice when it comes to logistics, Container Corp was established in the year 1988 under companies act under the Indian Ministry of Railways.

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It started its operation in November 1989 after taking the 7 inland container depot (ICD) form India Railways. From a humble beginning, today it’s grown into a vast network of 68 ICD’s committed to provide cost effective and efficient logistics solutions with customer focused, result driven firm believing in providing value for money to its customers. To be recognized for its outstanding quality services the mission of the company is to provide responsive solutions ensuring growth and profitability. It is committed to its social responsibility to prove the worthy of the trust from its customers. It sets aside its corporate objective as, to follow high standards and main integrity, honesty, transparency and fair play in all its businesses and maintain high ethics to turn into a responsible corporate entity.

Container Corp is well known for its HR policy whose philosophy is rooted in growth and development of its employees revealing their potential, encouraging innovation and fair distribution of rewards. The HR policies are in alignment with business objectives with providing equal importance on individual and organization goals. It has also bagged several awards and accolades for its best practices which include Amity best HR practices award HR leadership award, most powerful HR professionals of India and many others to the list.

Today it has expanded from inland transport through rail to ports and air cargo growing to access the untapped potential areas and create potential for future growth.

Revenue: 5472.28 crore

Profit: 663.31cror

3. FedEx

With unmatched transportation infrastructure and air routes supported by leading cutting edge technology, FedEx has become the most reliable service provided shipping 3.6 million shipments each working day.

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Established in the year 1973, Memphis Tennessee United states, the company is well known for its overnight shipment and pioneering real time tracking of the package location. In the year 1983, it became the first US business to have earned revenue of US 1 billion dollars without mergers and acquisition. From there it went on acquiring companies expanding its global presence. Today it is recognized as one of the top 20 super brands in UK, awarded first place in Supply chain integrity innovator of the year and a great place to work.

FedEx connects the world by five regions outside US, which include Indian Subcontinent and Africa, Canada, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Latin America, Caribbean. They serve across more than 220 nations across these regions. It believes that with their services spread across so many nations it’s their responsibility to deliver those resources that improve the lives they have touched. Through FedEx foundation they help in transportation in disaster times and ensure road and pedestrians safety along with connecting the world responsibly. Also through E smart initiative they are taking steps towards sustainable business operations and are moving forward to make difference beyond the way of their business practices through steps like e-waste recycling drives and community clean-up projects so that these provide tangible benefits to environment , its customers, team members and the business as whole.

Revenue: $57.6 billion Dollars

Profit: $1.9 billion Dollars

2. United Parcel Service (UPS)

Traded under NYSE, UPS is yet another largest package delivery company established in the year 1907 in Seattle Washington United states.

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Today the global logistics company is headquartered in Sandy Springs Georgia United States, in India it has its head office located in Mumbai. It was established in those years when there was need for private messenger and delivery services in America. James Casey the founder of UPS borrowed few dollars from his friend and established this company in Seattle. There after it expanded its scope significantly and it had acquired more than 40 companies few of which are industry leader in trucking, airfreight etc. It is also known for operating its own airlines and air cargo delivery services.

The work culture is built on the philosophy of going extra miles makes the world better. With this it encourages it employees to drive their passion for innovation and take the pride in doing what they are best at which is rewarded at every level. This makes UPSers hardworking, entrepreneur and collaborative. The high lightening part of their culture is how they give their employees the liberty to have work life balance which makes its workers deliver each package and business solutions exceeding the customer expectations. The enterprise strategy to create value, transform and invest to grow by increasing the value delivered to its customers, which thereby helps to transform by strengthening their leadership position and accelerate growth to increase market share.

Their commitment to technology to have right tools for every assignment makes them deliver 50 million packages every day. And their passion for logistics has shown in everything they do taking several awards and accolades for the work they do. They have won fortune most admired company to most ethical company awards. It has also been recognised as world’s top 50 innovative companies of the world and so on getting recognized for going extra mile every time.

Revenue:  $60906 Million  Dollars

Profit: $3431 Million Dollars

1. DHL

Established in the year 1969 in United States DHL today has expanded its services throughout the world.

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With global presence in more than 220 nations and workforce exceeding more than 3,50,000 employees giving solutions to infinite number of logistics requirements, it is one of the largest companies. DHL today is the leader in postal and logistics services encompassing the business units: DHL parcel, DHL Global Forwarding, DHL Freight, DHL Express, DHL ecommerce and DHL supply chain focussing logistics as their core business. In India, it has its head office located in Mumbai with the aim to connect people and improve their lives. With the vision to be the logistics company of the world, not just in terms of global presence but beyond their ability to provide unique logistics solutions, from managing the complexity of supply chains and everything in between to deliver excellence day in and day out and making life simpler for its customers, employees, investors and the society and make world a better place to live.

With this vision they have their strategy 2020 to focus- connect- grow. Focusing on what made them successful, from considering logistics as their main business to sticking to their commitments. Connecting across their organization to share the expertise available across entire workforce and grow into new market segments which has the potential to gain more market share and gain more success.

DHL has also several awards in its name bagging best customer award year on year in various operating nations. When it comes to giving back to the society, CSR has been the integral part of their strategy, Living Responsibility as the motto. The strategies include go green, go help and go teach to become the benchmark for responsible business. With continuous encouragement to its employees to broaden their horizon and fulfil their potential to make a global difference, today DHL is the world’s leading logistics company providing diverse opportunities.

Revenue: 57334 million euros

Profit: 2639 million euros

Rank Methodology:

To arrive at this list following methodology was used

Step 1: Top 20 companies were shortlisted based on their sales and revenue

Step 2: 3 Parameters Revenues, Profits were scaled using Min-Max Normalization

Step 3: Normalized values were weighted with 50% Revenue, 50% Net income

Step 4: Based on the values, ranking was done.

Step 5: When Q4 results were not available, the results of previous financial year was considered for calculation

Oil and gas companies are extremely important in driving the business growth of companies worldwide. Not only do they provide fuel to individuals who have cars or distribute to homes, they are also the fuel to driving manufacturing companies and enterprises. Petrol, diesel, CNG etc are some of the major products given by the largest oil and gas companies in the world. The top oil and gas companies include names like PetroChina, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, BP, Aramco, Total, Chevron etc. Here is the list of the top 10 oil and gas companies in the world 2017 based on Revenue, Profit and Oil Barrel Production Volume.

The best oil and gas companies in the world have a huge network spread through pipelines and a strong distribution network worldwide. The industry is at an all time high in product, with the biggest oil & gas brands producing in excess of 2 million barrels per day. With the growing business across the world, this figure is only going to drive the petrol, oil, gas, diesel business globally.

Quick Glance at the Top Oil and Gas Companies in World 2017

1st place: PetroChina

2nd place: Royal Dutch Shell

3rd place: Exxon Mobil

4th place: BP

5th place: Saudi Aramco

6th place: Total

7th place: Chevron

8th place: Kuwait Petroleum

9th place: Gazprom

10th place: Rosneft

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Largest Oil and Gas Companies 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Profit and Production Volume):

10. Rosneft

Based out of Russia, Rosneft is one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world.

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The government of Russia has a major stake in Rosneft, which makes the company very strong when it comes to operations and financial stability as compared to other private institutions. The company was found as recently as 1993 as compared to some of the other oil and gas companies. Rosneft has a strong business in Petroleum, Natural gas, Motor fuels and Petrochemicals. More than 250,000+ people are employed with the organization. The company has further increased its business with strong acquisitions across the world. As of 2016, Rosneft acquired a majority stake in Indian oil company Essar Oil. At its peak, the company had a staggering market value of in excess of 83 billion USD. With the growing businesses in Russia and its neighboring countries, the business of Rosneft is set to rise further, strengthening its market position in the oil and gas market.

Revenue billion USD: 89.1

Profit billion USD: 3.93

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 2.6

9. Gazprom

Gazprom is a Public Joint Stock Company and is a Russian company which was founded in 1989, when the Soviet Ministry of Gas Industry was converted to a corporation, retaining all of its assets.

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It carries on the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of natural gas, largely in Russia. The company name is a portmanteau of the Russian words Gazovaya Promyshlennost. The headquarters of Gazprom are in Moscow. Although it is a private company, the Russian Government holds a majority stake in the company and Gazprom is involved in the Russian Government's diplomatic efforts which include setting of gas prices for export purposes, and access to pipelines by other nations. The Company’s share in the global and Russian reserves amounts to 17 and 72 per cent respectively. Gazprom holds the world’s largest natural gas reserves. Gazprom is a global energy company focused on all operations which are vertically integrated from upstream to downstream and includes  geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and sales of gas, gas condensate and oil, sales of gas as a vehicle fuel and aviation fuel, as well as generation and marketing of heat and electric power. Gazprom views its mission as ensuring a reliable, efficient and balanced supply of natural gas, other energy resources and their derivatives to consumers. Gazprom is placed among Russia’s top four oil producers. The Company also owns major power-generating assets accounting for some 17 per cent of the total installed capacity of the national energy system. Gazprom is the only producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Russia. The Company owns the world’s largest gas transmission system with a total length of 171.2 thousand kilometers. The company exports gas to more than 30 countries within and beyond the former Soviet Union. At present, the Company is actively implementing large-scale gas development projects in the Yamal Peninsula, the Arctic shelf, Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East with a number of projects abroad. It has a very big strategic goal to establish itself as a leader among global energy companies by basically diversifying sales markets to ensuring reliable supplies, improving operating efficiency and fulfilling its scientific and technical potential.

Revenue billion USD: 102.91

Profit billion USD: 16.88

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 9.7

8. Kuwait Petroleum Corp

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation is Kuwait's national oil company, headquartered in Safat, Kuwait.

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It was founded on 27 January 1980 and today through its subsidiaries it operates as a diversified energy company worldwide. The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is fully owned by the State of Kuwait, and it primarily engages in both onshore and offshore upstream exploration and production. It is done through refining, marketing, retailing, petrochemicals, and marine transportation with fuel to power aircraft of the world, i.e. it has an equally strong uphold in the downstream operations of this Oil and Gas industry. The company’s products include crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals, fertilizers, and liquefied gas. To support its plan of internationalization it has several Regional Marketing Offices that are strategically located across the globe, from Houston to London, Mumbai and Pakistan to Singapore and Tokyo. These offices effectively contribute to the sales and marketing operations of KPC and its subsidiaries, in line with both its short-term and long-term strategies. They focus on building the regional market, establishing and maintaining relations with other key oil players, and finally increasing KPC's share in existing markets and entering new ones. The Corporation also provides significant support to the Kuwait Ministry of Oil in its dealings with other member countries of the OPEC. It focuses on delivering clean and safe fuel for motor vehicles, airplanes, ships, agriculture and power stations. It also provides several base petrochemical products that are essential for the industrial manufacturing of several basic amenities of our modern day.

Revenue billion USD: 104.31

Profit billion USD: 4.11

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 3.2

7. Chevron

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation which is based in California State of the nation.

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Its successor company is Standard Oil, which is headquartered in San Ramon, California, and present in more than 180 countries. In the year 1911, the federal government of the USA divided the Standard Oil Company into several divisions under the Sherman Antitrust Act. One of those divisions, the Standard Oil Co. (California), went on to become Chevron. It is listed in the Ney York Stock Exchange and S&P of the U.S.A. Chevron is present in every division of the oil, natural gas, and geothermal energy industries, starting from exploration and production to refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and finally power generation. It was ranked sixteenth in the Forbes list of Fortune 500 companies in the year 2014. It was also one of the Seven Sisters that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Apart from the conventional fuels, Chevron's alternative energy operations include geothermal, solar, wind power, biofuel, fuel cells, and hydrogen. The company has spent at least $2 billion on research and acquisition of renewable power ventures. Chevron also pioneered in launching a 29-MW thermal solar-to-steam plant in the Coalinga Field to produce steam for enhanced oil recovery. The project is the largest of its kind in the world. In 1933, Saudi Arabia granted California Standard a concession to find oil, which led to the discovery of oil in 1938. In 1948, California Standard discovered the world's largest oil field in Saudi Arabia, the Ghawar Field. California Standard's subsidiary, California-Arabian Standard Oil Company, grew over the years and became the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) in 1944. Chevron's downstream operations include manufacturing and selling of products such as fuels, lubricants, additives and petrochemicals. The upstream operations include like the exploration and production of crude oil to midstream transportation, power and trading. The Company’s most significant areas of operations include the west coast of North America, the U.S. Gulf Coast, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Australia and South Africa. They believe in innovation and the effective use of technology to maximize utilization out of mature fields, discover new ones and meet the world's growing demand for energy. Their technological capabilities have constantly evolved to meet these new challenges and have played a pivotal role in bringing affordable energy that is a catalyst for economic growth and prosperity. While protecting the environment and working with our partners to strengthen communities, they operate all their activities in the most sustainable way.

Revenue billion USD: 114.47

Profit billion USD: -0.49

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 3.5

6. Total

Total S.A. is a French multinational completely integrated oil and gas company that is counted one among the seven "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.

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Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain form the upstream to the downstream, ie from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large scale chemicals manufacturer. Total is a major player in solar energy with SunPower and Total Solar. Total has its head office in Paris, France with 903 subsidiaries consolidated into the group, as of 2014, with significant affiliate investments and joint ventures, mostly in LPG. The company is listed on the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. The company has its foundation after World War I, when then French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favor of creating an entirely different and independent French oil company. The French state invested and received the 25% share held by Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) as part of the compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I & the French government's stake in TPC was transferred to CFP under the Red Line agreement in 1928 that rearranged the shareholding of CPF in TPC to 23.75%. The company from the start was regarded as a private sector company because of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1929. The company renamed itself Total CFP in 1985, to build on the popularity of its gasoline brand. But later in 1991, the name was changed to Total, when it became a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange alongside the Euro Stock market.  Since September 2016, this company has set up a new arm to achieve its “One Total” company ambition to become a responsible energy major, because it is diverse with footprints in each of these:  Exploration & Production, Gas, Renewables & Power, Refining & Chemicals, Trading & Shipping, Marketing & Services, and Total Global Services. It strongly believes in people and social responsibility with regard to building human capital, safety and environment concerns and a new civil society engagement division. Apart from all these, its strategy & innovation resides in Strategy & Climate Division, responsible for ensuring that Total’s strategy incorporates the 2 °C global warming scenario. It believes that energy is a vital component of meeting the challenge to keep global temperature change below 2°C. It will require making a monumental shift. Total is actively working on this transformation to deliver its objectives in the most sustainable way.

Revenue billion USD: 149.74

Profit billion USD: 6.20

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 2.7

5. Aramco

Based out of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, this giant is the world’s largest producer of Oil and Gas, which has been in existence for the past 83 years, been founded in 1933.

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It is a totally vertically integrated company which undertakes exploration, extraction, refining, distribution, shipping and marketing of all petrochemical products. It also exports crude oil to nations (for refinement at their establishments) which are deficient in energy produce. They believe that energy is an opportunity and that no nation should lag behind in development because of unmet energy demands. They have been and are continuing to be the most reliable energy suppliers to the Kingdom and to the rest of the world with a daily production of 12.5 million barrels per day. Still not a listed company, this company operates the world’s largest onshore oil field, the Ghawar Field as well as the world’s largest offshore oil field, the Safaniya Field. But since the world oil prices slippage in 2014 which lead to a sharp economic decline in Saudi, it prompted the company to sell its stake in IPO and create jobs in non-oil industries like manufacturing, infrastructure, etc. They have their subsidiaries and affiliates located across the globe in China, Egypt, Japan, India, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States apart from Saudi Arabia.

Revenue billion USD: 182

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 12.5

4. BP

BP P.L.C. is a British multinational Oil and Gas Company, headquartered in London.

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BP is one of the members of the world’s seven oil and gas “supermajors”, which is the sixth largest company by volumes of production and is a complete vertically integrated company operating in exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has side arms focusing on renewable sources of energy like biofuels and wind power. It has its presence in more than 70 countries with BP America as its largest division. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and deals in products ranging from fuels for transportation, energy for heat, light to petrochemical products used in making everyday items like plastic bottles, paints.  In 2010, it is accused of the second largest ever oil spill accident (Deepwater Horizon oil spill), by the USA BP division, resulting in of 560-585 thousand tonnes of oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico. This resulted in a huge loss of revenue, image crisis and loss of market value but owing to its magnanimous scale, it could easily bounce back by paying the fines and rebuilding their image. Now it is committed to sustainability in every approach, least environmental degradation and strives to foster a harmony between its activities and well-being of all its stakeholders. As a result of which it could bounce back to good profitability by the year 2016.

Revenue billion USD: 183.00

Profit billion USD: 0.17

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 4.1

3. Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil is one of the most well recognized and biggest oil companies worldwide.

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Exxon Mobil, among the top global Oil and Gas Companies, headquartered in Irving, Texas, was formed in 1999 by the merger of Exxon (an oil company based out of New Jersey) and Mobil (another oil company based out of New York). With a daily production of 5.3 million barrels per day, it ranks fourth in terms of both productions by volume and revenue generation. They have a presence in not only the petrochemical products but also products derived from hydrocarbons like Plasticizers, Chemicals, etc. They are committed to carbon capture and storage, optimizing energy efficiency, and sustainability in all their operations through cutting-edge technologies. Its sustainability concept stands on three pillars of Social, Economic and Environmental impact. Some of their technologies for capturing carbon and its storage includes Advanced Carbon fuel cell technology and Controlled freeze zone and have incorporated Cogeneration for optimizing energy efficiency. They have a deep concern for preserving the environment and believe in delivering quality products that meet or exceed the expectations of their customers through Global Product Quality Management System (GPQMS). It has a presence in 21 countries with 37 oil refineries and meets about 3% of the world’s oil and 2% of its energy needs.

Revenue billion USD: 226.09

Profit billion USD: 7.8

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 5.3

2. Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell, or simply known as Shell, is a global leader in oil and gas.

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Shell, formed in 1907, through the amalgamation of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company of the United Kingdom is headquartered in the Netherlands. The company is placed at the sixth rank in terms of production by volume. It is also one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". The Royal Dutch Shell plc, incorporated on February 5, 2002, is responsible for exploration of crude oil and natural gas around the world, both in conventional fields and from sources, such as tight rock, shale and coal formations. On the other hand, Shell is a global conglomerate of energy and petrochemical companies responsible for outperforming development projects and investing in R&D that leads to low-cost investments for the future. Their operations are divided into four arms: Upstream (exploration for new liquids and natural gas reserves), Integrated Gas and New Energies (on liquefying natural gas (LNG) and converting gas to compressed liquids), Downstream (turning crude oil into a range of refined products), and Projects & Technology (meeting the global energy needs in a responsible way) alongside managing the Corporate and creating values for their shareholders. But their major strategic focus lies in the technological innovation required to meet the growing complex demands of modern world. They have a diverse workforce working together on t\some of the most innovative and challenging projects of the world, leading to better solutions that have a fruitful impact on the future. They were the first company to publish their values under the title General Business Principles in 1976 which laid down the fore ground for other companies to pursue a sustainable development, striving to realize long term interests rather than fulfilling short term needs and integrating environmental and social welfare parameters in all their developmental activities. Its presence is in various sectors like Retail, Lubricants, Business to Business (B2B), Pipelines, and Biofuels and alternative energies like biofuels and wind power generation. In trading segment, it trades crude oil, oil products and petrochemicals with various nations of the world. Through its marine activities arm, it provides lubricants, as well as fuels and related technical services, to the shipping and maritime sectors.  Shell is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry. It has its operations in over 70 countries and 44,000 service stations worldwide. Shell has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Revenue billion USD: 233.59

Profit billion USD: 4.77

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 3.9

1. PetroChina

PetroChina, founded in the year 1999, is the largest oil and gas producer and distributor in China and one of the largest in the world.

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With its focus on three strategies of acquiring best resources, marketing and internationalization, it is committed to harnessing energy with maximum environment protection as symbolized by its logo. Headquartered in Beijing, China, this company operates its business through five segments: Exploration and Production, Refining and Chemicals, Marketing, Natural Gas exploration and its pipeline, and other segment like cash management, financial activities, R&D, etc. This company takes full advantage of economies of scale and completely integrated operations from upstream (exploration and extraction from oil reserves) to downstream (refining through fractional distillation and distributing) businesses. It is the listed arm of the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation, being traded in Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges, it adheres to its core strategy of revenue maximization and diversifying its operations both in domestic and overseas markets by acquiring maximum resources, to increase their shareholders’ and stakeholders’ values. The company has capitalized on China’s “One Belt, One Road” policy consolidate its five key oil and gas operational regions, and has adhered to a low cost marketing strategy because of the unfavorable climate of declining crude oil and natural gas prices. They have been able to cut down on costs by strengthening dynamic adjustment of output, intensifying control of key production processes, and reduction of energy usage and wastage to trod the path of better efficiency. It has adopted a price driven sales strategy in its overseas business and has focused on broadening its revenue sources.

Revenue billion USD: 234.76

Profit billion USD: 4.26

Production volume (Mn Barrels/Day): 4.4

Rank Methodology:

1. The leading oil and gas companies are considered for evaluation

2. Parameters like revenues, production capacity and profits are taken into consideration

3. The companies are ranked on the basis of their revenues

For industries and individuals alike, power companies are an important aspect of daily life. India has some of the most efficient and big companies involved in power generation, some of which are backed by India’s biggest conglomerates. The top power companies in India include names like Power Grid Corp, NTPC, Adani, Tata power etc. Here is the list of the top 10 power companies in India 2017 as per Revenue, Profit and Installed Power.

Quick Glance at the Top Power Companies in India 2017

1st place: Power Grid Corporation of India

2nd place: NTPC

3rd place: Adani Power

4th place: Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation

5th place: Tata Power

6th place: NHPC

7th place: Torrent Power

8th place: Neyveli Lignite Corporation

9th place: JSW Energy

10th place: Reliance Power

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Largest Power Companies India 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Profit & Installed Power):

10.Reliance Power

The company was founded in 2007 and the founder of the company is Dhirubhai Ambani.

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The power company has its head quarter in Navi Mumbai, India, and the chairman of this company is Anil Ambani. The main products produced by this company are Natural gas and Electricity and serves a huge population with its strong production & distribution network. The services provided by this company are generating electricity, Exploration of Natural gas, Distribution of Electricity and transportation. This company is a part of one of the largest conglomerates in India called the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The strengths of the company is Largest Portfolio, Fuel Access Security etc. The company mainly concentrates in supply of power to certain regions of Mumbai only. It is a Public Limited Company. Its mission is to provide reliable, low cost 24 * 7 power supply. As of last three quarters of 2016, this company stands in tenth place in terms of revenue and net profit in the supply of power in India. In just few years of its establishment it is known for its best performance in the power generation by competing with its competitors that are established long back. This company is also best known for its Corporate Social Responsibility activities. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  Reliance Power is Rs. 4468.88 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 570.98 crores. The installed power is 4531 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “JS Reliance Power” stands in the fourth place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 45.77

Net Profit (INR Cr): 177.73

Installed Power (MW): 6000

9.JSW Energy

This company was founded in 1994, and the head quarter of this company is located in Mumbai, India.

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The Chairman of this company is Sajjan Jindal, the CEO of this company is Sanjay Sagar, and the Managing director of this company is Pramod Menon. The main products of this company are generating of electricity, Mining, Hydro electricity, Power Plant equipment manufacturing, transmission of electricity and trading of energy. There are more than 1000 employees in the company as of 2014. This is a part of one of the largest conglomerates called the JSW group. As of last three quarters of 2016, the company stands in ninth place in terms of revenue generated and also net profits from the electricity supply in India. It has a vision to achieve a capacity of 10000 Mega watts in generation of power by the year 2020. It has its thermal plants operating in Vijayanagar, Barmer and Ratnagiri. It has its hydro power plants operating in Karcham wangtoo and Baspa. It always operates by abiding by its committed core values. It has received many performance awards like The Best ESG Power producer India in 2015, Best CEO award in 2015 etc. It has taken up a lot of CSR activities. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  JSW Energy is Rs. 4468.88 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 570.98 crores. The installed power is 4531 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “JSW Energy” stands in the fourth place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 4468.88

Net Profit (INR Cr): 570.98

Installed Power (MW): 4531

8.NLCL

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is one of the largest companies in the power sector.

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The company was founded in 1956 with the head quarter of this company located in Neyveli, Tamilnadu, India. The key products produced by this company are generating of electricity, Hydro electricity, Wind power, energy trading, Distribution of electricity. There are about 15000+ employees in this company as of 2016. The total sales of this company as of 2016 are Rs. 6669.05 crores. This has many other main activities like mining of Lignite, power generation. The company is into producing the renewable sources of energy, wind power generation and also solar power generation. As of last three quarters of 2016 this company stands in eighth position in terms of revenue generated and also net profits from the supply of electricity in India. This company mainly focuses on the growth along with the maintenance of ecological balance. This company mainly supplies power in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Telangana, Kerala, Pondicherry etc. It operates under the control of Ministry of coal. It has five thermal power stations. It annually produces mines of 30.6 million tons. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is Rs. 7046.44 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 1313.58 crores. The installed power is 2990 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited” stands in the eighth place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 7046.44

Net Profit (INR Cr): 1313.58

Installed Power (MW): 2990

7.Torrent Power

Torrent Power was founded in 1996 and its one of the top power companies in India.

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The head quarter of this company is in Ahmedabad, India, and serves customers across the country. The main people in the formation of this company are Sudhir Mehta and Samir Mehta, along with the strong employee workforce spread in different regions of India. The main products this company produces are generation of electricity, energy trading, wind power, distribution of electricity and sale. The number of employees in this company as of 2014 is about 7200. This is a part of one of the largest conglomerate called the Torrent Group. It mainly has it presence in the states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Its main motto is to serve power and healthcare needs. It nearly serves three million consumers yearly. As of the last three quarters of 2016, this company stands in the seventh place in terms of revenue generated and net profit from the power supply in India. This was the first company to have a franchisee agreement in 2006 with Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company. This company is also into corporate social responsibility activities. It contributes some of its revenue into education, knowledge ,Sanitation, Hygiene, Social care,  Community Health cares etc. The company is known for providing a lot of customer convenience services. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  Torrent Power is Rs. 9823.36 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 336.03 crores. The installed power is 3334 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “Torrent Power” stands in the seventh place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 9823.36

Net Profit (INR Cr): 336.03

Installed Power (MW): 3334

6.NHPC

NHPC is National Hydro Electric Power Corporation, and it among the top Indian power companies.

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The company was founded in 1975 and has its headquarters in Faridabad, India. The main products of the company are generation of electricity and trading of energy, which it serves to customers all across India owing to its robust distribution network. This is a public limited company. The Chairman and managing director of the company is K.M.Singh. As of last three quarters of 2016,this company stands in the sixth position in terms of revenues and net profit generated by the total power supply in India. The Vision of the company is To be the worlds largest and best power producer,powering India’s growth. The mission of the company is To develop and provide reliable power related products and services at competitive prices, integrating multiple energy sources with innovative and eco friendly technologies and contribute to society. This company is a listed company because government has a ownership of about 89.5 percent. About 20 percent of total installed capacity of India is owned by this company.It has the lowest employee turnover rate.It has many power companies like NTPC Electric Supply Company Ltd,NTPC Hydro Ltd,NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd etc. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  National Hydro Electric Power Corporation is Rs. 7401.64 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 2731.25 crores. The installed power is 4290 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “National Hydro Electric Power Corporation” stands in the sixth place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 7401.64

Net Profit (INR Cr): 2731.25

Installed Power (MW): 4290

5.Tata Power

Tata Power was founded in 1990 and is one the strongest enterprises under the Tata Group.

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The founder of this company is Dorabji Tata, and it has its head quarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra and India. The company is in the electrical utility industry, and it is a Public Limited Company, which shows its strong financial position which is backed by the Tata brand name. The company produces Natural Gas and Electrical Power as its main products. The chairman of this company is Padmanabhan. The CEO and Managing Director of this company is Anil Sardana. The services this company offers are Generation of Electricity and its distribution, Exploration of Natural Gas.The company has over 4126 employees as of 2014. It is a part of Tata Group which is one of the largest conglomerates in India. As oflast three quarters of 2016, this company stands in the fifth position in terms revenue and profit generated for the total power supply in India. The company is successful in private and public partnerships. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, Maithon Power Ltd, Powerlinks Transmission Ltd etc are some of the known public and private distribution companies of Tata. It has wide international presence. Its vision is to be the most admired and responsible integrated power company with international footprint, delivering sustainable value to all the stakeholders. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  Tata Power is Rs. 5801.08 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 928.59 crores. The installed power is 10496 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “Tata Power” stands in the fifth place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 5801.08

Net Profit (INR Cr): 928.59

Installed Power (MW): 10496

4.CESC

CESC is Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation, and this was founded in Kolkata as the base.

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The founder of this company is R.P.Goenka, and this company serves the complete West Bengal along with Kolkata city. It is a strong player in the Electric Utility Industry and its main activities are Mining, Power Generation and distribution. It has employees base of over ten thousand as of 2014. As of last three quarters of 2016, this company stands in fourth place in generating the power supply. It is used for all the domestic, industrial and commercial purposes in Kolkatta. The Chairman of this company is Sanjiv Goenka. The managing director of this company is Aniruddha Basu. It is a Public Limited Company. The customers it is serving is nearly 3 million. Its vision is to be a profitable consumer oriented power utility consistent with global standards meeting the expectations of consumers,employess and other stake holders.Its mission is to meets consumers expectations continuosly by providing safe,reliable and economic electricity through optimization of available resources.Its core values are Risk Taking, Speed, Execution Excellence, Humaneness, Credibility, Customer Happiness. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  Calcutta power supply corporation is Rs. 6880 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 816 crores. The installed power is 10705 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “Calcutta power Supply Corporation” stands in the fourth place in power generation in India. It is one of the India’s largest conglomerate of power generation.

Revenue (INR Cr): 6880

Net Profit (INR Cr): 816

Installed Power (MW): 10705

3.Adani Power

Adani power limited is one the largest power generation conglomerates in India.

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It was founded August, 1996 with its headquarters is located in Ahmedabad, India, and since then it has become a pioneer in the Indian power sector serving millions of customers. It is the largest solar power producer in India, which has a capacity of 688 Mega Watts. As of last three quarters of 2016, Adani power company stands in the third place in power generation in India.  Among the Forbes list, It was ranked as 334 as of 2012. It operates in many areas like Gujarat, Kutch, Bitta, Naliya, Maharashtra, Mundra in Gujarat. Its vision is “To be the globally admired leader in integrated infrastructure businesses with a deep commitment to nation building.” Their values are Courage, Commitment, Trust. They always encourage new ideas . They believe in their employees and stakeholders. The company’s mission is to generate 20000 Mega watts of power by 2020. Risk management is the one thing that every company under Adani group takes care of. It achieved a ISO 9001-2008 certifications from TUV NORD. Adani group has received many awards at state level and also at national level. In 2011,It received an award for National Energy Conservation by Bureau of energy efficiency.In 2010, It received an award forMost admired developer in power sector. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  Adani Power is Rs. 12207.02 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is -261.2 crores. The installed power is 9280 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “Adani Power” stands in the third place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 12207.02

Net Profit (INR Cr): -261.2

Installed Power (MW): 9280 

2.NTPC

NTPC is National Thermal Power Corporation, which is a leading power company backed by the Government of India.

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This is under Indian Public sector mostly associated with generation of electricity and serves a huge customer base spread across different states of India. This company was established in the year 1956 and the head quarter of this company is in New Delhi, India. There are state owned electricity boards in India and also state owned power distribution companies. This company’s core business is to generate and sell electricity to these state owned boards. As of last three quarters of 2016, this company stands as the second largest company that generates electricity in India. Government of India holds a share of 69.74% as of June 2016. It was give Maharatna Status in May 2010 by Union of Government of India.It is also involved into activities such as coal mining and gas exploration. It almost contributes to 25 percent of total electricity generation in India. NTPC is currently generating electricity of 25 billion units every month. Its vision is “To be the world’s leading power company,energizing India’s growth”. Its mission is “Provide reliable power and related solutions in an economical,efficient and environment friendly manner,driven by innovation and agility”. As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of  National Thermal Power Corporation is Rs. 75458.84 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 10050.63 crores. The installed power is 49943 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “National Thermal Power Corporation” stands in the second place in power generation in India. It is one of the India’s largest conglomerate of power generation.

Revenue (INR Cr): 75458.84

Net Profit (INR Cr): 10050.63

Installed Power (MW): 49943

1.Power Grid Corporation Of India

Power Grid Corp of India has its head quarter in Gurgoan, India.

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Power Grid Corp is a state owned company which is known for the supply of electric utilities. As per the profits and Revenues generated by the power grid corporation in the last three quarters of 2016, it stands in the first place in the power generation in our country India. It generates about 50 percent of total power produced in the country. It is mainly associated with National and Regional Load Dispatch Centers. It is responsible for maintaining, planning and operating these centers in India. There are three main segments in this company. These are Consultancy, Telecom and transmission. This Transmission segment takes care of the Grid management. This segment also includes the extra high voltage networks. This company has sub stations which are High voltage Direct current and Extra High Voltage Alternative Current. The tasks done by Consultancy segment includes project managing, finance, operating, maintaining, load dispatching, procurement, designing, Plan and engineering.  Infrastructure, Topologies and enterprise services are taken care of the Telecom segment. Control of the power system is taken care of the Smart Grid. This has altogether 210 sub stations.  As of last three quarters of 2016, the revenue of Power Grid Corporation is Rs. 24553.17 crores. The net profit of this company as of last three quarters of 2016 is 7202.84 crores. The installed power is 88537 Mega watts. So, taking these three factors into account “Poer grid corporation limited” stands in the first place in power generation in India.

Revenue (INR Cr): 24553.17

Net Profit (INR Cr): 7202.84

Installed Power (MW): 88537

Rank Methodology:

1. The leading power generation companies of India are considered

2. Parameters like revenues, net profits and installed power are considered and weightages of 0.3, 0.2 and 0.5 are given respectively

3. Based on this a final score is calculated and the final ranks are evaluated

India claims a position of its own in the global pharmaceutical industry, as its pharmaceutical market stands the third largest when considered the volume of production and stands thirteenth in the value of the industry. Indian Pharma industry is expected to grow with a CAGR of 15% is expected between the years 2015 to 2020, which is three times the annual growth rate of the global Pharma Industry. The top Indian pharma companies include Sun Pharma, Lupin, Aurobindo Pharma, Cipla, Dr Reddys Labs etc. Here is the list of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies in India 2017 as per Revenue and Profit.

India being the largest producer of generic medicines exports 20% of the global generic medicines exports, no wonder generic medicines constitute 70% of the pharmaceutical market share in India. While OTC (Over the Counter) and patented medicines accounts for 21% and 9% of the market share respectively. The cost of production in India being significantly larger than its competitors even half of that of the European counterparts gives a competitive advantage thus the growth of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry is very promising.

Quick Glance at the Top Pharma Companies in India 2017

1st place: Sun Pharma

2nd place: Lupin

3rd place: Aurobindo Pharma

4th place: Cipla

5th place: Dr Reddys

6th place: Cadila Healthcare

7th place: Torrent Pharma

8th place: Divis Lab

9th place: Glenmark

10th place: Piramal Enterprises

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Largest Pharma Companies India 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Profit):

10. Piramal Enterprises

Piramal Enterprises is a flagship company of Piramal Groups established in 1988 which is a pioneer pharmaceutical in India.

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Ajay Piramal is the chairman of this company which is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company has centered its operations in pharmaceutical, financial services and information management sectors, and is one of the leading pharmaceutical brands in India. When the company began its operations in late 80s others were busy investing in international generics but they placed their bets on the domestic formulation development business resulting in a great track record of 23% CAGR since then and became one of the most regarded names as they noticeably stood out in Indian pharmaceuticals market. In last fiscal year Piramal Enterprises managed to grab a revenue of 3883 crore Indian rupees making it the 10th largest Pharmaceutical company in Indian industry.

Operating in two verticals, namely Pharma and Healthcare Solutions Piramal Enterprises has their facilities spread all across India stretching from Himachal in the North to Tamil Nadu down South. As of now Piramal healthcare has its market in more than 100 countries and have manufacturing bases across India, UK, Scotland, USA etc. It is currently the 3rd largest company in the global Inhalation Anesthesia market, and the only company in the world having a complete product portfolio of Inhalation Anesthetics medicines. Acquiring Coldstream Laboratories boosted their expertise to manufacture sterile injectable products. They do consulting in the lines of pharmaceutical development and manufacturing solutions and offer healthcare products too. They have been focusing on researching and developing phytomedicines, which they believe can boost their position as a leading Pharma company in India.

Revenues (Crores INR): 3883

Profit (Crores INR): 1100

9. Glenmark Pharma

In 1977, Gracias Saldanha started the pharmaceutical company named Glenmark pharmaceuticals.

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Headquartered in Mumbai, Glenmark managed to figure in the top 10 Pharma companies in India with a profit of 3808 crores last year. They have an employee strength of 12000 as their operations are spread all across the globe featuring in around 90 countries. In India, their facilities are placed in states like Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Gujarat. The three verticals Glenmark mainly feature are:

Medicine Discovery- inflammation (Asthma and Arthritis), metabolic disorders (Diabetes and Obesity) and pain (Inflammatory and Neuropathic pain) are the key research areas and Glenmark has managed to be the front-runner in this bracket.

Formulation Business- This business majorly concentrates on areas such as Dermatology, Respiratory, Cardiac, Diabetes, Oncology and Gynecology where the growth prospect has been promising.

Glenmark Generics Ltd the subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals emphases on significant niche sectors like Dermatology, Hormones, Oncology and modified products.

Glenmark is focused in the areas of oncology, respiratory disease, and dermatology and they have compounds in the different stages of development. The company initially entered the dermatology market with the product ‘Candid Cream’ which is in fact its key focus area even today. By 2005 it expanded front-end commercial sales in US.  Across five countries including U S, Argentina, Czech Republic and India Glenmark it has 17 manufacturing facilities and Glenmark has five research & development centers worldwide engaged in discovery of novel biological and chemical entities.

Revenues (Crores INR): 3808

Profit (Crores INR): 1223

8. Divis Lab

Established in 1990, Divis laborotary is a leading Indian Pharmaceutical Company which is oriented towards Research and Development as primary focus.

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Starting from developing new processes for the production of Active Pharma Ingredients (API) and intermediates the company has expanded its breadth of operations within a short period of time. Even though research and development was the initial focus the company, after 5 years of establishment Divis Laboratories managed to open their first manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. The second one in was opened in Vishakhapatnam in 2002. Both the plants has a dedicated R&D center that focuses on developing alternative synthesis routes to realize non-infringement of patents and optimize products without compromising in the quality.

American and European market proves to their largest hubs for exports and has two operating subsidiaries for the same cause - Divis Laboratories (USA) and Divis Laboratories Europe AG.

R&D being their strength pumping in investments to boost the same has been their strategy to make it big and other fortes being their technology and Quality. Divis Labs was repeatedly awarded for their ideal practices and safety management systems.

As of now they are convoluted in the manufacture of Generic APIs and Intermediates, Custom Synthesis of APIs, building blocks for peptides & nucleotides, protected amino acids etc. The main aim of Divis Research Centre (DRC) is to develop and optimize commercially viable synthetic processes of APIs. In fiscal year 2016 they have achieved a revenue of 4084 Crores and net profit of 1115 crores indicating a growth of around 21% versus 2015.

Revenues (Crores INR): 4084

Profit (Crores INR): 1115

7. Torrent Pharma

This Ahmedabad Pharma Company, is a leading Company of the Torrent Groups.

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Known as trinity laboratory Ltd initially, Torrent Pharmaceutical was established in 1959 when U N Mehta partnered with Samir Mehta. Torrent pharmaceuticals operates in more than 50 countries with 1000 product registrations globally. Torrent Pharma focuses on the therapeutic areas of Cardiovascular (CV), central nervous system (CNS), gastro-intestinal, diabetology, anti-infective and pain management segments. The therapeutic segments of nephrology and oncology are also forayed by it while also strengthening its focus on gynecology and pediatric segments. There are 7 fully owned subsidiaries to Torrent Pharma. Two of them operates in Germany and the others strategically operates in Brazil, Russia, U S, Philippines and Canada.

By discovering novel molecules and formulating unique therapeutic approaches Torrent research and development center is committed to innovation. Torrent R&D center is having around 660 scientists who are engaged in dedicating services in the area of discovery research ,generic medicine development and new medicine delivery systems/value added generics.

The two brands are widely prescribed by the practitioners and can add to the growth of the company many folds. The last financial year has been a steady growth phase for Torrent Pharmaceuticals as they managed to attain a revenue of 4513 crore INR and profits over 660 crore INR.

Revenues (Crores INR): 4513

Profit (Crores INR): 664

6. Cadila Healthcare

This Ahmedabad based pharmaceutical company with INR 4692 crores revenue is the sixth largest in India.

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Spanning their customers in 85 countries around the world Cadila healthcare develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals solely operating in India. Ramanbhai Patel founded it in the year of 1952 which evolved into an established pharmaceutical company over the next four decades. A large number of pharmaceuticals as well as diagnostics, herbal products, skin care products and other OTC products are being developed and manufactured by Zydus Cadila. The company boast of many USFDA-certified products has a lineup of a wide variety of AIPs and intermediates. The company is exporting more than 38 AIPs and intermediates all over the world. An extensive range of finished dosage formulations are made to cover every aspect of human life by Cadila health care.

Quality Control & Analytical Research Laboratory which oversees and conforms the standards to an international level has aided and augmented the R&D to nourish effectively. It has four approved patents, these are on

1. Intravenous composition of Rabeprazole

2. Solid oral composition contain five actives in one capsule

3. Pharmaceutical composition of novel vaccine adjuvants and its method of treatment

4. New molecular entity on diabetes.

Revenues (Crores INR): 4692

Profit (Crores INR): 666

5. Dr Reddys Labs

It is another Hyderabad based pharmaceutical company founded in 1084 by Kallam Anji Reddy.

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They produce an assorted range of products which factors 60+ APIs and about 190 medications, biotechnology products, diagnostic kits etc. Starting of as a supplier to Indian medicine manufacturers in 1980s, they expanded their business to the European continent by becoming one of the first Pharmaceutical companies to export to the Euro-minting nations. After a decade company began to focus on getting approvals for their manufacturing plants and APIs in more developed economies rather than less regulated markets. By 2007 Reddys lab had six plants for API manufacturing and 7 more plants making patient-ready medications and listed as one of the most trusted brands in 2014.As of now its big fish in the Pharmaceutical world having 9715 crore net revenue and 1343 crore net profit.

Reddys Lab is having a research foundation established in 1992 and set up an American laboratory in 2000 named as Reddy US Therapeutics Inc. (RUSTI) and is the only company to have significant R&D being undertaken overseas. Pressing their primary focus on discovering second generation medicines using genomics and proteomics they have invested a fortune in their R&D department which is concentrated offshore in the overseas facilities.

Revenues (Crores INR): 9715

Profit (Crores INR): 1343

4. CIPLA

CIPLA is one of the leading Indian multinational pharmaceutical company in India.

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The company was founded in 1935 by Dr. K. A. Hamied as 'The Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories' with the vision to make India self-reliant in healthcare. Over past 82 years CIPLA has emerged as the 42nd largest publicly traded Indian company with its formulations sold in 170+ countries. It has its presence in countries including UK, Belgium and USA etc and is the largest pharmaceutical company in South Africa. CIPLA stands as one of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies with a revenue and profit of 11007 and 990 crores respectively. Cipla holds more than 100 patents and about 2000 world class medicines in multitude of therapeutic categories and in more than 60 dosage forms.

CIPLA has passed many milestones throughout its growth and given immense contributions to the medical world such as the first ever oral iron chelator, Deferiprone, and world's first transparent dry powder inhaler. Making ARVs available under a dollar to millions in need was noble and well-appreciated act performed by Cipla in 2001. In 2012 they made another medical breakthrough by providing low cost Oncology medicines and now they provides cancer medicine for Rs 6500 against 2.8 lakh charged by other MNCs. The last financial year has been a steady growth phase for CIPLA as they managed to attain a revenue of 11007 crore INR and profits over 990 crore INR.

Revenues (Crores INR): 11007

Profit (Crores INR): 990

3. Aurobindo Pharma

Aurobindo Pharma is a Hyderabad headquartered pharmaceutical company founded by Mr. P.V. Ramaprasad Reddy and Mr. K. Nityananda Reddy.

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From initially manufacturing Semi-Synthetic Penicillin it has grown to a market leader with products marketed over 125 countries with presence in neurosciences, cardiovascular, anti-retrovirals, anti-diabetics, gastroenterology etc with more than 500 patents. Aurbindo is one of the few Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing companies vertically integrated with a presence in the API and Formulations segments and delivers innovative solutions. Being the largest generic portfolio in AntiRetro Virus (ARV) medicines Aurobindo aims to provide cost effective medicines to the millions of HIV patients in the underdeveloped countries. Their Research and Development center focused on developing low cost pharmaceuticals and makes use of in-house R&D to be the largest filer of Medicine Master Files (DMS) and Abbreviated New Medicine Applications (ANDAs) from India

Aurobindo Pharma stands third in India in terms of revenues with 11107 crores .They have managed to secure a net profit of 1813 crores this year.

Revenues (Crores INR): 11107

Profit (Crores INR): 1813

2.Lupin Ltd

Lupin Limited is 2nd largest Indian pharmaceutical company by revenue with 17460 crores just behind Sun Pharma.

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It’s one of the famous manufacturers of cardiovascular prils and statins and is 6th largest pharmaceutical company globally by market capitalization. The organization based out of Mumbai was established by Desh Bandhu Gupta in 1968 with a dream to battle life-undermining illnesses and to make medications of the most elevated social need and went to the lead first when it wound up noticeably one of the world's biggest producers of tuberculosis medications. Today the company has largely recognized markets in areas such as Diabetology, Central Nervous System, Anti-infectives, and NSAIDs therapy segments and is the fifth-largest generic pharmaceutical company in the US.

Lupin Limited is strongly research focused company and has a program to develop New Chemical Entities. The R&D center in Pune is focusing on making Lupin limited a leading Pharma Company in the world by equipping it with more products to compete in the global level.

Some of the most appreciated products of Lupin limited would be  Anti-TB, Cephalosporins and Cardiovascular medicines. The other areas in which they are specializing are diabetes, anti-inflammatory and respiratory therapy. They further do research on Biotechnology  developing  a robust pipeline of biosimilars addressing therapies like Rheumatoid Arthritis,  Oncology,  Ophthalmology etc and recently commercialized two Oncology biosimilers (Lupifil and Lupifil-P)

Revenues (Crores INR): 17460

Profit (Crores INR): 2785

1. Sun Pharma

The homegrown Indian Pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra was founded by Sunil Shanghvi in 1983.

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Sun Pharmaceuticals is the largest pharmaceutical company in India securing a revenue of 30868 crores and profit of 7465 in financial year 2015-16. From being established in 1983 with 5 psychiatry products with a two person marketing team, the company has a success story to boast of with 2000 pharmaceutical products, 50000+ employees and presence all over the leading markets. Sun Pharma offers large variety of products in Cardiology, Ophthalmology and Neurology etc. From initial products to treat psychiatry ailments, later it stated developing Cardiology and gastroenterology products in 1988 and these Cardiology products (Monotrate and Angizem) are sold still today. They also provide Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), Peptides, Steroids, mainly marketed in India and US. Today more than 70% of the sales are from markets overseas and mainly US being the largest one with 50% turnover.

Sun Pharma is a pioneer in Indian Pharmaceutical industry having tremendous value in Research and development with a history of 30 years. Now they is having multiple R&D centers around the world with 2000 research scientists and invests 8% of its  revenue on research. Its R&D productivity ranks highest for the Indian generic companies. Sun pharma is one of the largest contributor to the BSE index they have continuously contributed more than 40% to the index gain.

Revenues (Crores INR): 30868

Profit (Crores INR): 7465

Ranking Methodology:

1. All the leading pharma companies in India were selected

2. Parameters like revenues and profits were selected for these companies

3. Weightages of 0.6 and 0.4 were given to revenues and profits respectively

4. Based on the total scores and final ranks are evaluated

Coffee chain brands across the world have not only become places for a good coffee, but have become places where people spend quality time. Top Coffee chains attract people or friends who want to hangout, place where freelancers or entrepreneurs want to work or people who simply want to relax. From variants of coffees, to snacks to providing free wifi, the largest coffee chain companies focus on giving the best ambience and serve the best caffeine based beverages to its customers. The top coffee chain brands in the world include Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Tim Hortons, Lavazza, Mc Café etc. Here is the list of the top 10 coffee chain brands in the world 2017.

Quick Glance

Top Coffee Chain Brands 2017 are:

1st place: Starbucks

2nd place: Costa Coffee

3rd place: Tim hortons

4th place: Lavazza

5th place: Mc Café

6th place: Gloria Jeans

7th place: Caribou Coffee

8th place: Dunkin Donuts

9th place: Coffee Beanery

10th place: Tully's Coffee

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10. Tully’s Coffee

Tully’s coffee is a private entity based out Seattle, USA in 1992.

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Tully’s Coffee chain brand has expanded in to 17 states in western part of USA, and has become one of the most prominent coffee chain places. Tully’s coffee started its operations with own stores and then expanded with franchise model in continents outside North America. South Korea and Japan tweaked the menu and sells iconic recipes of Tully’s and a variety of ice creams, baked goods, coffee related supplies. They believed in their products strongly and operated on customer loyalty and opened their stores right next to coffee shops like Starbucks and gave a run for their money with distinct offerings. Their expansion strategy was to pull the crowds to next door of an established shop so that their customer acquisition costs would come down. On the flip side because of this strategy, it remained as the brand which is colloquially called, “that place right next Starbucks”. For fourteen years after inception they haven’t seen net profits because of the continuous expansion that took place. That very next year, in 2007 they went against initial plans of floating an IPO but decided against that due to volatile market, which in hindsight was a great step considering the subprime crisis of 2008. They cleared off debt by selling their coffee bean business in North America to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in 2009, post which they expanded with 100 stores on South Korea.We can call Tom O’Keefe a wizard who established a brand in 18 years with global presence and more importantly a positive net profit. The revenue of this company is 0.24 US billion dollars making it as the tenth largest coffee chain in the world in terms of revenue.

Revenues in billions: $0.242

9. Coffee Beanery

Coffee Beanery coffee chain was found in the year 1976 and has become a popular joint ever since.

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The founders of this coffee chain are JoAnne & Julius, and the headquarter of this company is located in Flushing, United States. The Chief executive officer and the president of this company is JoAnne Shaw, along with vice president Kevin Shaw. The products that are produced by this company are coffee, smoothies and Tea. The net income of this is 24,295 US million dollars. The parent company of this is Shaw coffee company. The main service this company offers is franchising. This company earns a lot of its income by selling the coffee franchise to lot many other franchisees. This sells many products like coffee machines, branded coffee mugs, salads, specialty drinks, espresso, tea, coffee etc. The revenue of this company is 0.41 US billion dollars. This is the ninth largest coffee chain in the world. Its brand is mostly build with values and traditions. It has 100 locations only in US. It is present in twenty countries internationally. This franchise is known for its good corporate cult environment it provides to its customers. Its Michigan facility is 45000 square foot which provides a large space for its coffee beans to be roasted, grounded, powdered and packaged. The core values of the company are imbibed into each and every employee working there giving them a positive motivation to work. Thus indirectly making the company achieve higher growth and higher profits.

Revenues in billions: $0.41

8. Dunkin Donuts

This was founded in the year 1950. This has a history of about sixty seven years.

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This was founded in Quincy, United States, and the headquarter of Dunkin Donuts is located is Canton, United States. Dunkin Donuts is not a public listed company, and has a strong presence all over the world with its franchises available globally. The founder of this company is William Rosenberg. This is a subsidiary of famous brand called the Dunkin Brands. This is mainly into food and beverages industry. This chain is present worldwide. The total number of locations where it is present is 11000. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of this company is Nigel Travis. The various products that are being produced by this company are sandwiches,beverages that are both hot and cold, Iced beverages, Baked goods, Frozen Beverages and also soft drinks. The parent of this is Dunkin Brands. The total revenue of this Dunkin Donuts apart from the total brand is 0.83 US billion dollars. It has about twelve hundred restaurants which are spread around thirty six countries. Initially the competitor for this company are Mister Donuts. Later this Mister Donuts was acquired by Allied Lyons. This Allied Lyons were later given a chance to change the name of their  donuts to Dunkin Donuts and were sold under this brand from that time. Thus it started acquiring its competitors by expanding its chain. This is the eighth largest coffee chains in the world.

Revenues in billions: $0.829

7. Caribou Coffee

Caribou Coffee was founded in the month of December 1992, and has grown to become a popular coffee chain brand.

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The founder of this company is John Puckett, and it is founded in Edina, United States. Caribou Coffee is mainly known for its coffee and also espresso, and it serves a variety of other snacks and beverages, and provides a comfortable & relaxing ambience to its customers. The Chief executive officer of this company is Michael J. Tattersfield. The head quarter of this company is located in Minneapolis, United States. The parent organizations for this company are JAB holding company and JAB Beech Inclusive. This coffee chain is famous for its own blend of tea, coffee. It is a company based in Minnesota. This also makes many types of bakery goods and also sandwiches. This has its franchise located in 203 locations in ten countries. This company has more than 203 own coffee houses. These are present in 18 states worldwide. This coffee house initially aimed at the workers working in the downtown. It used to have a schedule of five day a week as per the schedule of the workers. Later the coffee store has been started at Minnesota when there was no proper financial aid to start another business as thought by the founder. As every other company this company also has a good quality coffee that was done by grounding the finest coffee beans of high quality. This company gives perks to the customers in order to attract them to the store once again. This gives rewards in the form of earning points. When a customer registers to this he will be getting a medium drink as a perk. The revenue of this company is 0.93 US billion dollars making them the seventh largest coffee coffee chains in the world.

Revenues in billions: $0.933

6. Gloria Jeans Coffee

This coffee chain was founded in 1979 in USA and introduced in 1996 in Australia, 2001 in Bangladesh, 2004 in India.

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The founder of this chain is Ed and Gloria Jean Kvetko, and the headquarters are located in Castle Hill, Australia. This is not a worldwide present chain but is present in almost all the places as the number of countries it serves presently is close to 40. This is present in more than 1000 locations around the world. It produces almost all the hot and cold beverages. The owner of this group is Retail Food Group. This is not a public listed company. This is the subsidiary of this group. Initially it is a small store for coffee and gifts in US. Now it has almost one hundred and ten locations in US itself. In the year 2013, Gloria jeans was purchased by a public listed company called the Yellow Pages. Later it was bought by an Australian Group called the Retail Food Group. The specialty of Gloria Jeans is that it sells its own coffee capsules called the Caffitaly. This caffitaly capsules are also available in the market call the Woolworth markets. The coffee taste here is entirely different from the lot many coffee stores present making it race among the top ten chains in the world. It gives the feeling of coming back and visit again for all the customers. The revenue of this company is 0.97 US Billion dollars. This stands as the sixth largest coffee chains in the world in terms of revenue.

Revenues in billions: $0.974

5. McCafé

This subsidiary of popular food chain brand McDonald’s was founded in 1993, in Melbourne, Australia.

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The headquarters of this company was located in Oak Brook,United States, and this is a subsidiary of McDonald’s. The product that this coffee store produces is multiple variants of Coffee, along with other beverages which are given by almost all leading coffee chain brands. The founder of McDonald’s corporation is Ray Kroc. Ann Brown is another founder of this restaurant. This serves worldwide. The chairman and CEO of this corporation is Ann brown. It solely concentrates on the production of coffee with no other beverages. So this is one of the best known coffee place in the world. This is not a public listed company. The revenue of this specific sector in this sector of coffee is 1.05 billion dollars. This is one of the best revenues since the company sells only coffee with no other beverages and earns a huge sum of revenue. This is the fifth largest coffee chains in the world in terms of revenue. They are more concerned about the food quality they provide. They use apples of pink lady and Gala. They use ingredients like hundred percent beef patties to which has no added preservatives. They treat customers as their kings. Mc Donalds is the largest fast food chain in the world. This has helped them launch Mc Café under the name of Mc Donalds. After that it has started expanding its chain of operations year after year from one city to the other.

Revenues in billions: $1.049

4. Lavazza

This Company was founded in the year 2000, and it is a public listed company.

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Lavazza is an Indian based company which has a strong presence in south Asia and serves millions of customers in the region. The products that it produces are various varieties of Desserts like pastries, varieties of coffee and tea, Frappuccino beverages and smoothies. The Chief Executive Officer of this company is Pratha Duttagupta. The Managing Director of this company is Ravi Deol. The COO of this company is Brotin Banerjee. The head quarter s of this company is in Okhla, New Delhi. The company is not present worldwide. It operates only in few areas. The areas which it operates are India, Pakistan, Nepal, Middle east, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc. The industry is famous for Espresso Bars. The total assets of this company is about one billion US Dollars. The revenue of this company is 2.28 billion US Dollars. This is the world’s fourth largest producer of coffee in the world.  It is an Italian based coffee centre. The training they provide is one of the best  trainings. This has the biggest training centre in Italy. The employees are treated well in Lavazza. They were provided with many benefits like insurance coverage and many more benefits. It treats its employees as a part of their family. The quality is not just a factor for them. It’s a part of their daily process. They follow this process called the avant-garde in a very innovative way . For the people who visit there it acts as a perfect place to relax and have fun. Starting from the iced tea to hot beverages almost all will be provided with the best quality.

Revenues in billions: $2.28

3. Tim Hortons

This was founded on May 17, 1964 and was about 53 years old company.

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The company has its headquarter in Oakville, Canada, and this brand has a strong presence worldwide. But this is one of the most famous coffee chains in the areas it serves, and the total number of locations it serves is 4600+. The important areas where it serves is Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Canada, Iceland etc. The chairman of this coffee chain is Alex Behring. The Chief Executive Officer of this chain is Daniel Schwartz. The President of this chain is Ellias Diaz Sese. The chain is not present wolrd wide bit the number of employees working in areas present is comparatively high. The employee count is about 100,000. The net income of this chain is 511.7 US Million Dollars. The revenue of this coffee chain is 3 billion US dollars. In terms of revenue, this chain is the third largest coffee chain in the world. The parent company is Restaurant Brands International. This is mainly famous for coffee and doughnuts. This is famous as quickest service restaurants in the world. This is famous for its CSR activities too. This moulds the life skills of more than 19000 students a year. It has coffee partnership with many people living in the rural areas. This partnership helps improve the lives of many small scale farmers by improving the quality of beans produced by improving the environmental factors, social and also economic factors.

Revenues in billions: $3

2. Costa Coffee

Costa Coffee was founded in the year 1971, and it was founded 46 years ago in London.

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The headquarters of this is in Dunstable, England, and the founders of this company are Bruno Costa and Sergio Costa. Costa Coffee serves various products like Coffee, tea, iced teas etc, and it also serves pastries, sandwiches. This coffee is served all over the world. The coffee is being served in 3400+ locations worldwide. The CEO of this industry is Dominic Paul. He is one of the key peoples for the success of this company. This is not a public listed company. The net income as of 2016 is 153 million Euros. The parent company of this industry is Whitebread PLC.  The revenue of this company is 3.77 US billion dollars.  It initially used to caterer the special Italian coffee to many coffee shops. It is the subsidy of Whitebread. The taste of the coffee makes the customers feel like revisiting the shops. The main secret behind their coffee is slow roasting the coffee beans. It is one of the largest coffee chains in UK. In terms of revenue, this Costa Coffee is the second largest chains in the world. It serves different kinds of beverages like Costa Light, Flat White, Ice Cold Costa etc. It provides Loyalty card to all its customers. The customer having this card will have some percent of discount when they revisit the store. This is one of the ways they show gratitude towards their customers.

Revenues in billions: $3.77

1. Starbucks

It was founded in March 31st, 1971 and Seattle in US was its birth place.

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The headquarters of Starbucks is in 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, US and Jerry Baldwin was the founder of this company, and the other founders are Zev Siegl, Gordon Bowker. This is a public listed company and is present all over the world. It operates with wide variety of coffee chains around the world. The total number of locations it was present is 24,464 locations. The executive Chairman of Starbucks is Howard Schultz. The CEO of this company is Kevin Johnson. Among the wide variety of products it produces, the following are the categories of the products: smoothies, tea, baked goods, coffee beverages, sandwiches. The total number of employees operating: 238,000. The total assets of the company are 12.45 billion US dollars. The Net income of the company is 2.76 billion US dollars. The revenue of this company as of 2016 is 21.30 US million dollars. The revenue of starbucks is so high making it the first largest coffee chain in the world. This uses coffee beans that were bought from Arabia, adding a different flavor to its products. Apart from the coffee, the experience we get in the store is so pleasing. The music that we hear in the store is so pleasing. We get pastries, Tazo teas etc which tingles our taste buds. They treat the customers in a different way making the customer feel to visit the store once again.

Revenues in billions: $21.3

Rank Methodology:

1. The leading coffee chain brands are considered for the ranking

2. For each brand, the latest revenues are taken in USD billion

3. Based on the revenues the companies are evaluated and the final ranks are calculated

Singapore is one the biggest and largest business hubs. It is one of the most prominent financial districts in south Asia. The largest companies in Singapore serve not only Asia, but serves millions of customers worldwide. The top companies in Singapore include DBS group, Overseas Chinese Bank, United Overseas Bank, Trafigura Group, Wilmar International, Singtel etc. Here are the top 10 Companies in Singapore in 2017.

Quick Glance

1st place: DBS group

2nd place: Overseas Chinese Bank

3rd place: United Overseas Bank

4th place: Trafigura Group

5th place: Wilmar International

6th place: Singtel

7th place: CapitaLand Limited

8th place: Olam International

9th place: Singapore Airlines

10th place: Keppel Corp

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10.Keppel Corp

Keppel Corporation is a worldwide organization in offshore and marine framework and property conveying supportable development, engaging existences of partners and sustaining groups.

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They execute organizations in seaward &marine, properties, infra and ventures productively and mindfully. The organization is driven by solid esteems and solid outcomes and Lee Boon Yang is the administrator of the organization while Loh Chin Hua is its CEO. The organization has a development gather by the name of Keppel Technology consultative Panel constituted by industry specialists. It was set up in 2004 as a component to advance ability pioneers inside the organization.

Koppel's seaward and marine business is one of the biggest on the planet with a system of more than 20 yards and workplaces all inclusive. The property business of Keppel is known for its honor winning arrangement of properties and business properties spread over Asia. Keppel framework and different auxiliaries inside the foundation section of the organization claim and work focused vitality and arrangements and administrations. Power and Gas, ecological designing, coordinations and server farms are incorporated into its foundation division. Organization so far has put resources into for the most part krisEnergy, k1 endeavors and M1 wanders. Organization has likewise watched out for the need of manageable vitality assets for the future utilize.

Keppel Corporation was made into a business in the time of 1968 and it gets its name from Captain Henry Keppel who was behind the disclosure of Singapore harbor. Presently it is renamed as Keppel harbor in his respect. Keppel has from that point forward wandered into a few broadened organizations because of the general population inside the association gladly called as keppelites.

Revenue: $ 6767 Mn

Profit: $ 821 Mn

Total Assets: $ 12333 Mn

9.Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines is one of the world's largest aviation organization which carriers that ranges more than 90 urban areas and more than 40 nations.

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They are the world's biggest administrator of Boeing 747-400's also called Megatops. They were the pioneer of in-flight administrations, for example, offering free beverages and complimentary administrations and they have set new models in offering world class administration to its clients. Singapore Airlines Limited is the national bearer of Singapore and significant transporter in Pacific , European and North American area. It is possessed by Singapore government by a noteworthy stake of half or more while minor stakes are held by Delta and Swissair. It has been a standout amongst the most reliably productive carriers and has never been under obligation. Joined in the year 1972, the aircrafts have been synonymous with faultless administrations by the Singapore young ladies, who were amazingly amicable in lead to their travelers. Its first administrator was the previous joint head of MSA J.Y Pillay. SIA built up a backup called Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd in 1973.

In July 1977 the organization reported joint operations with British aviation routes to extend its administrations to London and other European nations. In 1989 SIA cooperated with Delta and Swiss Air to make a worldwide partnership. It has additionally banded together with different carriers to grow its administrations. The organization has upwards of 13,500 representatives who are professionally prepared by the organization preparing programs.

Revenue: $ 14868 Mn

Profit: $ 518 Mn

Total Assets: $ 24720 Mn

8.Olam International

Set up in 1989, Olam International Ltd is one of the greatest worldwide supply chain integrator, processor of delicate wares and item provider working crosswise over 16 stages and taking into account 16,200 clients around the globe.

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It has become a multi-social, multi-national agri business with 62,500 representatives from 70 unique nations. It discovers its nearness in numerous organizations including cocoa, espresso, cashew, rice and cotton. It begun as a broker of cashew from Nigeria into India. They have 47 unique items now. Olam is resolved to guarantee moral, social, capable and ecologically reasonable development of the organization and conveying long haul an incentive to the organization's shareholders. The organization has upset seed to rack supply chains through maintainable measures and guidelines. Olam Livelihood Charter was propelled so as to consolidate 8 contract standards of back, enhanced work, yield, showcase get to, quality, traceability, social venture and condition affect as a benchmark for the business. Organization has dealt with a few such OLC activities.

Advancement of Olam plan of action has helped the organization build up its new upstream, midstream and downstream parts of significant worth chain. In upstream esteem chain return incorporation openings were distinguished inside the esteem chain and specific ventures were made.

A strong base in beginning was gone for sourcing and providing different rural items. Midstream reconciliation was done to dispatch activities in esteem included handling and assembling exercises. They have assembled a purchaser establishment and dispersion foundation in a few unique markets. They have set out upon a manure assembling and dissemination business.

Revenue: $ 20,587 Mn

Profit: $ 351Mn

Total Assets: $ 23468 Mn

7. CapitaLand Limited

CapitaLand is one of the greatest real estate organizations established in Singapore.

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They have enormous resource base, broad market arrange, capital administration methodologies, best-in-class operational procedures to give better esteem items and administrations than its clients. Their arrangement of item and administrations contains coordinated advancements, shopping centers, habitations, workplaces and houses. They work principally in Singapore and China while they have additionally recognized other high potential Asian markets. CapitaLand's recorded genuine bequest speculation trusts incorporate CapitaLand Mall Trust, CapitaLand Mall Trust, Ascott Residence Trust, CapitaLand Retail China Trust, and CapitaLand Malaysia Mall Trust.

The group started its incorporated improvement first in the year 1986 at Raffles City Singapore. It has from that point forward been labeled as a design of incredible quality and perfection in Singapore and China. CapitaLand's Sustainable methodologies depend on its philosophy of "Building People, Building people group". It is resolved to give an enhanced monetary, ecological and social prosperity of every one of its partners through the execution of its manageable advancement undertakings and projects. It additionally incorporates development to extend its business practicality without involving its condition for who and what is to come.

It runs its own preparation focuses and programs ( CapitaLand Institute of Management and Business (CLIMB) and Ascott Center for Excellence (ACE)) to sustain the ability inside the organization. Its workforce incorporates upwards of 12000 individuals in more than 20 nations. Mr. Lim Ming Yan is the present President and Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand. CapitaLand has won a few honors to restore its position as one of the greatest real estate Asian organization.

Revenue: $ 5252 Mn

Profit: $ 865 Mn

Total Assets: $ 45740 Mn

6.Singtel

Singtel is the largest telecom company present in Singapore with excellent service and reach.

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Singtel group is Asia's driving correspondence assemble that offers different scope of administrations including calling, versatile information, web, TV, infocomms innovation and advanced arrangements. It is situated in Singapore and has over 130 years of experience. Its backup in Australia is a pioneer in incorporated correspondences and has accomplished notoriety for propelling creative items and administrations and they have deliberately put resources into organizations like Bharti Airtel, Globe Telecom and so forth.

They work in nearness with their partners to give huge scale systems, client reach and broad operational effectiveness to lead in correspondence industry. The gathering takes into account 600 million clients over the world and is one of the biggest open organizations by its market capitalization. The gathering covers workplaces in Asia, Europe and US with more than 23,000 individuals utilized by it. They have 40 workplaces in 20 nations.

It is a main supplier of cutting edge correspondence, infotainment and innovation administrations. Bunch Enterprise gives organizations and governments incorporated ICT arrangements that incorporate portable, voice and information correspondences, oversaw administrations, distributed computing, IT administrations and expert counseling. Being a market pioneer in Asia, its scope of ICT arrangements is moved down by a broad information system and foundation that ranges crosswise over different nations and areas.

Group Digital life is gone for concentrating on the computerized space and it covers ranges of advanced showcasing and investigation. Its scale and size of clients, installment instruments and broad shopper associations help in finding astonishing encounters as a support of its clients.

Revenue: $ 16961 Mn

Profit: $ 3871 Mn

Total Assets: $ 43566 Mn

5.Wilmar International

Wilmar International restricted was established in 1991 and is today one of the main agribusiness bunch in Asia.

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It is headquartered in Singapore and has colossal market capitalization and Mr Kuok Khoon Hong is its executive and CEO. Wilmar bargains in a few organizations, for example, oil palm development, oilseed pulverizing, consumable oil refining, sugar refining, strength fats and oleochemicals, biodiesel and compost producing and also flour and rice processing. The incorporated Agribusiness Model honed at Wilmar incorporates whole esteem chain forms running from development, preparing to assembling extensive variety of agri-items. It has more than 500 assembling plants and a broad appropriation channel spread more than 50 different nations in Asia. The gathering has a colossal team of 92,000 individuals.

Wilmar has set up itself as a standout amongst the most favored organization that conveys superb handled rural items to its purchasers and assembling industry. Its buyer –packed items have significant reach in numerous Asian and African markets. Wilmar can harvest edge at each progression of the esteem chain through economies of scale, joining and strategic favorable circumstances of its plan of action. Operational proficiency in the organization encourages them to accomplish cost viability combined with reasonable development and dependable corporate citizenship rehearses.

Wilmar has come to at a direct today toward turn into the world's biggest processor and merchandiser of palm and lauric oils, producer of oleo chemicals, fats, palm biodiesel and customer oil packs . it is proprietor of the biggest palm estate and refineries in Indonesia and Malaysia. It is additionally one of the main palatable oil refiners and marked customer pack oils.

Revenue: $ 41402 Mn

Profit: $ 972 Mn

Total Assets: $ 37032 Mn

4. Trafigura Group

Trafigura one of the world’s leading commodity trading and logistics houses was established in 1993.

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They boast of having a huge network of logistics chain as they move commodities from place where they are in plenty to the location where they are needed. They have operations in more than 36 countries serving to the customers through 65 offices. Behind only Vitol and Glencore Trafigura is the world’s largest physical commodity trading company. Their services includes sourcing, storing, blending and transporting of the raw materials ranging from the petroleum products to the non-ferrous metals.

They widen their business empire by purchasing and investing in pipelines, mines, smelters, ports and storage terminals. They have been heading to China and South Korea as they have announced their involvement in an order of 32 crude oil and product tankers to be built there.

Revenue: $ 98100 Mn

Profit: $ 2300 Mn

Total Assets: $ 41200 Mn

3.United Overseas Bank

Established in 1935 United Overseas bank has become one of the leading bank in the Asian markets.

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They have their presence in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and China. Founded by Wee Kheng Chiang the organization was initially known with name of United Chinese Bank and in 1965 it became the United Overseas Bank. The subsidiaries like United Overseas Bank, Malaysia, United Overseas Bank, Thailand, UOB Indonesia and United Overseas Bank (China) were important drivers for the bank as wholes as few of them were acquired in the due course of time. United Overseas Bank has a very diverse network in about 19 different countries owing to their more than 500 branches which caters to their customers. The services provided by UOB includes financial services such as investment banking, corporate finance, capital market services, asset management, venture capital management etc.

It has dedicated branches, offices and subsidiaries to serve its customers which makes its global network a huge one. UOB is the undisputed leader in the credit card market and home loans segment in Singapore. They are known widely for the proactive services and offering of loans to small and medium enterprises.

Revenue: $ 4991 Mn

Profit: $ 3096 Mn

Total Assets: $ 340027 Mn

2.Oveseas Chinese Bank

Singapore’s longest-established bank owns the OCBC bank group which constitutes many companies.

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Established in 1932 OCBC bank was a result of merger between 3 banks. Bloomberg ranked OCBC bank as world’s strongest bank as they are efficient in serving to the financial needs of the customers and developing financial solution that meet their demands. They have spread their business across 18 countries as OCBC bank, Bank OCBC NISP and Bank of Singapore. They are second only to the DBS bank group in terms of assets. They have invested in several independent brands. It is also involved in insurance, asset management and brokerage through different names.

Services like deposits, lending, credit cards, corporate Banking, cash management, Investment banking, private banking, stock broking and asset management are their important wealth management services. The major territories that the bank operates are in the countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Greater China. They have a wide network in these countries owing to their more than 600 dedicated branches and offices and majority of them are situated in Singapore and Indonesia. Customers, People, Teamwork, Integrity, Prudent risk taking, Effectiveness are the values of the company upholds.

Revenue: $ 8489 Mn

Profit: $ 3473 Mn

Total Assets: $ 409884 Mn

1.DBS Group

The Development Bank of Singapore Group is an international investment holding company which offers banking and financial services.

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DBS operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Greater China, South and Southeast Asia, and the firm, headquartered in Singapore was founded in 1968. Company has its presence in more than 20 markets owing to the nearly 300 branches through which they offer their financial services. The company’s subsidiary Development Bank of Singapore Ltd, is operating in diverse areas like commercial banking, retail banking operations to name a few. The major areas where the bank operates in are more aimed at the corporates as their services like Consumer Banking/ wealth management , institutional banking, treasury caters to the corporates, providing And for the individuals  there are a wide range of wealth management services, banking and related financial services such as current/ savings account, fixed deposits, loans, home loans, car loans, investments and insurance etc.

Several financial products and services to institutional clients including Banks, NBFC’s, government run companies, corporate, PE firms etc are the offering of the Institutional banking segment. Selling, structuring, market-making, and trading financial products, l like foreign exchange, interest rate, debt, credit, equity, and other structured derivatives, as well as managing surplus funds are the offerings in the Treasury segment . Corporations, institutional and private investors, financial institutions, and other market participants are the major customer of the DBS bank ltd. The stock broking and merchant banking services are offered by another dedicated segment.

DBS bank serves around five million customers in Singapore and Hong Kong through their 130 branches. DBS is one of the largest trade financers in another Asian countries like Indonasia.

Revenue: $ 11500 Mn

Profit: $ 4240 Mn

Total Assets: $ 482000 Mn

Ranking Methodology:

1. The leading companies from Singapore are considered

2. Parameters like revenues, assets and profits are taken and weightages of 0.4, 0.4 and 0.2 are given respectively

3. Based on this a final score is calculated and the final ranks are evaluated

TV has been one of the leading consumer electronics devices which has steadily evolved and has had a huge growth story. The leading TV brands in the world serve customer across the world. All the best TV companies focus on product quality, innovation, marketing, branding etc to reach to a huge number of customers. The top TV brands in the world include names like Samsung, LG, TCL, Sony, Hisense etc. Here is the list of the top 10 TV brands in the world 2017.

Quick Glance

Top TV Brands in the world are:

1st place: Samsung

2nd place: LG

3rd place: TCL

4th place: Hisense

5th place: Sony

6th place: Skyworth

7th place: TP Vision

8th place: Vizio

9th place: Haier

10th place: Changhong

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

10. Changhong

Founded in Oct 1958, it is a Chinses consumer electronics company which is into only 4 divisions – Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, Televisions and Set Top Boxes.

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It has a philosophy whereby it improves technological innovation and strategic cooperation through developing regional markets in different countries of the world, to increase its presence and focus on making greener, energy-saving products. It is a downward integrated company whereby it manufactures and sells its products through its own distributors and internet websites. It has undertaken new opportunities whereby it plans to develop services of Smart Home, Smart Community and Smart City, by building capacity through horizontal platform and strengthening core competencies. Listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, it is China’s second largest Television manufacturer and seller, and it has very recently developed a robust R&D department to enter into other promising divisions like Mobile phones and other electronic devices. It has 12 production bases and 5 R&D centers spread across China, with 43 subsidiaries functioning across Asia, North and South America, Europe and Australia. It is the world’s first company to launch a smart phone enabled to access Internet of Things. It undertakes many marketing activities like sponsoring cultural and classical music fests, sports activities and other social events. It cares for its employees and cares for their rights, whereby it preserves the intellectual property of its retired employees and endows its activities towards preserving environment at maximum. It undertakes many CSR activities, whereby it donates huge sums towards social causes like helping disadvantageous groups and orphans.

Market Share (worldwide%): 3.2

LCD TV Shipments (%): 3.1

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 6.8

9. Haier Group

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Shandong province, China, it is a Chinese Multinational company which manufactures and markets consumer electronics and home appliances (both major and minor).

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Its product lines include air conditioners, computers, microwaves, washing machines, televisions and micro phones. Being a state-owned enterprise, it avoided entering stock exchanges but since funds were required for its expansion it did and now it is present on stock exchanges like Shanghai Stock exchange, Honk Kong stock exchange and Dow Jones China index. In 2014, Euromonitor labeled Haier to be the world’s largest company to market White Goods for straight 6 consecutive years, owning a global share of 10.2 per cent then. It is a state-owned enterprise, which under government’s orders, overtook many small ailing appliance companies, thus enabling it to market so many product lines. Haier Group is now redefining the experiences of its customers by changing from a traditional manufacturer to an open entrepreneurship platform, thus enabling more innovation and efficiency in its products and for this it acquired the appliance division of General Electric in Jan 2016. When internet explosion overtook the global market, Haier got a chance to open its offerings through social networks and e-commerce sites to various economies of the world, thus enhancing user value of its products and services. Starting with a production facility in Indonesia in 1996 and in Phillipines and Malaysia in 1997, it internationalized its presence and now caters to all 6 continents of the world with its carefully crafted products. It believes in creating social value by transformation and for this it develops 15 innovation and entrepreneurship sites around the world. Major divisions under its innovation wing includes White Goods transformation platform, Investment and incubation platform, Financial Holdings platform, Real estate industry platform and Cultural industry platform, thereby looking into the overall aspects of social development.  Haier is one of the first companies to move from just traditional physical plants to interlinking them with internet factories, thus enabling mass customization answering local needs of any region. “Human Value” comes first before any other guiding principle for the Haier Group, thus giving more value to development for all instead of being just profits-oriented firm.

Market Share (worldwide%): 3.4

LCD TV Shipments (%): 3.2

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 7

8. Vizio

It is an American company headquartered at Irvine, California that develops consumer electronics and was founded in the year 2002.

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Though it is a relatively new company as compared to the Asian giants in this business, yet is a known brand across America that manufactures and markets affordable flat screen televisions. Its products include AV electronics, LCD TVs, surround sound systems, HDTV accessories, PCs and telecommunication devices. It has always associated itself with renowned home teams of football in America and now it manufactures its products in Mexico and China as well under some agreements with local suppliers and assemblers there. It acquired Advanced Media Research Group Inc., an entertainment website so as to expand its content and service offerings through all its TV platforms. With televisions as its primary product offerings, it is listed on NASDAQ.  It was once enraptured in a controversy wherein it installed software in its television sets to observe viewers’ behavior and intended to share the data with advertisers but it faced some legal issues and had to delete the data along with paying a settlement amount to let go off the matter. It has a vision to deliver products that always give high performance and smarter solutions with least energy usage, thereby reducing the total cost of ownership for its customers. Their R&D division works towards making Smart solutions even smarter by crafting purposeful technologies that are relevant for its users; they put their customers first by building all their products with them in mind and finally elevating the overall experience of Entertainment with product lines that serve best picture quality, unbeatable sound systems and captivating content that are most sought after by its customers.

Market Share (worldwide%): 3.7

LCD TV Shipments (%): 4.01

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 8.8 

7. TP Vision

Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, this company manufactures and markets TVs under the brand name of Phillips in Europe, countries of South America and selected countries of Asia-Pacific.

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It was done because Phillips sold a major stake to TP Vision and handed over a major part of their royalties to them. TP vision is a joint venture between TPV technology of Hong Kong, China (owning 70% stake) and Royal Phillips Electronics (30%). It is a company into visual digital entertainment and with operational excellence, flexibility and advanced technology incorporated in all its manufacturing facilities, they have become a global leader that caters a superior viewing experience to all its customers. It manages its supply chain very efficiently as with a small workforce of around 2000 employees; it still has managed to grab a spot in the top 10 global TV manufacturers of the world. They have regional offices in many countries around the globe but all of them are bound by one major guiding principle and that is to strive for a sustainable future, therefore they do activities that are socially responsible and in lines with principles of ethics and integrity. It not only works towards preserving the environment but also ensuring that all their products match that safety standard and are harmless to their customers. It has a commitment to all its employees as well in ensuring their health and safety, treating all of them equally and fairly and thus propagating just and fair working environment and business practices. This company is a well renowned company for its high ethical standards and being investor friendly at all stages.

Market Share (worldwide%): 3.8

LCD TV Shipments (%): 4.1

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 9

6. Skyworth

Founded in 1988, it is a Chinese multinational company, whose full name is Hong Kong Skyworth Digital Holdings Co. Ltd., deals in consumer electronics and home appliances.

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Based in Honk Kong, Inner Mongolia and Guangdong province, it is also an OEM that manufactures and markets televisions under brand names other than its own. It is also into IT services and is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. In the beginning of its career it experienced a tough fight from the competitors but with Greener LED TVs, it emerged a leader in the otherwise gloomy market of televisions. It manufactures electronics for automobiles, set-top boxes, Audio Visual products, and mobile communications and mainly sells them in the overseas market. It has R&D sites at three places – Hong Kong, Shenzhen (China’s Silicon Valley) and Silicon Valley in the USA, all of whom are responsible for making their products greener and efficient in respect of usage and cost of ownership. It has partnered with many regional companies of the world to gain foot in the local markets, like with Inview Technology Ltd, a UK based company to manufacture and market EPGs for digital TVs. It has also explored new avenues in semi-conductors business, LED lightings, etc, whereby it devotes itself towards providing excellent digital displays and services with utmost competitive prices in the world, all aimed towards creating a wonderful life and value for all its customers. Its Skyworth lab in the Silicon Valley USA, undertakes R&D activities to produce products that have world class quality and answer the local needs of the people.

Market Share (worldwide%): 4.5

LCD TV Shipments (%): 5.47

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 12

5. Sony Corporation

Founded in 1946, it is a Japanese multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Sony has its foot in a diversified business portfolio like consumer and professional electronics, entertainment, medical, audio-visual, gaming consoles and financial services. It has constantly featured in Fortune Global list of 500 companies and is traded on the Tokyo stock exchange and New York stock exchange. They have a slogan which says “BE MOVED” that aptly describes how their specially crafted products that are a mark on today’s advanced technologies and engineering have been able to create such a big impact in the lives of its customers worldwide.  In the wake of Japan’s destruction in World War 2, Sony rose to contribute immensely to its GDP. The name Sony has its history in two words – ‘Sonic’ which means sound and ‘Sonny’ which was slang used in America to refer to young boys thus referring to Youth and because discotheque was at its peak in USA at that time. It is the only Asian country which has such a huge presence in the North American market with a brand presence equivalent to any American company. It markets its products in all six continents of the world. In mid 1980s, it faced huge competition and thus losses from its television division but gaming and audio-visual divisions earmarked its strong foothold in that era. Sony is a company which focuses on innovation and advancement in technology aimed to make the overall experience of its customers more and more promising and futuristic. It has developed several robots to play music based on the mood, humanoid robots called QRIO and several other advancements. Financial arms support various financial services like mobile banking, payment interfaces, etc. It compels its customers to visualize nothing short of best and fulfills them with their best quality products. It is not only committed to providing technology, entertainment and convenience to its customers, but also it cares for the planet as its R&D department always works towards making greener and more energy efficient products but not compromising with the quality. It has stepped into some very innovative arenas like Life Space UX (facilitating new ways to redefine your living space), Sports Entertainment (new discoveries and experiences in the field of Sports), Future Lab Programmes (which takes direct feedback from customers to evolve and transform their projects so as to get closer to the customer needs) and the like.

Market Share (worldwide%): 5.6

LCD TV Shipments (%): 5.3

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 11.7

4. Hisense Company

Headquartered in Shandong province of China, this company being founded in 1969 is a Chinese multinational company which is owned by the state.

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Hisense company produces and markets White Goods and electronics in the global market. With as many as 13 manufacturing facilities spread across China plus in countries like Hungary, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, France and Mexico, it exports its products to as many as 130 countries of the world. This company is listed on all major stock exchanges of China – the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchanges and other subsidiaries too. It expanded its global reach by acquiring manufacturing facilities of other companies, like that of Sharp in Mexico, thereby acquiring rights to sell televisions in North and South America under Sharp’s brand name and under its name too. Its manufacturing facilities are wholly in-situ which includes processes like product design, pattern making, mold processing, IT and services. Hisense’s R&D team which consists of global talent plays a pivotal role in developing state-of-the art technologies and products for Hisense, which are supported by digital multimedia technology, urban intelligence, modern communications and green energy technology. It is listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, the Shenzhen stock exchange and the Honk Kong stock exchange, is the only enterprise to be awarded twice with the “China Quality Award”. Hisense refers to ‘High Sense’ which represents ‘High Taste, High Enjoyment and High Technology’. It not only aspires to become a global brand but also a most reputed one, steadily embarking on the steps of development. It has a motto in which it believes that the strongest driving force behind providing quality products is its staff and their constant effort towards innovation. They believe that advanced technology leads the market but it is speed that preserves technology. In 2017, Hisense made it official that they are now the official sponsors of FIFA 2017 Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup.

Market Share (worldwide%): 6.1

LCD TV Shipments (%): 6.1

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 13.3

3. TCL Corporation

Founded in 1981, it is a Chinese multinational electronics company which has its headquarters at Huizhou in Guangdong province of China.

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It has a business mainly in home appliances and communication devices like refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, mobile handsets and televisions. It is listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange, the Hong Kong stock exchange and has a slogan which says “The Creative Life”. Since its inception and because of its strategic location which provides low cost of production, many companies like Alcatel and Samsung have outsourced manufacturing of many of their products (like some models of mobile phones, LCD televisions) to TCL. It has entered into strategic partnerships with Hisense and Changhong Electric companies with an aim to establish industry standards of manufacturing smart televisions. It has 3 subsidiaries under it – TCL Multimedia, TCL Display and Tonly Electronics, all supporting the manufacture of its quality product lines. It has its presence in five major business divisions – Multimedia (TV Sets), Communications (cell phones), Home Appliances, Consumer Electronics, and China Star Optoelectronics technology (CSOT) in addition to four affiliated business areas which are Real estate and investment, Logistics and services, Online education and Financial services. It has four regional business centers in China, North America, Europe and emerging markets of Africa and South America whereby it has around 22 manufacturing bases and serves more than 130 countries of the world. It claims to be one of the three brands into this business that are completely vertically integrated and that means they make every component of their television themselves. Through their 35 R&D centres across the world, innovation is a pivotal activity that forms the core of all their business divisions. They have partnered with many companies in the areas of sports, entertainment, music and technology to increase their reach as well as cater to the local needs of any region.

Market Share (worldwide%): 9

LCD TV Shipments (%): 6

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 13.2

2. LG Electronics

Established in 1958, it is a South Korean multinational company, headquartered at Seoul, is the world’s second largest maker and seller of Televisions.

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It owns more than 119 subsidiaries worldwide, with its presence in all 6 continents of the world. It along with Samsung, pulled South Korea after the fallouts of the Korean War, and contributes majorly towards the GDP of the small Asian country. Founded as GoldStar, it merged with Lucky Chemical and LG Cable in 1995, to form Lucky-GoldStar, which is the full form of LG. With its tagline “Life’s Good” from 2004 till today, it markets all ranges of Home Appliances from TVs to ACs and refrigerators. Innovation lies at the core of its operations. It soon followed Samsung to make Internet TV and market it worldwide under the name of “LG Smart TV”. Its televisions allow users to change channels using hand gestures and voice recognition technologies. A unique range of its televisions uses Ultrasonic waves to reject mosquitoes, an innovation in itself. It not only focuses on the features of its products but also their designs. It also manufactures and markets electronic devices like handsets but are not that successful on that front. They believe in making the lives of their customers happier and better. All its products have unique features and boast of world class quality. It practices ethical business philosophy and has a vision to become the leading company in its domain.  It has a clearly defined Code of Ethics that regulates all its business activities, whereby it believes in ‘Winning by Rule’. It has constantly been giving a tough competition in the global market to its home rival, Samsung, with a very strong brand presence in the global market. Its logo is futuristic which depicts ‘a Better Life for all Human Beings Tomorrow’, symbolizing the world, future, youth, humanity and technology, all in a harmonious presence with each other. It has strong corporate governance and has always been working in the interests of its investors. With four business units – Home Appliances and Air Solutions, Mobile and Communications, Home Entertainment and Vehicle Components, it strongly adheres to the policies of the UN Sustainable Development arm. It bagged the Energy Star Partner of the year in 2016 thereby signifying that all its products consume less energy thereby making the planet greener. They believe in making strong value proposition for all its customers that they can’t refuse by technological innovations. Summing up, they create Technology that Cares.

Market Share (worldwide%): 11.9

LCD TV Shipments (%): 12.9

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 28.2

1. Samsung Electronics

Based in South Korea and established in 1969, it is a multinational company which specializes in consumer electronic components, semiconductor devices, and home appliances.

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With assembly plants in more than 80 countries, it is world’s largest mobile phones manufacturer and second largest IT Company by revenue, second only to Apple, alongside managing more than 200 subsidiaries worldwide. It also boasts of being world’s largest Television manufacturer as well since 2006. Other home appliances that it markets include refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, mixer grinders, and the like. Talking about screens, it owns 40% market share of OLEDs, being the world’s largest manufacturer and 98% share of the global AMOLED market. It was the first company to launch a full HD LED television in 2010, showcasing it at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, USA. Samsung believes in enhancing the convenience and fostering smarter lifestyles for all its customers, through its constant yet ground-breaking innovations. For example, it markets Internet TV, which enables its viewers to receive information from the internet while watching TV programmes. It is a future-oriented company that has many patents to its name and has always been the torch bearer for many innovations that other companies follow thereby. Their mission statement incorporates enriching the lives of the people of the world towards a promising future, in a socially responsible and sustainable manner. They have three key strategic pillars, upon whose foundations lies all their business activities, operations and culture – Creativity in everything they do, Partnership to expand their reach to unattainable areas and garnering support of Great People, who are both its customers and employees. Incorporating operational excellence in all its activities, throughout its Supply Chain, it is now exploring new avenues like Healthcare and Biotechnology. It not only set quantitative goals for itself, like revenue and market share goals but also qualitative goals to achieve. It invests heavily in R&D and has a network that covers 24 Samsung centres in 10 countries around the world, harnessing the best minds of the world.

Market Share (worldwide%): 21.6

LCD TV Shipments (%): 21.9

In Units (Millions of LCD sets): 47.9

Ranking Methodology:

1. The leading TV brands in the world are considered for evaluation

2. Parameters like market share, LCD TV shipments and number of units sold are taken

3. The final rank is done on the basis of the market share in the world

The Indian telecom sector has grown rapidly and there has been a dynamic change in the last one year. The operations of the leading telecom companies in India have been disrupted by the emergence of Jio. With this, these biggest Indian telecom brands have ventured into offerings like unlimited calling & data plans, which has further pushed the adoption in the Indian telecommunication market. The top telecom companies in India include Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, BSNL, Jio etc. Here is the list of the top 10 telecom companies in India 2017 based on its subscriber base, revenues and net income.

Quick Glance at Top 10 Telecom Companies India 2017

1st place: Airtel

2nd place: Idea

3rd place: Vodafone

4th place: BSNL

5th place: Reliance Communications

6th place: Aircel

7th place: Jio

8th place: Tata Teleservices

9th place: Telenor India

10th place: MTNL

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Largest Telecom Companies India Ranking with parameters(Subscribers, Revenues, Income):

10. MTNL

MTNL is a state-owned telecommunications company with operations in New Delhi, Mumbai and the island nation of Mauritius.

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It was founded on 1st April, 1986 and has its headquarters in New Delhi, India. The authorized capital of the Company is Rs800 crores, and the paid up share capital is Rs630 crores divided into 63 crore share of Rs10 each. At present, 56.25% equity shares are held by President of India & his nominees and remaining 43.75% shares are held by FIIs, Financial Institutions, Banks, Mutual Funds and others including individual investors. MTNL has been given Navratna status in 1997 and was listed in New York Stock Exchange in 2001.

The corporate objectives of MTNL are:

• To expand customer base and services.

• To provide latest technology and services to the customers, at affordable prices.

• To achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction and delight.

• To diversify in other areas for providing telecom services at national and international levels.

• To provide convergence of Telecom, Information Technology and related services.

• To improve productivity by training and redeployment of man-power.

• To work for social benefits.

Currently, MTNL has a subscriber base of approximately 7.09 million customers and a Total Revenue worth INR 30,003 million as per the financial reports of the Financial Year 2016-17.

Customer Base (in millions): 7.09

Total Revenue (Million): Rs30002.9

Net Income (Million): Rs-21317.2

9. Telenor India

Telenor (India) Communications Private Limited, previously known as Uninor, is an Indian versatile system administrator.

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The organization is a completely claimed auxiliary of Norwegian media communications organization Telenor Group. In February 2017, Telenor Group reported blending the India business with Bharti Airtel post fundamental administrative endorsements. The organization Unitech Wireless Limited, an auxiliary of Unitech Group, was joined in 2008. That year, the organization was granted remote administrations licenses for every one of the 22 telecom circles. Accordingly, Unitech Group and Telenor Group consented to enter a joint wander where Telenor would infuse crisp value ventures of ₹61.35 billion into Unitech Wireless to take a larger part stake in the company. This was working capital put specifically in Unitech Wireless by Telenor Group. Telenor Group led these interests in four tranches, ensuing to endorsements from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) and the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) took 67.25% responsibility for Wireless. In September 2009, Unitech Wireless declared its image name as Uninor.

Uninor propelled in eight telecom hovers on 3 December 2009, in the wake of finishing one of the world's biggest GSM Greenfield dispatches which was additionally one of the speediest telecom move outs ever in India. As indicated by Uninor, the brand was worked around a desire serve the youthful, striving for India. After six months, 5 extra circles were propelled including metropolitan zones like Mumbai and Kolkata. As per the Financial Reports available, the company earned a Total Revenue of INR 6,032 million in the Financial Year 2016-17 but incurred a Net Loss of INR 7,846 million.

Customer Base (in millions): 54.5

Total Revenue (Million): Rs6032

Net Income (Million): Rs-7846

8. Tata Teleservices

Tata Group is represented in the telecommunication sector via Tata Teleservices Limited.

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The company was founded in 1996 and has its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has a wide presence across key geographies, spanning over 19 telecom circles and operations in towns and villages across the country. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers across wireline and wireless networks on GSM, CDMA & 3G platforms. In 1996, Tata Teleservices Limited was the pioneer of the CDMA technology platform in India.

In November 2008, Japanese telecom monster NTT Docomo bought a 26% equity stake in Tata Docomo, a backup of Tata Teleservices, for about ₹130.7 billion (US$2.0 billion) or an undertaking estimation of ₹502.69 billion (US$7.8 billion). NTT DOCOMO reported on 25 April 2014 that they will offer 100% of their offers in Tata DOCOMO to Tata Teleservices and leave Indian Telecom. The purpose behind exit is a result of colossal loss of $1.3 billion. In February 2008, TTSL reported that it would give CDMA versatile administrations focused towards the young, in relationship with the Virgin Group on a franchisee demonstrate premise. By April 1, 2015, all Virgin Mobile CDMA and GSM clients have been moved into the umbrella Tata Docomo mark (Tata Indicom for Delhi NCR).

Currently, Tata Teleservices gives versatile administrations under the accompanying brand names:

• Tata DoCoMo (CDMA and GSM versatile administrator, remote broadband)

• T24 Mobile (GSM versatile administrator)

Tata Teleservices is one of the most awarded brands in India for marketing excellence. Its brands, Tata Docomo and Tata Photon, have been very popular in the Indian telecom segment.

As per latest records, the company has an estimated subscriber base of 54.73 million and Total revenue of INR 52,785 million during the financial year 2016-17.

Customer Base (in millions): 54.73

Total Revenue (Million): Rs52785.2

Net Income (Million): Rs-1472.09

7. Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited or Jio is a LTE mobile network operator in India which was founded in the year 2010.

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Jjio is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, and the company is based out of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Jio is the only network provider in India which provides VoLTE services (Voice Over LTE). The company commercially launched its services on 5th September, 2016. As per Reports, the company has a customer base of 121 million subscribers and a Total Revenue of INR 339,623 million in the Financial Year 2016-17.

In June 2010, Reliance Industries (RIL) purchased a maximum share of Infotel Broadbandfor ₹4,800cr. Albeit unlisted, IBSL was the main organization that won broadband range in each of the 22 hovers in India in the 4G sell off that occurred before that year. Later proceeding as RIL's telecom backup, Infotel Broadband Services Limited was renamed as Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) in January 2013. In June 2015, Jio reported that it will begin its operations all once again the nation before the finish of 2015. However, after four months in October 2015, the organization's representatives conveyed a public statement expressing that the dispatch was put off to the primary quarter of the monetary year 2016-2017.

Products and Services offered by Reliance Jio include:

• 4G Broadband services

• LYF Smartphones

• Jionet WiFi

• Jio Apps

• JioFi

It has an initial end-to-end capacity to serve in excess of 100 million wireless broadband and 20 million Fibre-to-Home customers. Reliance Jio has also built nearly half-a-million square feet of cloud data centres and a multi-Terabit capacity international network.

Customer Base (in millions): 121

Total Revenue (Million): Rs12.2

Net Income (Million): Rs-313.7

6. Aircel

The Aircel group was formed in 1994 as a business alliance between Malaysian Maxis Communications Berhad and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited.

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Aircel commenced operations in Tamil Nadu 1999 to offer affordable and outstanding mobile services, and the company has its headquarters in Gurugram, Haryana, India. The company offers voice and 2G, 3G and 4G data services. The company has considerable presence in Orissa and North-Eastern Indian states. In August 2016, Reliance Communications (RCom) and Maxis Communications announced that they would merge their mobile network operations.

List of awards and recognitions received by the company:

• GSMA Chairman’s Award at Mobile World Congress

• Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards

• BT-CSR Excellent Award 2016 – Animal Welfare by Bureaucracy Today

• Voice & Data Leadership Forum 2016 – Special Recognition Award

• Customer Experience Awards were hosted under ‘The Customer FEST India Show 2016’

As per latest reports and articles, the company has a subscriber base of 90.9 million customers and a total revenue of INR 62,620 million during the Financial Year 2016-17.

Customer Base (in millions): 90.9

Total Revenue (Million): Rs62620

Net Income (Million): Rs-2961

5. Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications is the lead organization of the Reliance Group and India's preeminent and genuinely incorporated media communications specialist organization.

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The organization is recorded in the BSE (Scrip ID 532712) and NSE (RCOM). The organization was established in 2002 and is headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The Company has a client base of over 118 million. Reliance Communications corporate customer base incorporates more than 39,000 Indian and multinational companies including little and medium ventures and more than 290 worldwide, provincial and local bearers. Reliance Communications has built up a dish India, people to come, coordinated (remote and wireline), united (voice, information and video) computerized organize that is fit for supporting best-of-class administrations crossing the whole interchanges esteem chain, covering more than 21,000 urban communities and towns and more than 400,000 towns. Reliance Communications claims and works the world's biggest cutting edge IP empowered availability foundation, involving more than 280,000 kilometers of fiber optic link frameworks in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific district.

A few honors and acknowledgments earned by the organization in the Financial Year 2016-17 are:

• Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) (Subsidiary of Reliance Communications) got Excellence in Connectivity for Data Centers Award at the Datacloud Asia Awards

• GCX CEO, Bill Barney, got the Data Center Industry Achievement Award in acknowledgment of his noteworthy commitment to the Data Center Industry.

According to Reports, the organization earned an aggregate income of roughly INR 213,439 million in the Financial Year 2016-17.

Customer Base (in millions): 89.8

Total Revenue (Million): Rs213439

Net Income (Million): Rs-2612

4. BSNL

Owned by the Govt of India, BSNL is one of the largest telecom companies in India.

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BSNL has been a strong telecommunication player in the Indian segment providing services like Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services, digital television, IPTV to its customers. The company has more than 110million customers across the country. The headquarters of the company are located in Delhi, and more than 200,000 people are employed with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. In 2017, BSNL has planned to installed 25000 wifi zones in rural areas to increase penetration of telecom services especially data.

More than 800 cities are serviced across India by BSNL with its 3G services. The 4G services of BSNL would be operation soon in many of its circles providing high speed internet. As a part of its prepaid and postpaid services, BSNL provides voice mail, SMS, call conferencing, roaming services apart form other voice and data services.

Customer Base (in millions): 110.68

Total Revenue (Million): Rs202905

Net Income (Million): Rs-4890

3. Vodafone

Vodafone is the second largest mobile network operator in India after Bharti Airtel in terms of subscriber base.

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Vodafone India has its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and the company has a subscriber base of nearly 200 million customers. The company commenced operations in India in 2007. The most renowned services offered by the company are – 3G services,4G services and the M-Pesa service. Curently, Mr. Vivek Badrinath is the CEO AMAP. Vodafone India is a 100% subsidiary of Vodafone Group. As per the Financial Reports for the Financial Year 2016-17, the company earned a total Revenue of approximately INR 356,742 million and a Net Profit of INR 37,918 million. On 20th March, 2017, Vodafone India merged with Idea Cellular which created the largest telecom company in India by subscriber base as well as revenue.

Some awards and recognitions earned by the company in the Financial Year 2016-17 are:

• Vodafone M-Pesa won the Best Corporate/ Government Payments Programme at the Emerging Payments Awards

• Vodafone Business Services wins Frost and Sullivan ‘Best Enterprise Service Provide - SMB’ award

• Vodafone India recognised among the Top 20 at ‘Best Companies to Work for’

• Vodafone M-Pesa recognised by Rajasthan Govt. on its partnership with Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad (RGAVP) for empowering the rural women

Customer Base (in millions): 183.8

Total Revenue (Million): Rs356742.1

Net Income (Million): Rs37917.82

2. Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular is an Indian mobile network operator with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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The company was founded in 1995 and it offers the following services – 2G, 3G and 4G mobile services. Amid its commencement in 1995, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group and AT&T Wireless each held 33% value in the organization. Following AT&T Wireless' merger with Cingular Wireless in 2004, Cingular chosen to offer its 32.9% stake in Idea. This stake was purchased by the staying two partners equally. Tata forayed into the cell showcase with its own auxiliary, Tata Indicom, a CDMA-based versatile supplier and in April 2006, Aditya Birla Group reported the obtaining of the 48.18% stake held by Tata Group at INR 40.51 an offer adding up to INR 44.06 billion with 15% of the stake gained by Aditya Birla Nuvo and the staying by Birla TMT property Private Ltd. both AV Birla family possessed organizations. On 20 March 2017, Idea and Vodafone India reported that their particular sheets had endorsed a merger of the two organizations. The merger excluded Vodafone's 42% stake in Indus Towers Ltd. The merger created the biggest telecom organization in India by supporters and by income. Under the terms of the arrangement, the Vodafone will hold a 45.1% stake in the consolidated substance, the Aditya Birla Group will hold 26% and the rest of the offers will be held by the general population.

The company is listed in the following stock exchanges in India:

• Bombay Stock Exchange

• National Stock Exchange of India

As per the Financial Report for the Financial Year 2016-17, the company earned a total Revenue of INR 358,827 million and a Total Comprehensive Income of INR 27,142 million.

Customer Base (in millions): 185.2

Total Revenue (Million): Rs369313

Net Income (Million): Rs4875

1. Airtel

Airtel is an Indian Telecommunications company with its headquarters in New Delhi, India.

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Bharti Airtel has operations in approximately 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, and has a strong presence in the industry. The services provided include – GSM, 3G, 4G LTE, fixed line broadband and voice services, enterprise services. Bharti Airtel is the largest mobile network operator in India with a subscriber base of approximately 269.71 million GSM mobile customers, 2.1 million Homes customers and 12.815 million Digital TV Subscribers. The vision of the company is to enrich the life of their customers and are obsessed with winning customers for life through exceptional experience.

Bharti Airtel was established on 7th July, 1995 as a public limited company. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as well as the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). The symbols are: BHARTIARTL (NSE), 532454 (BSE). The current Chairman of the Company is Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal. As per Ind-AS Accounts, Bharti Airtel earned a Total revenue of INR 954,684 million and a Net Income of INR 37,997 million in the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2017.

Some awards and recognitions earned by the company in the year 2016-17:

• Ranked first in a listing of 100 emerging market multinational companies

• Recognised as the ‘Firm of the Year – Telecom’

• Secured the second position in ‘Best Indian Brands Report’.

• Declared winner of ‘Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance’

Customer Base (in millions): 269.7

Total Revenue (Million): Rs984933

Net Income (Million): Rs47455

Rank Methodology:

1. The leading telecom companies are taken

2. Parameters like customer base, total revenues and net income are given weightages of 0.6, 0.3 and 0.1 respectively

3. The final scores are calculated to derive the final ranks

Two-wheelers, motorcycles, scooters, bikes have consistently risen in terms of business and reach. A lot of countries, especially developing countries like India, China etc have a huge population who prefer bikes over cars. This opportunity has been aptly tapped by the largest motorcycle & bike companies in the world. The top bike brands in the world include names like Honda, Hero Motocorp, Yamaha, Harley Davidson, Kawasaki, Bajaj etc. Here is the list of the top 10 bike (motorcycle) brands in the world 2017.

Quick Glance at the Top Bike Companies in World 2017

1st place: Honda

2nd place: Yamaha

3rd place: Harley Davidson

4th place: Hero Moto Corp

5th place: Bajaj

6th place: Kawasaki

7th place: BMW

8th place: TVS

9th place: Piaggio

10th place: Royal Enfield

For More details about rankings and parameters, read on.

Largest Bike Companies 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Units Sold):

10. Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield was a brand name under which the Enfield cycle company limited of Redditch, Worcestershire.

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The company has an aim of making the bikes as a cult product which is for passionate bikers in India and globally. Royal Enfield has had a revenue increase by 10% to $0.9Bn, making it one of the largest bike brands globally. The company has a wide presence across the globe with its sale happening in many countries. The company is England based but in India, it is sold by Eicher motors. The company has a huge employee base and operate in many countries. Royal Enfield has invested a lot in branding and marketing activities. The company has invested a lot in this and also got the results.

Enfield Cycle company started as the weapons manufacturer and was popular for rifles. The company has a logo that has cannons and the motto- “Made like a gun”.

Royal Enfield has been a company in domination almost 50 years. Company has a high brand value it has made many advertisement based on the advertisements and Public relations. It is famous for its classic retro look of 1960’s. the brand has come up with 2 models, thunderbird and classic.

Revenue: $0.9B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 500

9. Piaggo

Piaggio was founded by Rinaldo Piaggio in 1884 and initially it started with locomotive and railway carriages.

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The company produces motorcycles, mopeds and many urban usage bikes under its brand name. The company has created many bikes like Vespa, Aprilia Moto Guzzi, and motorcycles brand like Gilera, Derbi and Scarabeo, which are all very popular two wheeler brands globally. Aprilia is the real sporty flagship brand of Piaggio Group and it has recorded highest wins in many competitions around the world and meets needs of young people.  Gilera is a sporty and elegant brand that is targeting. Moto Guzzi is one of the noblest brands in global motorcycling and scarbeo being one of the premium bikes. Vespa brand that created history with selling more. Piaggio group also operated in many countries. The company is Foshan Piaggio has an amazing record in motor racing competitions winning more than 100 world titles.

Revenue: $1B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 340

8. TVS

TVS is a company founded in the year 1978 by T. V. Sundaram Iyengar and it is a Chennai based company.

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The company has had a phenomenal growth in last two decades and its has produced bikes for Indian roads and requirements. TVS motor company is the 3^rd largest two wheeler manufacturer in India after Hero and Bajaj, and is among the leading motorcycle brands in the world. The company has diversified its industry to many fields to aviation electronics and finance. It has more than 90 companies under its umbrella.

The company has launched many bikes in category of sports and households. For sports it launched Apache series, and for urban transport it released bikes like Phoenix 125, star city, sport and for ladies targeted bikes it launched bikes like Jupiter and pep. TVS has 4 manufacturing plants. And a plant is located in Indonesia. The plants in India are in Hosur, Mysore, Nalagrah. Company in the 2000’s became more famous in youth due to wide variety of bikes it launched in the short span of time. Suzuki has been a partner for the technology.

TVS has also partnered with the companies like Sherco, and opened unit in Dakar Rally. The TVS has also won many titles in India and Globally for the quality and the mileage.  TVS basically advertise on the same thing. The company says Mileage and quality for the Indian market.

Revenue: $1.8B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 2900

7. BMW

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) is German based company which was started in 1923.

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The company’s production unit is situated in Berlin, Germany, where they manufacture motorcycles of more than 450CC, 800CC, 1200CC and 1300CC. BMW motor cycles use powerful engines, and is a popular bike brand across the world. The engines are made in Austria, China, Taiwan and other countries across the world. BMW is famous for manufacturing the motorcycles for the sports. The motorbikes like s1000RR, K1600B etc. the company has a over made many kind of bikes ranging from the sports, tour, roadster, adventure and urban mobility under which the bikes are classified under product lines. The family is assigned a different letter prefix like F,G, K, S, R series.

BMW motored is a regular in Dakar Rally which is an annual truck, car and motorcycles in South Africa. It has been frequent winner in the many race competitions.

Revenue: $2.7B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 137

6. Kawasaki

The company started in the year 1986 by shozo Kawasaki and headquartered in Chicago, under the name Meguro eventually they started selling in the name of Kawasaki.

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They also manufactured locomotives, engines and passenger carriages, and eventually in 1949 they started production of engines for motorcycles. In 1969 they were noticed by the international market with the release of 500cc H1, 250cc S1 and 350cc S2. Kawasaki’s Z1 was the first superbike of Kawasaki. It became very famous superbike due to high performance and price. Kawasaki also participates extensively in the motorsports.

Kawasaki is pioneered the personal watercraft business in 1973. Today JET SKI watercraft brand is a leader in an exploring market.  Kawasaki is also doing very well in sports section nowadays in racings. The company has sold as many as 23,000 bikes in the year 2016 with revenue of $3.2B.

Revenue: $3.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 23

5. Bajaj

Bajaj Auto is one of the most well renowned two wheeler brands in India, with a strong international presence.

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The company was founded in the year 1945 as a small selling imported company in India but soon it started its own manufacturing in Pune. Bajaj Auto is now in many places like Chakan, Waluj and Pantnagar, serving all Indian cities and even has a strong global market. The company has also regularly invested money in R &D for its bikes. The company’s first and famous bike Bajaj Chetak was a huge hit in India. There were many others like Vespa and Priya which hit the Indian market but the Chetak ruled the market. This was launched in the year 1986, and after the launch there was no turning back for the company. Bajaj Auto introduced the bikes like Pulsar, Discover and Platina which were most famous when they were launched and these bikes occupy the Indian market now also. Pulsar was the biggest hit and that won many award in the Indian as well as the global level. Bajaj is now one of the largest producer of the three-wheeler in world.

The Chairman Mr. Rahul Bajaj made the company so strong in the global level now with his passion and dedication towards the work.

Now the company has huge global presence in Asia, Africa and Latin America in more than 50 countries. Bajaj auto has also own a huge stake in KTM power sports AG. This company produced many off road bikes for the racing purpose and also won many races.

Revenue: $3.8B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 4300

4. Hero Motocorp

Hero Motocorp is an India two wheeler company based in New Delhi, which serves customers worldwide.

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Hero Motocorp was initially founded as a cycles company but later ventured into bikes, and has since then become a leader in motorcycles, scooters and bikes. It was founded in the year 1984 and it was famously known as Hero Honda because of its venture with Honda in India. But the JV lasted till 2011 and later the two entities separated. The company has its manufacturing sites at Gurgaon, Dharuhera and in Haridwar. It is the current largest bikes manufacturer in India and also one of the most admired brand. Its success mantra is expansion policy and dedication towards Indian market.

The company has reached the people of India through their any outlets and distribution. The system of distribution is so good that even the remotest village has an outlet. The company mainly produces 250cc for the Indian market. It is focusing on only the urban and rural usage for commuting purpose.

The company’s famous bikes include Karizma and Xtreme which dominated in the sport segment. Splendour did a splendid job. Gaining more than half of the market. The company released many bikes like Deluxe, Dawn, Passion and Glamour. Company pitches on mileage and light weight. It is one of most fuel efficient bikes in India. Many Indians prefer bikes for the same reason. They mostly borrows Japanese technology for their bikes.

Revenue: $4.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 7000

3. Harley Davidson

Harley Davidson is a USA based Company, which has made significant contributions in the field of motorcycles.

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The company was founded in the year 1903 in the city of Wisconsin and since then become a cult motorcycle brand. The company has an aim of creating a bike brand which is recognised across the world, and has a strong presence with its masculine body & performance. The company’s revenue decreased by 12% to $5.3B. Harley Davidson has a presence in more than 100 countries, and it has acquired companies to grow further. The company has a huge employee base and operates in over 100 countries. The brand has invested a lot in development and has also got the results due to the same.

It has many bikes in the portfolio that mainly fall into one of the six categories- Street, V-rod, Dyna, Sportster, Touring and Soft tail which are characterized by its engine, frame, suspension and other characteristics.

Revenue: $5.8B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 265

2. Yamaha

Yamaha was founded in the year 1955 and it is based in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Yamaha is the company which produces the bikes ranging from street bikes, dirt bikes and urban motorcycles. It started as a piano company in the world war2, and after the war it started manufacturing the bikes. Yamaha currently hold one of top places in the motorcycle manufacturing. It is renowned for its design in its sports bikes. Yamaha also manufactures tyres, engines, boats. The company has a range of dirt bikes which hold a racing competition in the USA. The company attends many racing events globally and it is famous for endorsing the racing spirit through their bikes.

Yamaha first motorcycle was two wheeled 125cc single cylinder, the YA1 was a huge success in racing winning many events like Ascent race. Yamaha has been a star performer in events throughout the history. Yamaha always focussed on the engine and the pace. The first motorcycle to feature four stroke is YZF R1 was one of the popular also. Yamaha also focuses on design and through that it has become one of the best and most admired company in the globe now.

Revenue: $13.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 5600

1.Honda

Honda Motor Co, is a public company based out of Japan, is one of the fastest growing companies in the world.

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Honda has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and incorporated on October 28, 1948. It is spread over 28 countries with 73 plants in all, and the brand is into developing, manufacturing and marketing of automobiles. Its portfolio consists of motorcycles, automobiles, power products, financial services etc. Honda was initially a motorcycle manufacturing company which entered into automobile manufacturing in late 60s after Toyota and Nissan, its Japanese counterparts.

Honda’s motorcycles are collection of sports, business and commuter models. It has a portfolio of Moped and light motorcycles like Ape series, Cub series, CT series etc; motorcycle models like Bros/HawkGT, CB series, CBR series etc; off road models like XR250R, XR600R etc; dual purpose models like CRF250L, XR650L etc; motocross models like CR250R, CR85R Expert etc; scooters like Big Ruckus, CN250, Elite, Silver wing etc; racing models like Honda RC series, RC211V etc; all terrain vehicles like Honda ATC70, Honda ATC90.

Honda’s global automobile portfolio consists of Fit, Civic, Accord, Insight, CR-V, CR-Z, Legend, Odyssey. Honda City is the most used mid-size Sedan Car in India. It is one of the top 10 cars which one can see on Indian roads.

Revenue: $15.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 17661

Rank Methodology

1. The leading motorcycle and bike brands in the world are considered

2. Parameters like revenues and number of motorcycles sold in a year are taken

3. The final ranks are created on the basis on revenue

Media and broadcasting have grown at a significant pace over the last few years. News channels, entertainments, sports, online media etc have all been driven by the leading media and broadcasting companies in the world. All these biggest media and broadcasting companies have a global presence reaching out to almost every corner of the earth. The top media and broadcasting companies include names like Comcast, Walt Disney, Time Warner, Charter Communications, Liberty Global etc. Here is the list of the top 10 media and broadcasting companies in the world 2017 as per revenue, profit.

Quick Glance at the Top Media Companies in the World 2017

1st place: Comcast

2nd place: Walt Disney

3rd place: Time Warner

4th place: Charter Communications

5th place: Liberty Global

6th place: British Sky Broadcasting

7th place: Dish Network

8th place: CBS Corp

9th place: Viacom

10th place: News Corp

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

Largest Media & Broadcasting 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Profit):

10. News Corp

Headquartered at New York, News Corp was founded in the year 2012 and is engaged in creation and distribution of media, news and information services.

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It is a firm that considers consumers at the heart for what they are, and they are moving market with the power of information they own and striving to unlock the power information. They also deliver the content that anticipates the need of its customer by delivering unique and meaningful experiences to them. They are united by passion for enlightening and engaging its subscribers by world class journals and information they provide. In all they are trying to build heritage of innovation and challenging the status quo in this field of broadcasting and information. It includes News Corp Australia, News UK, Dow Jones, New York Post, Harper Collins Publishers, News America Marketing, storyful and move companies in its business networks. The philanthropic mission of the firm is to improve lives of others. They are investing in innovative approaches to learning to strengthen and support students. They are also associated in providing shelter, meals, clothing, tutoring to children in under resourced communities. Since they are committed in pushing the world’s information forward they are also associated with those organisations that protect and defend the ability of journalists to fulfil their duties across the world.

When it comes to making career with News Corp, it is a firm that values big, bold thinkers with the ability to bring great ideas to the market. There are opportunities in working on what’s happening in news, sports, entertainment to reaching the most influential people every morning. It is great place who want to work and make difference. Recognised as leading hub for high tech innovation and technology, it is a place of fast paced, creative and dynamic people working to help its readers make sense of the modern world.

Revenue: $ 8.14 billion

Profit: $ -0.363 billion

9. Viacom

Established in the year 2005, Viacom, Inc is a global entertainment content company founded by Sumner M. Redstone headquartered in New York.

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It provides compelling TV programs, short form video, applications, games, motion pictures, social media and other entertainment related content. It operates through Media Networks and Filmed entertainment segments. Across the globe it has reached more than 160 countries with approximately 700 million subscribers. The company’s leading brands includes MTV, comedy central, SPIKE, VIVA, VH1 and many others. It connects kids, youth and adults and develops authentic content for distinct audience like African-Americans, millennial generation, LGBT viewers and more.

When it comes to media networks it has the largest portfolio of add supported cable networks in US. It is among the most diverse, vibrant and culturally relevant collection of brands in media. Its business is driven by innovation, deep understanding of audiences and creativity. Viacom has one of the best cultures considering employees as the strength of their company fostering an environment that engages and respects each individual supporting them to flourish both professionally and personally. They embrace global diversity and inclusions in its entire works, on screen to off, from films to employee programs.

When it comes to career opportunities it’s a place which has diverse mix of talented people who do their best work. Its success runs on hard work and passion of its creative employees. It’s fully focussed on equality and diversity of sexual orientation, religion, national origin, race, gender and many others that make them different. In all it’s a firm that strives for creative excellence and cultural impact across every segments it works on.

Revenue: $ 12.66 billion

Profit: $ 1.39 billion

8. CBS Corp

Founded in the year 1986, CBS Corp is a mass media company founded by Sumner Murry Redstone and is headquartered in New York.

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It creates and distributes content to the audience across the world on variety of platforms, and it operates through publishing, local media, cable, networks and entertainment. The company’s history backs to the dawn of broadcasting age to the new venture that operates on the leading edge of the media. Today it has become one of the most watched television networks in U.S making the company “The EYE” most recognised in business because of its largest library of entertainment content.

CBS group includes CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), and CBS Studios International, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and many other best channels. The business conduct statement talks of the firm’s consistency. By visibly and continually reaffirming their commitment with highest standards of business behaviour they instill an ethic in the organization that allows individual employees to exercise their very best judgment.

The firm strives to use its power to produce quality news, diversity efforts and socially responsible content for the public good to earn CBS distinction of public trust. It also has taken the commitment to build greener and sustainable environment in the community they serve. Working with CBS is an exciting time. It been the industry leader in media and has evolved continuously. They offer opportunity to work with diverse group of men and women with decades of knowledge and wealth of resources. It provides comprehensive and flexible benefits programs to enjoy competitive compensation as well as board range of benefits and incentives.

Revenue: $ 13.17 billion

Profit: $ 1.26 billion

7. Dish Network

Established in the year 1980 by Charles W. Ergen, Cantey W. Ergen and James DeFranco, Dish Network Corp in headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

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It operates trough broadband services, Pay TV and wireless segments, and it provides satellite television, interactive television services and audio programming to its customers in United States. As of today it has reached approximately reached 13.7 million televisions to 600000 broadband subscribers and has employed close to 16000 people. Dish’s main business is satellite television and viewers choose from series of services paying more money for more channels. With acquiring of Blockbuster LLC it is diversifying its offering and is using IP rights to offer streaming and mail-order video services. Further to it Dish also started digital video recorder Dish Hopper (DVR) in 2012 which allowed customers to watch programs without commercials. There after it has rapidly grown with Dish Net, Sling TV and acquisitions and expansion of its business.

The culture of Dish Network is focussed around C P A W curiosity. Pride. Adventure. Winning which drives to do personal best and the courage to face the challenge with determination and success. If you are ready for your chance to shine and work for  fortune 200 company Dish provides huge variety of career paths across united states. It also provides other career opportunities in customer service in-home services, corporate careers, sales etc to have diverse and driven workforce who take the initiative to create great professional organisation.

Revenue: $ 15.1 billion

Profit: $ 1.45 billion

6. British Sky Broadcasting

Sky Plc was founded in the year 1988 and headquartered in Middlesex, the United Kingdom.

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It is an entertainment company which provides TV and WiFi services. It is serving around 22 million customers with close to 57 products connected to more than 11 million homes. It has 30000 plus employees with 11000 plus customer service agents and engineers operating across Europe, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy. The company has its flagship brands like sky Atlantic, sky cinema, sky sports, sky news, sky arts, sky living and sky 1. Today it is offering its customers world leading entertainment with 80000 plus hours of live sports coverage.

The company believes in better which means providing the best quality entertainment to the entire family using technology .They believe in making life better through entertainment and connecting people at affordable prices so that millions can join in. They are equally committed in behaving responsibly and do right things for the community they live and work. Giving employees all the importance for critical success for the company, they foster a culture where they can give their best and fulfil their potential to achieve greater in life.

It has displayed responsible business from keeping the customers information safe to reducing the environmental impact. Towards customer they are committed in delivering high editorial standards, to designing innovative products to come up with great ideas to make great things happen every day. They have also displayed responsible behaviour towards sourcing and environment by developing strong partnership with its suppliers with proper policies to ensure they have met their standards. Also to reduce environmental impact they are producing sustainable products and helping in tackling climate change. In all they believe that every young person has potential and just need right opportunity to unlock it. Across their business whether in front camera or off screen they are always looking for new ways to make the lives of customers better.

Revenue: $ 17.08 billion

Profit: $ 0.8474 billion

5. Liberty Global

An international cable company founded in the year 2013 stands 5^th in the list of top ten Media and broadcasting in the span of 4 years with revenue of 20.1 billion dollars.

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Liberty Global Plc provides cable, internet and television services and is currently headquartered in London, United Kingdom. They have their fibre network stretching over 800000 plus kms serving close to 29 million customers providing ultimate entertainment experience. They are experts in providing ultrafast and seamless connectivity in and out of the house. It has around 50 million houses passed with 50 million video, internet and voice subscribers. As of today it has employed 45000 people in the firm. It is established player in Latin America and Caribbean, having operation in more than 30 countries all over. Its commitment to innovation has enabled them to deliver market competitive products through next generation technologies and networks.

In 2016 it acquired Plc to form leading TV and telecoms firm in Latin America. As of today it operates through 12 European countries and over 20 Latin American countries with brands like Ziggo, VTR, Liberty, Virgin Media and many others.

The vision of the company is Connect, Discover and be free which keeps them focussed on bringing amazing entertainment experience through incremental penetration of their services. Their strategy emphasizes on superior organic growth, fruitful M&A and commitment to equity returns which pushes them to more technical innovation and simplify the digital lives of people. The career in Liberty puts you on the front on ever expanding industry which encourages one to explore and achieve full potential through challenging work and empower you to grow and build a career where exactly you wanted to be.

Revenue: $ 20.01 billion

Profit: $ 1.71 billion

4. Charter Communications

Charter communications, Inc in associated in providing broadband communication services which include TV, video entertainment programming, internet access and spectrum voice.

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It was founded in the year 1999 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut United States. It is serving over 25 million customers in 41 states and is the second largest cable operators in US by subscribers after Comcast. It is also the fifth largest telephone provider in the basis of subscribers line count. Later in the year 2016, Charter communications acquired Time Warner and Bright House networks making the third largest pay TV services in US for a deal of $65.5 billion. Further it has expanded to reach 2 million households not provided broadband moving into rural areas not served with high speed internet and increase the visibility.

Today charter is serving more than 25 million people in 41 states. It has always been in pace with technology and is serving most of its customers through legacy set up boxes and DVRs and is further committed to provide all digital network and standard internet speeds across all service areas. Charter communication has also several awards to its name. In 2011 it received fastest ISP award for providing internet services twice the speed during 2011 business year. It has also won Cable Fax topops for day of service for their excellent customer service. It also has 2007 multi system operator of the year along with best company to work for based on the survey created to charter employees. Today it is in 331 rank in the list of fortune 500 best companies.

When it comes to CSR it is committed to improve communities and impact lives where their customers live work and play. In this regard they have spectrum housing assist which has the goal of making 25000 homes safe and healthier by 2020. In all their philanthropic efforts are set to bring in a difference to the society they serve.

Revenue: $ 29 billion

Profit: $ 3.52 billion

3. Time Warner

Founded on January 10^th 1990 Time Warner Inc. is headquartered in New York and is a media and entertainment company engaged in provided publishing services, film entertainment and cable network.

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Time Warner deliver premium content worldwide to its audience through its industry leading operating scale, and their aim is to become the world’s leading video content company. As a global media group, they focus on creating value for the company by leveraging big data, consumer insights. Their strategy is to invest in mid-size companies that can generate value for the company. It owns some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry such as HBO, Warner Bros., and CNN, DC Comics etc. Their corporate responsibility is to tell the world stories by leading responsibly and making their business greener. On October 22, 2016 AT&T announced its intent to acquire Time Warner for $108 billion when Time Inc. agreed to a merger with Warner Communications, creating the largest media conglomerate in the world at that time.

When it comes to working with Time Warner, its leader in media and entertainment providing exciting and rewarding career opportunities across various disciplines. As they are the innovators in technology, products and services they hire the most talented individuals who are committed who reflect the core values of its firm. It is leading in the industry with several awards like best place to work, world’s most ethical companies, top 50 organisations for diversity and many others in the list.

Revenue: $ 29.32 billion

Profit: $ 3.92 billion

2. Walt Disney

Founded in the year 1923 by Walter Elias Disney, Walt Disney is headquartered in Burbank, California.

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Walt Disney Company commonly known as Disney has established itself as one of the leaders in the American animation industry with business diversification into film production, television entertainment and theme parks. It is an entertainment giant that also owns cable networks, including ESPN, Disney channel and American Broadcasting Company. Disney operates through a number of studios with each studio crafting a special type of content for its audience. The company distributes film under Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, and Dream Works Studios etc. Disney’s stories, characters and content reach every member of the family. It has operations in 40 countries and the team work together to create entertainment experiences for the global audience. Disney maintains its strategy of investing in a number of entertainment offerings across film production, television entertainment and theme parks.

Disney’s future plans continue to be international expansion of its existing businesses and continue investing in new business lines. Disney has many accolades to its name and features in Fortune’s list of world’s most admired companies. Mickey Mouse one of the earliest and well-known cartoon creation is the mascot for Disney.

Revenue: $ 54.94 billion

Profit: $ 8.99 billion

1. Comcast

Established in the year 1963, Comcast Corp is a media, communication and entertainment firm involved in providing services in phone, video and internet to the customers in US.

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The company was started by Ralph J Roberts, Julian A Brodsky and Daniel Aaron, and currently has it’s headquarter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Comcast operates majorly through 5 segments of Cable Networks, Broadcast Television, Cable communications, Theme parks and Filmed entertainment. Inspired by rich heritage Comcast has the experience, creativity and leadership to shape the future of media and technology topping the list of fortune 500 broadcasting and cable industries in terms of its performance and business services it provides.

Its core values revolves to earn respect and trust from its customers, share holders and members of society where 153000 employees strive to shape the future of media and technology. The four core values include community investment through digital literacy, youth education and leadership, by providing the best media to its customers and philanthropic efforts. The second of its value includes diversity and inclusion which best strives to get in innovation in their services, the third one being sustainability by going green and forth one being integrity in doing business. When it comes to its philanthropic acts Comcast offers low cost internet and cable services to schools through US E-rate program. Innovation, passion and entrepreneurialism had driven Comcast to create businesses and reshape the industries with its vision taking it forward to embrace the future through inspired view on what is possible.

Thus Comcast is a company which reimagines the industry, invent new technologies and creates theme park, movies that convert experiences of millions people in to thrill and entertainment every day. They turn every customers feedback into great app experiences and create powerful experience to millions.

Revenue: $ 80.4 billion

Profit: $ 8.7 billion

Ranking Methodology:

Step 1: Top 20 companies were shortlisted based on their sales and revenue

Step 2: 3 Parameters Revenues, Net income were scaled using Min-Max Normalization

Step 3: Normalized values were weighted with 50% Revenue, 50% Net income

Step 4: Based on the values, ranking was done

French companies have a strong presence not only in Europe but across the world. The largest companies in France are spread across sectors like banking, automobile, pharmaceutical, energy etc. The top companies in France include names like Sanofi, AXA, Total, BNP, EDF, Renault along with Saint-Gobain, VINCI, Renault etc. Here is the list of the top 10 companies in France 2017.

Quick Glance

1st place: AXA Group

2nd place: Total

3rd place: BNP Paribas

4th place: EDF

5th place: Peugeot

6th place: Renault

7th place: Christian Dior

8th place: VINCI

9th place: Saint-Gobain

10th place: Sanofi

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

10. Sanofi

Sanofi is a world leader life sciences company with a strong workforce of 100,000 employees in approximately 100 countries.

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The company has also 87 manufacturing facilities in some 38 countries and provide services in over 170 countries. The company has five major business verticals namely diabetes & cardiovascular, vaccines, general medicines & emerging markets, consumer healthcare and specialty care. Sanofi has always been an innovation driven firm with the company spending €5.2 billion in research and development in 2016. The group has close to four R&D hubs spread across Europe, Asia and North America. The company reaps 36.6% of its revenue from USA followed by 28.4%(emerging markets), 25.7%(Europe) and 9.3%(rest). In 2016, General medicines contributes 42.8% of revenue to the firm followed by cardiovascular & diabetes (18.9%)

Being a responsible pharmaceutical company, Sanofi has stringent internal quality processes and structures with compliance systems in place to align themselves with the regulatory framework. The company has partnerships with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, WHO amongst others thus strengthening the commitment of the organisation to tackle the menace of health inequality by providing affordable healthcare to a third of world’s population. The company has committed to address the climate change by reducing their energy and carbon footprint and optimization the production, wastage & disposal, filling and packaging of their products.

As of FY 2016-’17, Sanofi has total sales of $37.4 billion and net profit of $5.2 billion and they are ranked as tenth best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 37.4

Profits ($Bn): 5.2

9. Saint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain was established in 1665 headquartered in Paris and today the group employs more than 170,000 people with operation in more than 68 countries with 8 research centres.

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The company has immense experience and ability to transform their offerings by upholding high quality and innovative products. The company has consistently performed well among challenging global environment and the emphasis laid on energy efficiency to cut down electricity consumption and contribute to green and responsible corporate influence to address global warming and climate change. They have products ranging from photovoltaic glass, window glass, insulation and water supply systems to meet the growing challenges in the design and construction industry. The company has high performance materials like abrasives, performance plastics, fabrics, ceramics and flat glasses and they have a R&D budget of close to €430m.

Saint-Gobain serves automobile industry, residential construction, commercial structures and industrial applications. In India, the company has two business Saint Gobain India private Limited and Grindwell Norton Limited. The construction products of saint gobain are CertainTeed(external building solutions), Gyproc(gypsum products), Weber(tiles,grouts,sealers) and pipes. The company has core values which guides their vision and mission such as commitment, loyalty, integrity, respect and solidarity.

As of FY 2016-’17, Saint Gobain has total sales of $43.2 billion and net profit of $1.5 billion and they are ranked as ninth best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 43.2

Profits ($Bn): 1.5

8. VINCI

VINCI is a concessions and contracting company headquartered in France which was established in 1899 by Mr. Alexandre Giros and Louis Loucheur.

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It is one of the largest infrastructure company in the world with 183,487 employees worldwide and a total of 270,000 projects. About close to 59% of revenue of the company was from France and 83% of total revenue was from their contracting business. The company employs close to 169,192 employees in contracting which is approximately 92% of their total workforce. VINCI pursues a strategy of finding a right mix of long term value creation for shareholders, builders, suppliers, employees and customers.

Contracting business requires relatively less capital and strong technical expertise whereas in concession business usually the business cycle is long and requires large amount of capital to sustain. Major business lines under concessions are VINCI airports and VINCI autoroutes and businesses under contracting is divided under VINCI energies, VINCI construction and Eurovia. The company has committed to build smart cities and eco- friendly designs to deal with the problems of urbanisation and better biodiversity planning by creating some benchmarks like ParkCap, Biodi(v)strict in association with ParisTech. The company wants to promote gender diversity and has set a target of having close to 25% of workforce by 2020. The group commits to build long term relationships with its stakeholders and also supports SMEs at local level.

As of FY 2016-’17, VINCI has total sales of $42.6 billion and net profit of $2.8 billion and they are ranked as eighth best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 42.6

Profits ($Bn): 2.8

7. Christian Dior

Dior was founded by Christian Dior in 1946. The company started with mannequins then launched parfums in the same year.

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Today, the company is a major luxury goods manufacturer with 210 retail stores, starting from fashion accessories, perfumes, clothing, jewellery, footwear and skincare products. The company’s primary source of distribution is through their retail stores but they also have an online presence. Mr Bernard Arnault is the current chairman of Dior and the company has made massive strides under his leadership. Even though most of the products in their portfolio were considered to be functional products traditionally, the designer series of their products and the quality made them to stand out from the rest of the products in that category. There was a shift from functional to innovative product and they were able to successfully position themselves as the luxury goods manufacturer among their target group.

After the arrival of Mr. Bernard Arnault in 1984 who also leads LVMH which is the world’s largest luxury group, the group expanded its global footprint by consolidating their product lines and merging complementing businesses. There were leadership change among their business lines as well during this period which re-ignited the brand Dior. The company has approximately 85,000 employees.

As of FY 2016-’17, Christian Dior has total sales of $43.7 billion and net profit of $2 billion and they are ranked as seventh best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 43.7

Profits ($Bn): 2

6. Renault

Renault was established in 1898. The company has a long and illustrious history with company designing the first two cylinder engine in 1902 which eventually led to the development of modern engines.

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In 1945, the company was taken over by the French government and was privatized again in 1998. The company has sold approx 2 million cars in Europe with 6 lakh cars in France alone with the market share of 26.4%. They operate in 36 countries with a strong workforce of 120,136 employees. Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung motors are the three brands of Renault and each have their own set of loyal customers. RSM is local brand and Dacia is one of the successful regional brands of the group and they have positioned themselves as reliable and sturdy player. The company thrives on innovation of its products and services and constantly revamping their design strategy which focuses on simplicity, warmth and sensuality. The overall emphasis is in improving the driving experience and comfort of the passengers which takes the centre stage when it comes to defining the brand identity of Renault.

Renault is also known for its engines, the company is major supplier for many top brands and has performed consistently well in terms of power, reliability and handling. Since, electric vehicles are forecasted to significantly drive revenues in automobile industry, the company has completely digitalized its production system and has adopted a more customer centric approach.

As of FY 2016-’17, Renault has total sales of $56.7  billion and net profit of $3.8 billion and they are ranked as sixth best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 56.7

Profits ($Bn): 3.8

5. Peugeot

Peugeot was established in the year 1810 and have the long history of designing innovative and creative automobile solutions with the right mix of technology and style.

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Over the years, the company has pushed boundaries on many fronts and has established itself as the leading car manufacturer in Europe. The company is known for many firsts like i-cockpit which offers excellent conditions for drivers by displaying all the required parameters required for safe driving. The company has concentrated on driving enhancements by designing compact steering and providing access to innovative features. They have developed the most efficient engine to reduce harmful emissions in BlueHDi diesel engine technology with unmatched performance and reliability. The major points of differentiation for Peugeot is the reliability of the performance, efficiency and innovation.

The company has also developed a raft of concept cars like L500R Hybrid, Traveller i-LAB, Fractal, 308R Hybrid, Quartz, etc.

As of FY 2016-’17, Peugeot has total sales of $59.8  billion and net profit of $1.9 billion and they are ranked as fifth best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 59.8

Profits ($Bn): 1.9

4. EDF

EDF was first established in 1946 by the French government is the one of the most responsible and efficient producer of electricity.

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EDF generate about 584 TWh of electricity out of which 78% is nuclear energy, 8% hydropower, 8% gas powered and just 3% of coal based power generation. The company is world leader in generating low carbon energy with 88% of electricity they generate declared free of CO2. They have close to 37 million clients worldwide and a strong workforce of 154,845 employees worldwide. They have expertise from electricity generation to marketing and transmission to consumers with high efficiency and low leakages. Sustainability and environmental consciousness lie at the heart of this firm with the company developing a framework for energy conservation and environmental preservation centred around three main issues. First: Providing customized energy solutions to their growing base of clients, second: Developing renewable energy capacity to 50GW by 2030, third: to expand their footprint to other developing countries to provide high quality energy solutions and also to cut down on emissions by leveraging their expertise.

The strategic vision 2030 of the company aims to provide better lives, better experiences and better energy for the world. In India, the company has solar energy facility which generates 47MWe and capacity addition project to generate 132MWe is under progress. Being an energy major, the company has adopted six major corporate social responsibility goals namely to cut down emissions and thereby to check climate change, professional and personal development of employees, affordable energy solution, innovation to boost efficiency in both production and transmission, consultation on projects and preserving biodiversity.

As of FY 2016-’17, Total SA has total sales of $78.8  billion and net profit of $2.5 billion and they are ranked as fourth best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 78.8

Profits ($Bn): 2.5

3. Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP)

BNP was founded after the merger of CNEP which was established in 1848 during severe financial crisis and the BNCI which was formed by entrepreneurs in the year 1930.

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Both the institutions were nationalised in the year 1945 and they are merged in 1966 to form the Banque Nationale de Paris. It was the first French nationalised bank and was later privatised in the year 1993 and the company was completely transformed. In 1999, they took over Paribas which was established in 1872 as first investment bank in France. The company’s business lines range from Corporate & Institutional banking under which they provide investment banking, global markets, Corporate banking and securities services. They also provide international financial services like Insurance, retail banking, wealth & asset management.  In Asia Pacific alone they have close to 15,000 employees and have partnerships with giants like State Bank of India, Bank of Beijing and Shinhan financial group.

The company has a very strong corporate philosophy of fighting social maladies and working with people to promote education, sustainability and culture. Their subsidiaries and joint ventures in India include SBI Life, Arval and Sundaram BNP Paribas mutual funds. The company had always worked on creating new and innovative solutions to customers and their stakeholders while having solid fundamentals amid a highly volatile global market. They have strong understanding of local markets in the countries they operate to provide best solutions and services to their corporate and institutional clients. Corporate Social responsibility of the group is maintaining their commitments to their economic responsibilities and working with governments and NGOs for social, civic and environmental commitments for sustainable development.

As of FY 2016-’17, BNP Paribas has total revenue of $ 74.7 billion and net profit of $ 8.4 billion and ranked as third best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 74.7

Profits ($Bn): 8.4

2. Total S.A

Total S.A first came into existence in the year 1924 and has become a leading company in Europe.

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The company is focused on fulfilling the energy needs of the customers and they have a long history of not only discovering the untapped energy and taking it to customers in different forms. They also have developed a very strong technical expertise in oil discovery, exploration, transformation and finally distributing to customers with high efficiency and reduced losses. Being an energy major, the company has the responsibility of delivering clean and safer energy options to contribute positively to the threat of climate change and global warming. At present, they operate in over 130 countries and have close to 98,000 employees working on the entire supply chain of energy business. Going forward the major challenges for the company would be to address the threat of climate change and sustaining good relationship with their customers. It is also worth noting that they are the fourth largest oil and gas major in the world. They have made rapid progress in green energy solutions especially the LNG and tapping the solar energy.

At every facet of their operations, the company adds value by developing an innovative solution to their customers’ needs. The business model of Total is an integrated one starting with exploration and production energy from sources namely the oil & gas, solar and the biomass. Then, they process them to develop required products like petrochemicals, polymers, etc. Finally, they market their products and customers by delivering to the end users which includes shipping.

As of FY 2016-’17, Total SA has total sales of $128.1 billion and net profit of $6.2 billion and they are ranked as second best company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 128.1

Profits ($Bn): 6.2

1. AXA

AXA is the multinational insurance firm offering wide range of services from investment banking to wealth management.

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They are established in 1817 and pioneers in the field of life insurance services, employee benefits, corporate insurance and retirement services. Their mission is to help people by managing their savings and assets to protect against any unfortunate events and to provide financial security. The company has built its expertise in risk management and insurance services to build a strong and safer world. The company’s core values are Innovation, Professionalism, Pragmatism, Integrity and Team spirit and they have close to 110 million clients both individual & group in over 64 countries. They are also consistently ranked as world’s best insurance company for eight consecutive years.

Being in this line of business, their incredible business acumen coupled with ethics and commitments to their customers have propelled this company as an household name in many countries. They have setup a corpus of 100 million euros for research in the areas of risk analysis and financial wealth management. They have approximately 165,000 employees worldwide working in the verticals of life insurance, asset management and property casualty business. The company contributes to reducing the emissions and waste by promoting awareness among its stakeholders and also pledged to address the issue of climate change. The company is also actively working on the fields of promoting low carbon economy through insurance and investment strategies.

As of FY 2016-’17, AXA has total revenue of $ 132.2 billion and net profit of $ 6.2 billion and are ranked as number one company in France.

Sales ($Bn): 132.2

Profits ($Bn): 6.2

Rank Methodology:

1. The leading companies of France are taken

2. Parameters like sales and profits are taken and weightages of 0.5 are given to each

3. Based on that a final score is calculated and the final ranks are evaluated

India is home to some of the largest companies in the world. The biggest Indian companies are spread across various sectors like oil & gas, banking, IT, automobile etc. The largest companies in India reach out to millions of customers, not only in India but have a strong global audience as well. The top companies in India include brands like Reliance, SBI, Indian Oil, Tata Motors, TCS along with HDFC, Infosys. Here is a list of the top 10 companies in India 2017 based on revenues and profits.

Quick Glance at the top Indian companies 2017

1st place: Reliance Industries

2nd place: Indian Oil

3rd place: TCS

4th place: Tata Motors

5th place: State Bank of India

6th place: Oil & Natural Gas

7th place: Bharat Petroleum

8th place: Hindustan Petroleum

9th place: Infosys

10th place: HDFC Bank

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

10. HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank is one of the giants in Indian Banking and Financial services industry.

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HDFC Bank is founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharastra. Mr Aditya Puri is the current Chief Executive Officer and the company has a workforce of more than 85000 employees. HDFC Bank provides various projects pertaining to the financial services such as credit cards, corporate banking, insurance, private banking, wealth management, equity, mortgage loans etc. The company has two subsidiaries: HDFC Securities Ltd. and HDB Financial Services Ltd. HDFC Securities deals in providing brokerage services while HDB Financial Services deal in non-deposit taking non-bank finance.

The Retail segment of the bank engages in raising the deposits made by the customers, provide loans, and distributes third-party financial products. The Wholesale Banking segment provides loans and transaction services to corporate customers. The Treasury Services segment undertakes trading operations on the proprietary account.

HDFC has been conferred with many awards in 2017. Some of the awards include Best Bank in Cheque Truncation System (CTS), Best Bank in National Automated Clearing House (NACH), Best Bank in National Financial Switch (NFS), Best Domestic Bank by Asiamoney India Banking Awards, Banker of the year – Mr. Aditya Puri by Business Standard Annual Awards.

Revenue in $Bn: 11.4

Profit in $Bn: 2

9. Infosys

Infosys is one of the largest Indian Multinational IT Services company in the country.

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Infosys is headquartered in Bangalore, India with Vishal Sikka as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. The company is the largest employer of H-1B Visa professionals in the US, having a strong global presence. Founded in 1981 by Narayana Murthy, it now has a workforce of more than 130000 professionals. The company deals in segments of Financial services and insurance providing companies. The key products of Infosys include NIA – Next Generation Integrated AI platform, Finacle, Skava etc., its offerings also include BPO services, Consulting services, IT services and B2B services.

Infosys has more than 30 clients worldwide which include big companies like Accernture, IBM Corporation, U.S.Army, HP, Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, ICICI Bank, Daimler Mercedes-Benz, HSBC BANK, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, etc. Infosys has received a number of awards namely Golden Peacock Award on Corporate Governance and Sustainability, Best Company in India at Finance Asia Platinum Awards, Vishal Sikka named CNBC Asia's India Business Leader Of The Year and many more.

Revenue in $Bn: 10.1

Profit in $Bn: 2.1

8. Hindustan Petroleum

Hindustan Petroleum is also a state-owned Oil and gas company like BPCL.

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The Government owns around 52% shares in HPCL and the headquarters are located in Mumbai, Maharastra. Mr Mukesh Kumar Surana is the current Chief Executive Officer with a workforce of more than 10000 employees. The company was founded in 1974 and the company deals with products like Oil, Natural Gas, Petroleum, Lubricants, Petrochemicals. Hindustan Petroleum has a number of refineries in India of which some are located in Mumbai, Vishakapatnam, Mangalore, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Hindustan Petroleum has a number of ongoing projects which include Visakh Refinery Modernization Project (VRMP), Mumbai Refinery Expansion Project (MREP), Uran-Chakan / Shikrapur LPG Pipeline Project, Wind Power Project under Phase – II and many more.

Hindustan Petroleum has won the Leadership Excellence Award, Golden Peacock Occupational Health & Safety Award, Green Business Award, ISRS certifications, Suraksha Puraskar – Bronze Trophy. Currently Hindustan Petroleum is placed 807th in Forbes Global 2000 companies.

Revenue in $Bn: 28.5

Profit in $Bn: 0.752

7. Bharat Petroleum

Bharat Petroleum is a state-owned Oil and gas company which was earlier known as Burmah Oil Company.

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Bharat Petroleum was acquired by the government in 1976 and thus Bharat Petroleum was founded in 1977. Currently the Chief Executive officer of the company is Mr Rajkumar Duraiswamy and the workforce includes around 13000 employees. The headquarters of the company are in Mumbai, Maharastra. Bharat Petroleum mainly deals with refining of crude oil and marketing of petroleum products. The company focusses in downstream petroleum and exploration & production of Hydrocarbons. Its products mainly include petroleum, Natural gas and some other petrochemicals. Bharat Petroleum is mainly based in refining activities in Mumbai and Kochi basins. Many projects of Bharat Petroleum are relating to the expansion of these refineries.

Bharat Petroleum has won the ABCI Silver award, SCOPE (Standing Committee in Public Enterprises), BPCL Director is among the most influential CFOs of India, ICE Awards, KSPCB Awards and many more.

Revenue in $Bn: 28.8

Profit in $Bn: 1.2

6. ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is an Indian multinational company dealing in Oil and Natural Gas.

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ONGC is also a PSU by the Indian Government, and it was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Mr Dinesh Kumar Sarraf is the current Chairman & Managing Director of the company with a workforce of more than 34000 employees. The main business ONGC engages is the production of Oil, LPG and natural gas. It also processes crude oil and oil related products. ONGC is also engaged in transportation of Oil, Petrochemicals, power, and LPG.

ONGC has signed agreement with the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, a southern state, to invest around Rs. 78000 crores in KG Basin by FY 2021-22. ONGC also has launched a start-up fund if Rs.100 crore to encourage new ideas relating to oil and natural gas sector. ONGC’s foreign subsidiary ONGC Videsh Ltd. is in plans to acquire stake in CSJC Vankorneft, which owns Russia’s second-largest oil and gas fields. Some of the awards and achievements of ONGC include improved brand valuation – 7th in India, ICC PSE Excellence Awards, Bhamashah Award for setting up smart Classes and many more.

Revenue in $Bn: 19.9

Profit in $Bn: 2.2

5. State Bank of India

State Bank of India is a public sector, Indian bank which is government owned.

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It was founded on 1921 and was nationalised in 1956 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharastra. Arundhati Bhattacharya is the current Chairperson of the company and Mr Dinesh Kumar Khara is the CEO with a workforce of more than 200000 employees. State Bank of India deals in 4 segments preferably Treasury, Corporate Banking/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking and Other Banking Business. The Financial services of the include fund management, factoring, broking, credit cards, Life insurance, general insurance, merchant banking and the treasury segment includes various products like investment portfolio, trading in foreign exchanges,contracts and derivatives etc. The Retail Banking includes primarily personal banking, agency business and ATMs.

Recently in April, State Bank of India has merged with 5 sister banks State bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore making it India’s Largest Bank in terms of employees, customers, branches, ATMs. The company is currently placed 244 in the Forbes Global 2000 List.

SBI won NetApp Award 2017 for “Innovative Use of Data Storage”, National Payments Excellence Award for being the Highest Volume Contributor and excellent performance in all NPCI Products.

Revenue in $Bn: 43.7

Profit in $Bn: 0.667

4. Tata Motors

Tata Motors is an Indian Multinational automotive manufacturing company under the Tata Group.

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Tata Motors was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Mumbai under Mr Guenter Butschek as the Chief Executive Officer and Chandrashekaran Ramakrishnan as the President and CFO of the Tata Motors Group. Tata Motors has presence in 50 countries and is in an expansion mode internationally. Tata Motors products are broadly classified into 3 categories: Commercial Vehicle, Military vehicles, and Electric Vehicles. Tata Motors with the launch of Tata Nano and new model of Tata Ace has been able to create a buzz in the Indian market to provide them at low prices. Tata Motors R&D and manufacturing units are scattered in Asia, Africa and Europe for wider reach to the customers and to reduce costs.

Tata Motors has received several awards for various automobiles in many segments. Tata Tiago released as a passenger car has received Compact Car of the year award, Hatchback of the year, Car of the year, “Make in India” Award, and Value of money awards.

Revenue in $Bn: 41.2

Profit in $Bn: 1.7

3. Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services is an Indian IT company which is founded in 1968 by J.R.D.Tata.

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TCS is the world’s 9th largest IT services company by revenue, and is a subsidiary of the parent company named Tata Sons. Recently, Mr Rajesh Gopinathan who was the Chief Financial Officer of TCS succeeded Mr N Chandrashekaran as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr N Chandrashekaran was named as the Chairman of the parent company Tata Sons. TCS currently has a CEO-COO model after 7 years which helped the company in early stages of the company in 2000s. Tata Consultancy Services has more than 50 big clients like Allianz group, Cisco, HP, ING Group, Microsoft, Sony, Philips, Electronic Arts, Qualcomm, Hutchinson. TCS has around 300 offices across 48 countries and has presence in other countries as subsidiaries. Recently, TCS got into a partnership with Aurus Inc. to improve the payment technology to optimize better payment solutions for TCS Omnistore.

Tata Consultancy Services was honoured for B2B Brand Experience, Mobile Marketing campaign and social Responsibility Programs of the year at American Business Awards. It was also awarded National Intellectual Property Award and WIPO award for innovative Enterprise.

Revenue in $Bn: 17.4

Profit in $Bn: 3.9

2. Indian Oil Corporation

Indian Oil Corporation is India’s largest commercial enterprise for two consecutive years from 2015-17.

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The increase performance is due to the increase in the capitalization of the company by almost two fold in this fiscal year 2016-17. Balasubramanian Ashok is the current CEO and the headquarters are located in New Delhi. IOCL was founded in 1959 and has a current work force of around 33000 employees. IOCL operates its business through three main segments mainly petrochemicals and petroleum products. Some of the well-known petroleum products of IOCL are indane gas, SERVO lubricants and greases, Jet Fuel, etc. Some of the major projects of IOCL include Polypropylene plant at Paradip, Distillate yield improvement project at Haldia, BS-VI quality improvement project for refineries, De-bottlenecking of Salaya-Mathura Crude pipeline and many more.

Some of the achievements of IOCL include highest ranked Indian company in Fortune Global 500 listing, Best CFO award by ICAI, Best CSR project for Assam Oil School for women empowerment.

Revenue in $Bn: 54.1

Profit in $Bn: 1.7

1. Reliance Industries

Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) is one of the India’s largest conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharastra.

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Reliance has been founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in 1966 which later on has been taken over by Mukesh Ambani as its chairman with around 25000 workforce. Reliance has wide product based businesses in textiles, natural resources, and telecommunications, petrochemicals, energy, and retail and security services as service base business. Reliance industries is one of the investors paradise in recent times with its subsidiaries excelling in their respective fields. Some of these subsidiaries are: Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Retail, Reliance Life Sciences, Reliance Institute of Life Sciences, Reliance Clinical Research Services, Reliance Solar, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited.

Recently in 2016 Dhirubhai Ambani has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award. With the disruptive innovation in the telecommunication field in 2016-17 Reliance has been able to get more profits and also a better market position in the telecommunication arena. Reliance Jio Infocomm has been able to give stiff competition to the current market players in India and has proved to be one tech giant in this field. Reliance is the winner of the Confederation of Indian Industries’ ‘Sustainable Plus Platinum Award’ in late 2016 and is place 106 in Forbes global 2000 List in 2017.

Revenue in $Bn: 41.8

Profit in $Bn: 4.3

Ranking Methodology:

1. The leading companies from India are taken

2. Parameters like revenues and profits are taken and given equal weightages

3. Based on that, final scores are calculated to derive the final ranks

The largest companies in the world are brands which are present across various sectors like oil, retail, automobile, consumer electronics etc. The biggest companies in the world have revenues and profits in billions of dollars, which are driven by millions of customers worldwide. The top companies in the world comprise of global brands like Walmart, Sinopec, Toyota, Volkswagen, Shell along with Apple, Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell etc, which have a strong global reach and presence. Here is the list of the top 10 companies in the world 2017.

Quick Glance :

Top Companies in World 2017 are

1st Place : Walmart

2nd Place : Sinopec

3rd Place : Toyota

4th Place : Volkswagen

5th Place : Royal Dutch Shell

6th Place : Berkshire Hathaway

7th Place : Apple

8th Place : Exxon Mobil

9th Place : Samsung Electronics

10th Place : Daimler

For More details about rankings and parameters, read on.

10. Daimler

Daimler is a German automotive multinational that is among the most successful global companies in its sector.

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It is a leader in the production of premium cars and commercial vehicles that is involved in the production and marketing of trucks, motorcycles, buses and cars. The major divisions of the company include Daimler Trucks, Daimler Vans, Mercedes-Benz Cars and Mercedes-Benz Vans. The company started with humble origins in 1889, when Frederick Sims noticed the market potential of railcars produced by Gottlieb Daimler. The automobiles were formally introduced into England in 1890, leading to the setting up of Daimler Motor Syndicate Limited in 1893. The following decade saw Daimler become the first automotive company to be associated with royalty, when King Edward VII bought two Daimlers and declared the company the official motor car suppliers of the royal family.

The first major strategic move made by the company happened in 1926, when Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft AG and Benz & Company merged to form Daimler-Benz AG. The firm played a major role during World War 1, during which it emerged a major manufacturer of engines, tractors and shells for the military. Daimler soon entered the business of chartering airplanes as well, leading to the formation of Daimler Air Hire in 1924 which eventually formed the core of the national airways. During World War 2 as well, Daimler played an important role by producing 2700 armored cars and 6600 scout cars. Daimler also produced components for aircrafts.

Daimler was acquired by Jaguar Cats in 1960. The following years saw the company’s ownership change rapidly as the company was acquired by BMH and British Leyland in 1966 and 1968 respectively. In 1998, Daimler merged with Chrysler to form DaimlerChrysler AG. The Chrysler Group was soon sold off to Cerberus Capital Management in 2007. Finally, Daimler was bought by the Tata Group in 2007, in whose hands the company currently lies. The company is currently headed by Dieter Zetsche, and is headquartered in Stuttgart , Germany. Daimler currently employs over 280,000 employees

Sales ($Bn): 169.5

Profits ($Bn): 9.4

9. Samsung

Samsung has the distinction of being the largest “chaebol”, that is conglomerate, in South Korea.

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It has such a profound impact on the economic landscape of the country that it has been titled the “Miracle on the Han River”. Samsung was started on May 1st, 1938 by Leebyung Chull, originally as a grocery trading store specializing in noodles. The story of how it reached its present status is quite impressive. The grocery trading business started exporting its goods to China, and slowly expanded into other areas such as the Textile industry after the Korean War. In 1978, Samsung successfully completed the vertical integration of the textile industry, when it took control of all activities involved in its supply chain.

Subsequent years witnessed the diversification of Samsung into numerous fields. It entered the Heavy Industries, Ship Building and Aerospace sectors in the year 1978. Later, Samsung enter the Data Systems and consumer electronics market too. At present, Samsung is a global conglomerate of over 70 subsidiaries ranging from construction (the Burj Khalifa was built by Samsung) to fashion, with Samsung Electronics being the major contributor to revenues. This subsidiary is in itself subdivided into 3 distinct parts – Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics and Electronic Components. Recently, Samsung has even ventured into the health and pharmaceutical segment.

The most popular among Samsung’s products are smartphones. Smartphones alone accounted for 76% of profits in 2015. Samsung holds a competitive edge in this business owing to vertical integration that has been implemented here. Samsung held 22% market share in the smartphone segment in 2015, with Apple coming in second with a little over 16% market share. Samsung employed 489,000 employees as on 2014, which is more than Google, Apple and Microsoft combined. It accounts for a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and has three current CEOs.

Sales ($Bn): 174

Profits ($Bn): 19.3

8. Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil is an American oil and gas giant, which was formed as a result of the merger of two companies, Exxon and Mobil.

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Today, it is among the largest oil refineries in the world, producing around 6.3 million barrels per day. The firm operates under three brand names worldwide – Exxon, Esso and Mobil and Exxon Mobil also has several subsidiaries that are involved in shipping of petroleum, for example, Sea River Maritime and Imperial Oil Limited of Canada. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has the following three distinct operating categories, the upstream, downstream and chemical divisions. The upstream division is involved in exploration, extraction and shipping of oil; and the downstream division specializes in marketing and retailing operations.

The company was formed as a result of a merger between the largest oil company in the world, Exxon, and the 2nd largest oil company in the USA, Mobil, in 1999. Incidentally, both of these companies are successors of Standard Oil, which was established in 1870 by John Rockefeller. In 1911, Standard Oil was split into 34 distinct companies, among which were Jersey Standard and Standard Oil Co. of New York, which subsequently became Exxon and Mobil respectively.

The company has faced criticism from environmental activists, including Greenpeace, on account of pollution and alleged lethargy in responding to disasters. In 2005, it was the 6th largest contributor to airborne pollutants, and dedicated less than 1% of net profits to development of alternate energy. Exxon Mobil has also faced the heat for its involvement in environmental disasters such as the Yellowstone River oil spill, Exxon Valdez oil spill, Baton Rouge Refinery pipeline oil spill etc. In 2005, the company overtook Walmart to become the largest publicly held corporation by revenue in the world. The two firms have been closely competing for the top spot ever since. The current CEO of the company is Darren Woods, and it employs over 73,000 employees.

Sales ($Bn): 197.5

Profits ($Bn): 7.8

7. Apple

Apple is synonymous with design and simplicity and is a global electronics brand.

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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniack and Ronald Wayne founded the giant we know today in their garage on April 1st, 1976. Wozniack and Jobs were directly involved in the day to day affairs, while Ronald Wayne was more of an investor who eventually sold his shares of the company for just $500, 12 days after the company was founded. Apple was started to bring computers that were generally available only for professional use into the homes of people. They were, in a way the pioneers of Personal Computing. The Apple 1, The first product developed by Apple, was introduced in the market in 1976. Priced at $666, only 200 of these were produced over 1.5 years. Today, they have become highly collectible items. The Apple II was also released soon. This product was not a success, as customers thought that the pricing of the product, at $1300 per PC was too high for them to see any utility in the product.

Subsequent products tasted success again, for example such as the Mouse, the Macintosh etc. More recent products introduced into the market by Apple include the iPod, iPad, iOS, Apple TV etc. The iPhone was the most revolutionary product introduced by Apple in recent times. After the first version was released in 2007, total sales of iPhones hit 1 billion In July 2016. In 2013, Apple earned upto 70% of its total profits from the iPhone alone. Apple also enjoys a continuous source of revenue from its advent into digital content, with services such as iTunes and AppStore etc.

The major markets captured by Apple include North and South America, Europe, Australia and most of Asia. The current CEO is Timothy Cook, and Apple is the world’s most valuable brand according to Forbes list.

Sales ($Bn): 217.5

Profits ($Bn): 45.2

6. Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway is an American MNC conglomerate holding company, which was originally named the Valley Falls Company.

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The organization was started in 1839 by Oliver Chance, and the company is currently headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska and is headed by the illustrious Warren Buffet. The company we know today as Berkshire Hathaway was formed by a series of mergers and acquisitions, the earliest among which was the merger of Valley Falls with Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company. The firm thus created was named Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates. In 1955, the company merged with Hathaway Manufacturing Company, to form Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Following World War 1, the textile industry suffered a hit, and Berkshire Hathaway was also among the companies in trouble. Warren Buffet came to the firm’s rescue, and bought shares of the company. After a series of events, Warren Buffet ended up as the majority shareholder of the company, and thus gained control over the firm. In spite of the tough market scenario, efforts were made to maintain the core competence of the company in the textile industry, however, the company soon diversified into other verticals very soon, beginning with the investment and insurance fields.

In 1977, the organization acquired Buffalo Evening News, its first media firm, and by 1985 it completely shut down its operations in the textile industry. The following years saw the company grow in stature, following a series of corporate mergers. In 1996, the company acquired GEICO and FlighSafety International; while in 1998 it acquired General Re. 2007 saw the firm acquire the Nederlandse Reassurantie Groep to form the Berkshire Hathaway Assurance and enter the health, casualty and life insurance markets.

Of late, the firm has further diversified into a wide range of verticals, with the acquisitions of ACME Building Brands and Ben Bridge Jewelers in 2000, and the Business Wire in 2006. Currently, the firm has entered the markets of over 13 unique product categories, and employs more than 331,000 employees.

Sales ($Bn): 222.9

Profits ($Bn): 24.1

5. Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell, which is also commonly known as Shell, is a 108 year old oil and gas corporation.

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The company is headquartered in Netherlands, and was incorporated in the UK in 1907, and currently, Royal Dutch Shell operates in more than 70 countries worldwide. The organization was formed as a result of a merger between Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport & Trading, based in UK. Soon after inception, production and manufacturing operations were looked after by the Dutch firm, Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij, at Hague. Shell soon acquired the Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company in 1919, and just three years later, formed Shell Mex, which took care of all marketing operations of Shell worldwide. The company set up Shell Chemicals Ltd., which offers a diverse product portfolio including acetone, aromatics, phenol, alcohols and many more, in 1929. The Shell Mex House was completed in 1931, and the facility became the global head office for marketing operations in 1931. The head office was however shifted to Curacao in 1940.

In 1952, Shell became the first company to use computers for operation in the Netherlands. The iconic shell logo was designed by Raymond Loewy, who also designed the logos of BP and Exxon, in 1971. In 2004, the whole of Shell group moved to a single parent company, the Royal Dutch Shell. The company entered a joint venture with Cosan in 2010, resulting in the creation of Raizen. Royal Dutch Shell later acquired East Resources in the same year.

Shell is a vertically integrated organization, which deals with operations including exploration, production, refining, distribution, power generation, and petrochemicals, marketing and trading. The company currently employs over 93,000 employees, and the current CEO is Ben van Beurden.

Sales ($Bn): 234.8

Profits ($Bn): 4.7

4. Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German Automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg.

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The company was founded by the Deutsche Arbetsfront (German Labour Front) in 1937, under Adolf Hitler. The company was originally named “Gesellschaft Zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagen”, and focuses on two significant verticals – Commercial Vehicles and Passenger Vehicles. Some of the notable brands under passenger vehicles include Scania, Man, Neoplan and Volkswagen. Brands falling under the commercial vehicles vertical include Audi, Skoda, Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini and Volkswagen. In 1938, the company was officially renamed as Volkswagenwerk, and production of the KDF Wagen was started. This car was later rechristened as the “Beetle”, by advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach, so as to improve sales in the USA. The company was into the production of military vehilces such as the Kübelwagen, and Schwimmwagen for the following decade. In 1949, ownership of the company was transferred to the Government of Germany, and the first Beetle was sold in USA. The company went global in 1953, with the establishment of a factory in Toronto. The upcoming years saw rapid expansion, with manufacturing facilities being established in Brazil and America.

The firm entered into a joint venture with SEAT in 1960, and soon acquired the company, making it the first non-German subsidiary of Volkswagen. Disney, in 1968, came up with the movie Herbie, which was centered on a talking Beetle. Following this, sales soon crossed 15 million vehicles, surpassing the recors set by Ford’s Model T. The Beetle became the world’s most produced vehicle. In 1969, Auto Union and NSU Motorenwerke, subsidiaries of Volkswagen, were merged to create Audi.

The following years saw the company introducing the Golf MK3 and the Jetta in USA. Volkswagen acquired Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini in 1998. The Phaeton line was announced soon and an assembly plant was setup in Tennessee. Recent years saw the company being rocked by scandal; however, the company has done well to emerge from the ashes. The current CEO of the company is Matthias Müller, who took over the position in September 2015.

Sales ($Bn): 240.3

Profits ($Bn): 5.7

3. Toyota

Toyota is a Japanese multinational company specializing in the production of cars and trucks.

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The organization was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda, in the year 1933 as a part of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. The company was officially renamed as the Toyota Motor Company in the year 1937. The company has been at the forefront of technology and innovation, with the company coming up with a prototype for small car, a segment largely ignored by American car makers, in the year 1947. The model was officially released in the year 1949, and was quite a success in the market. The car was capable of running at a top speed of 54 miles per hour.

The upcoming decade was a challenging period of time for the company, owing to the bad market condition in Japan. The company produced $ 3.5 billion worth of cars, but was only able to generate $ 2.5 billion in sales. The resulting losses brought the company to the brink of being dissolved; Toyota pushed through these rough times however, by making some crucial decisions such as cutting down on manpower. Toyota came up with the iconic Toyota Production System (TPS) as well, starting in this period, so as to reduce the costs of production and streamline the operations of the plant.

The company introduced the popular Land Cruiser model in 1951. Simultaneously, production rates shot back up while focus was kept on improving the quality and reducing production costs. The measures taken to revive business succeeded, and both production and profitability started rising post these reforms. In 1966, the iconic Corolla was released and in 1980, Toyota rose to become the second largest car producer after GM. In 1984, the company entered a joint venture with GM and formed the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), and hence entered the American market. The company introduced the Lexus in 1989, and also established itself in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The Prius was released in 1997, and Toyota quickly overtook GM in the rankings in 2013. The company is headquartered in Aichi, Japan and the current President is Akio Toyoda.

Sales ($Bn): 249.9

Profits ($Bn): 17.1

2. Sinopec

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation is a Chinese energy and chemical company established in the year 1998.

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The scope of the company’s business covers oil and gas and a wide range of chemicals, and the company is state owned, and has a registered capital of $30 billion. The company is presently known as Sinopec Corporation, and is a listed market on both domestic and international markets. The firm went public in February 2000, when it issued $16.78 billion shares in 2000. Shares were simultaneously issued in Hong Kong, New York and London stock exchanges. At present, the company’s 76% of the ownership lies with the Sinopec Group, while international and domestic investors own 19% and 5% of the company’s ownership.

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation is the largest supplier and producer of petrochemical products and refined oil products. The firm is China’s second largest crude oil producer. Sinopec currently has more than 100 subsidiaries, which are engaged in a wide range of activities which include oil and gas exploration, refining, production, research and marketing of petrochemical and other related chemical products. Sinopec is also involved in foreign trade. The product portfolio of Sinopec includes polymers, synthetic fibers, resins, gasoline, jet fuel, fertilizers, diesel etc. The principal market of Sinopec includes the Eastern, Southern and Central regions of China. The company’s core competence lies in the petrochemical industry, and is a fully integrated company that incorporates upstream, midstream and downstream operations as well. The current CEO of the company is Fu Chengyu and currently employs more than 350,000 employees.

Sales ($Bn): 255.7

Profits ($Bn): 7

1. Walmart

Walmart is an American multi-national company that focuses on the target market of middle class and lower middle class consumers.

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The company believes in the philosophy of selling in high volumes, while maintaining a low profit margin, so as to pass on the benefit of the low prices to the end consumer. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962, the company is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas and currently employs over 2 million employees (associates). Post inception, the company expanded rapidly and had opened 24 stores in Arkansas by 1967. The following year saw the company opening three more stores in Oklahoma, Missouri and Clare. By 1970, Walmart had become a household name, and was listed on the NYSE when it went public in the same year. By 1974, expansion had reached top gear, with 125 stores employing over 7500 employees and generating $340 million in revenue. Close to a decade later, Walmart had expanded to 1200 stores and was generating $16 million in revenue. In 1988, Walmart opened its first superstore in Missouri.

The 1990s witnessed Walmart entering the international market, with stores being opened in Mexico (1991), Canada (1994), Argentina and Brazil (1995).The company’s revenue touched the $300 billion mark in 2005. Walmart had built up an extensive distributive network by this time, which included 2800 stores in USA, and a further 3800 stores worldwide. In fact, by this time, there were no two places in the USA without a Walmart store farther than 100kms. Today, the firm is present in 15 different countries under 55 different names., which includes over 11,000 locations including, but not limited to, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya, China, Japan, India and Argentina. The current CEO of Walmart is Doug McMillon, and the company employs close to 2.3 million associates worldwide.

Sales ($Bn): 485.3

Profits ($Bn): 13.6

Rank Methodology

1. The top companies of the world are selected

2. Parameters like sales and profits for these companies are taken and given weightages of 0.8 and 0.2 respectively

3. A final score is calculated and the ranks are evaluated

IT Companies have played an important role in ensuring the growth of other dependent industries in US. The biggest American information technology companies serve not only clients in USA but also reach out to an international audience. The top IT companies in USA include brands like Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Adobe, HP etc. Here is a list of the top 10 IT companies in USA 2017 based on revenues and profits.

Quick Glance :

Top IT Companies in USA 2017 are

1st Place : Microsoft

2nd Place : Oracle

3rd Place : IBM

4th Place : Adobe

5th Place : HP

6th Place : Cognizant

7th Place : Vmware

8th Place : Intuit

9th Place : Symantec

10th Place : Red Hat

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10. Red Hat

Red hat is a multinational company based out of America and deals in providing software solutions to different business communities.

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It has satellite offices across globe with corporate headquarter in Raleigh, North Carolina. Business model on which Red Hat operates on is professional open source model which is based on development of open code within a professional quality assurance, community and subscription based customer support. Open source which RED hat produces allows programmers to make further adaptations and improvements. Subscriptions are sold by Red Hat for integration services, training and support which helps the customer of Red hat to use their subscription products.one set price are being paid by the customer for having unlimited access of the services like Red Hat Network and for 24 X7 support from Red Hat.

Red Hat makes, keeps up, and adds to many free programming ventures. It has obtained a few restrictive programming item codebases through corporate mergers and acquisitions and has discharged such programming under open source licenses. Red hat made its first acquisition of Delix Computer GmbH-Linux Div, a company based out of Germany on 30th july ,1999. Next acquisition it made was on January 2011 of Cygnus solution which provided free softer support to commercial organisations.

Red Hat Inc made its subsidiary Red Hat India to deliver support, software and services to Indian customers. Red Hat India had distribution of over 70 channel partners covering 27 cities across India in 2006.

Revenue ($Bn): 2.4

Net Profit ($ Bn): 0.199

9. Symantec

Symantec Corporation is an American programming organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

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The organization produces programming for security, stockpiling, reinforcement and accessibility - and offers proficient administrations to bolster its product. Netcraft evaluates Symantec (counting backups) as the most-utilized accreditation expert. Symantec is a Fortune 500 organization and an individual from the S&P 500 securities exchange file. The organization likewise has improvement focuses in Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru (India). On October 9, 2014, Symantec proclaimed it would part into two autonomous traded on an open market organizations before the finish of 2015. One organization would concentrate on security, the other on data administration. On January 29, 2016, Symantec sold its data administration auxiliary, named Veritas Technologies (which Symantec had gained in 2004) to The Carlyle Group.

With a National Science Foundation grant Gary Hendrix Established it in 1982, Symantec was initially cantered around computerized reasoning related tasks, including a database program. Hendrix contracted a few Stanford University common dialect handling analysts as the organization's first representatives, among them Barry Greenstein (proficient poker player and designer of the word processor segment inside Q&A).Hendrix likewise enlisted Jerry Kaplan (business person and creator) as an advisor to assemble the in-RAM database for Q&A.

Revenue ($Bn): 3.6

Net Profit ($ Bn): 2.4

8. Intuit

Intuit is one of the biggest American IT companies serving customers in USA & worldwide.

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Intuit Inc is a business and budgetary programming organization that creates and offers money related, bookkeeping and assessment arrangement programming and related administrations for independent companies, bookkeepers and people. The organization is headquartered in Mountain View, California. More prominent than 95% of its incomes and profit originated from its exercises inside the United States. Intuit makes TurboTax, a customer assess arrangement application, the private company bookkeeping program QuickBooks, proficient duty arrangements ProSeries and Lacerte, and various finance items. In April 2016, Intuit finished the offer of its unique leader item, Quicken, to H.I.G. Capital.

Notwithstanding the United States, the organization has workplaces in seven nations around the globe: UK, Australia, France, Singapore, India, Brazil, and Canada. With home to more than eight thousand representatives it has Brad Smith as its present president and CEO. The significant results of Intuit incorporate programming for individual back, bookkeeping and programming for expense form. It has two noteworthy innovative work focuses situated in Ontario, Canada and Bengaluru, India. Mint, Quicken, Quick book independently employed and Turbo duty are couple of items for person. For independent venture it significant items incorporate Check and Tax frames, Demand compel, Intuit Payroll Services, Quickbooks and QuickBooks Payments while Lacerte and Proseries are its known items for bookkeepers. It takes after the technique of obtaining for its development with one noteworthy procurement consistently. The last being procurement of UK based organization Acrede in December, 2014. Mint it item for individual enables one to make spending plan for one's close to home utilize. It additionally has the arrangement for bizarre record charges and helps one to get their financial assessments.

Revenue ($Bn): 4.6

Net Profit ($ Bn): 0.98

7. Vmware

VMware is a worldwide pioneer in cloud framework and business versatility.

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VMware quickens clients' advanced change travel by empowering ventures to ace a product characterized way to deal with business and IT. With VMware arrangements, associations are making uncommon encounters by activating everything, reacting speedily to circumstances with present day information and applications facilitated crosswise over crossover mists, and protecting client trust with a protection inside and out way to deal with cyber security. It is home to eighteen thousand workers and has Pat Gelsinger as its present CEO. VMware leads in cloud framework and virtualization programming helping associations develop and flourish. The portfolio of VMware incorporates Cloud administration programming, Desktop Software, virtual desktop framework, Server Software, systems administration and application administration and security items. Few of the known offering from the VMware house incorporates vSphere, vCloud Suite, vCloud Director, Horizon and Fusion. They have as of late extended their administration to IT based counselling as a major aspect of their development procedure. It is asserted that they take into account 100% of Fortune 100 organizations. VMware runs a lot of preparing and scholarly related program where they teach about their offerings. It likewise has devoted projects for forthcoming cooperation accomplices. Few of those administrations are VMware Service Provider Program, Consulting and Integration Partner Program and VMware Authorized preparing focuses.

Revenue ($Bn): 6.03

Net Profit ($ Bn): 7.093

6. HP

Hewlett Packard, known as HP, company which is most commonly known as HP is American MNC which deals in information technology and is headquartered in Palo Alto which is in California.

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A variety of software as well as hardware components were developed by HP for its customers which were large companies as well as SMBs and other customers in the government, health and education sector. The organization was established in a one-auto garage in Palo Alto by David "Dave" Packard and William "Charge" Redington Hewlett, and at first delivered a line of electronic test devices. HP was the world's leader in PC making from 2007 to Q2 2013, after which Lenovo took that rank from hewlett packard.It was an expert manufacturing and developing networking, data storage, and computing hardware, delivering services and designing software. Latent product offerings included individualized computing gadgets, endeavour and industry standard servers, related capacity gadgets, organizing items, programming and an assorted scope of printers and other imaging items. HP showcased its items to family units, little to medium-sized organizations and endeavours specifically and additionally through online appropriation, buyer hardware and office-supply retailers, programming accomplices and significant innovation merchants. HP likewise had benefits and counselling business around its items and accomplice items.

Revenue ($Bn): 13.49

Net Profit ($ Bn): 1.553

5. Cognizant Technologies

It is the company which leads in providing professional services which helps clients to transform their business, technology and working structure for the digital era.

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Headquartered in USA and being a member of NASDAQ-100, it is ranked at 230 among other fortune 500 companies. And also considered the most admired organisation to work. With operations globally it has more than two hundred ten thousand workers and has Francisco D'Souza as its present CEO. its slogan as "committed to make stronger business" Cognizant works in the data innovation, counselling and business handle outsourcing administrations fragment. It has adopted a strategy for development through acquisitions, Cadient Group of USA in late 2014 and the most recent being the Odecee group of Australia. Few of the platforms and product offered by the company includes Cognizant S3P, assetSERV, CognizantOptimaWrite, Cloud360, GeoLocus, TruMobl, Zero Deviation Life Cycle,ModelEye. SMAC as a guardian angel,The Robot and I and IoT (Internet of Things) are few of the most recent intuition which the organizations claims to be off distinct advantage in the IT Industry. Company is showing up in Fortune list as Most appreciated organizations for a long time consecutively now. It is positioned 40 in Information Week Elite 100.

Revenue ($Bn): 48.23

Net Profit ($ Bn): 2.5

4. Adobe

Adobe is a multinational company which deals in computer software.

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The company is based out of America and have headquartered in San Jose, California. A creativity and multimedia software product was the field in which adobe has previously focussed but recently it has forayed in software development and rich internet applications. Photoshop which is for editing image is the flagship software by adobe. Other product includes Acrobat Reader, Portable document format and Adobe creative Suite and its successor Adobe Creative Cloud. Charles Geschke and John Warnock founded adobe in year 1982 when they left Xerox Parc for the sake developing and selling the Post Script page description language. Apple computer in 1985 sparked revolution in desktop publishing by licensing post script use in it’s laser printers.

By 2015, Adobe Systems has around 15,000 representatives worldwide, around 40% of whom were working in San Jose. Adobe additionally has improvement operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York City, New York; Newton, Massachusetts;; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington; Lehi, Utah; San Luis Obispo and San Francisco California , United States.

Revenue ($Bn): 5.8

Net Profit ($ Bn): 1.168

3. IBM

International business machines which is commonly known as IBM is a multinational technology firm based out of USA.

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With operation in more than 170 countries it is headquartered in Armonk New York. This company started its operation in year 1911 with name computing tabulating and recording company and later in 1924 was renamed to international business machine. IBM fabricates and showcases PC equipment, middleware and programming, and offers facilitating and counselling administrations in regions running from centralized computer PCs to nanotechnology. With about four hundred thousand representatives and operations across globe there is no doubt in it being a pioneer in the Computer Software, Hardware, and IT Consulting. Outsourcing services, Business Services, Lab services, IT Services and Financing and Training are couple of general classifications of administrations line it takes into account. Few of the popular programming of IBM incorporates SPSS, Info sphere, Cognos, Rational ,Lotus, Rational, Web Sphere and Tivoli. It is additionally known for the frameworks, servers and capacity gadget which it produces. It has topped the diagrams in every one of the rankings which are distributed by , Newsweek, Fortune, Vault and so on. There has been some slide seen in the income earned by IBM in a year ago regardless it figures out how to make it beat 3 IT organizations of US.

Revenue ($Bn): 79.92

Net Profit ($ Bn): 11.87

2. Oracle

Oracle Corporation is a multinational company which specializes in computer technology and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California.

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It offers databases, applications, storage, servers and cloud technologies to give a boost to modern businesses. To be flexible to unique needs of businesses oracle offers a wide range of model in cloud deployment, systems and software. Oracle cloud is a complete set of platform, infrastructure and application services which with advanced security and scalability helps enterprises in technical agility, connects people to information for clearer insights and through simplified workflows fosters efficiency. So far oracle has 420000 customers across 195 countries that have benefitted by oracle in accelerating their digital transformation. It was founded in year 1978 by Bob Miner and Ed Oates along with Larry Ellison by the name Software Development Laboratories. Elision was the idea generator for Oracle who derived inspiration from a paper written in 1970 by Edgar. Codd on RDMS.

In 1979 SDL renamed itself to relational software,Inc and then in 1982 to Oracle system Corporation to be more aligned with its famous product oracle database. In 1995 it again changed its name to Oracle Corporation. The early success of oracle was due to the C programming language which oracle used to implement in its products which enabled switching to various operating systems.

Revenue ($Bn): 37.04

Net Profit ($ Bn): 8.9

1. Microsoft

Microsoft is a world leading company which provides platforms for mobile phone and computers.

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Mission of this firm is to help every company and every person on this planet get more through its products and services. Microsoft is the name given to Microsoft Corporation and its affiliated companies which includes Microsoft mobile OY which is a subsidy of Microsoft and distributes nokia X and Asha and Lumia mobile phones and other devices. It was founded in year 1975 by William H gates III. It is currently headed by Mr Satya Nadella and is worldwide leader in software. Products which Microsoft has in the market are Office, Skype (video calling) Internet Explorer, Windows Operating Systems, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Dynamics (Enterprise Software), Xbox (computer game industry), and Mobile and so on. Known administrations offered by Microsoft incorporates MSN, Bing web index MSDN, outlook.com, TechNet, Visual Studio, One Drive Bing web index MSDN, Azure. The solution which company provides help industries to save a lot on developments and customizations. The result which Microsoft dynamics has shown in government and public sector, retail, financial service, telecommunication and manufacturing sectors proves the value of the products offered.

Making acquisition is a part of its growth strategy and have increasingly diversified itself from operating system market. It acquired Skype in year 2011 for $8.5 billion and in 2016 it acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. It is having its head quarter in Redmond Washington and have market capitalisation of $546.88 billion with profit in year in 2016 $16.8 billion.

Revenue ($Bn): 85.32

Net Profit ($ Bn): 16.798

Rank Methodology

1. The leading IT companies are USA are considered

2. Various parameters like revenues, marcap, net profits are taken into consideration

3. Based on weighted averages, the final ranks are calculated

Telecom has been able to reach out to every corner of USA. The largest telecom companies in USA have been offering data plans, voice plans along with other VAS services. These biggest American telecom brands focus on quality network and good customer service. The top telecom brands in USA include companies like AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Charter, T-Mobile etc. Here is the list of the top 10 telecom companies in USA 2017 as per Revenue, Subscribers and Profit.

Quick Glance :

Top Telecom Companies in USA 2017 are

1st Place : AT&T

2nd Place : Verizon Communications

3rd Place : Comcast Corporation

4th Place : Charter Communications

5th Place : T-Mobile USA

6th Place : Sprint Corporation

7th Place : CenturyLink

8th Place : Dish Network

9th Place : Cox Communications

10th Place : US Cellular

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10. U.S. Cellular

United States Cellular Corporation, working together as U.S. Cell, is a local carrier in USA.

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The company claims and works the fifth-biggest remote broadcast communications organize in the United States, serving 5 million clients in 426 markets in 23 US states as of the primary quarter of 2017. The organization has its central command in Chicago, Illinois. US Cellular was shaped in 1983 as an auxiliary of Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Inc., which still possesses an 84 percent stake. In consistence with government law, U.S. Cell works with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to give free AMBER Alerts by means of content informing. PC Magazine granted U.S. Cell, alongside Verizon Wireless, a "Readers Choice" for cell specialist co-op grant in 2010, expressing that it score most elevated in the client benefit category. J. D. Power and Associates appraised U.S. Cell as having "Most noteworthy in Wireless Call Quality Performance". The North Central Region (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) has gotten the honour from 2006-2011.

In Consumer Reports 2010 yearly overview of remote specialist co-ops, the organization got the best score out of the majority of the national transporters. U.S. Cell fills in as the title patron of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the U.S. Cell 250, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. It has likewise filled in as the displaying supporter of the 80/35 Music Festival in Des Moines, Iowa, since its origin in 2008. During the Financial Year 2016, the company earned a Total Revenue of $3,939 million and a Net Profit of $49 million. At the end of the Financial Year, the company had a customer base of 4.97 million customers.

Revenue (in Million $): 3939

Net Profit (in Million $): 49

Customers (in Million): 4.966

9. Cox Communications

Cox Communication, called Cox Cable, and once in the past Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable.

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The company is an American exclusive backup of Cox Enterprises giving advanced digital TV, media communications and Home Automation benefits in the United States. It is the third-biggest satellite TV supplier in the United States, serving more than 6 million clients. This includes 3 million advanced link supporters, 3.5 million Internet subscribers, and very nearly 3.2 million computerized phone endorsers, making it the seventh-biggest phone bearer in the country.

Cox Enterprises ventured into the digital broadcast business in 1962 by obtaining various link frameworks in Lewistown, Lock Haven and Tyrone (all in Pennsylvania), trailed by frameworks in California, Oregon and Washington. The backup organization, Cox Broadcasting Corporation (later renamed to Cox Communications), was not authoritatively shaped until 1964, when it was set up as an open organization exchanged on the New York Stock Exchange. It was taken private by Cox Enterprises in 1985. During the Financial Year 2016, the company earned a total revenue of $11,000 million.

Revenue (in Million $): 11000

8. DISH Network

Dish Network (frequently adapted as DISH Network) is an American direct-communicate satellite specialist co-op.

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The organization gives satellite TV, sound programming, and intuitive TV administrations to business and private clients in the United States, and has roughly 16,000 representatives. The organization is headquartered in Meridian, Colorado, however the postal assignment of adjacent Englewood, Colorado is utilized as a part of the corporate mailing. In January 2008, Dish Network was spun off from its previous parent organization EchoStar, which was established by Charlie Ergen as a satellite TV gear wholesaler in 1980. The organization started utilizing Dish Network as its shopper image in March 1997[citation needed] after the fruitful dispatch of its initially satellite, EchoStar I, in December 1995. That dispatch denoted the start of its membership TV administrations, and EchoStar has since propelled various satellites, with nine claimed and rented satellites in its armada as of January 2013. EchoStar keeps on being the essential innovation accomplice to Dish Network.

Services offered by the organisation are:

• Tailgater

• Hopper

• Hopper with Sling

• Sling TV

• DishNet

During the Financial Year 2016, the company earned a Total Revenue of $15,094.56 million and a Net Profit of $1449.85 million. By the end of 2016, it had a customer base of 13.67 million customers.

Revenue (in Million $): 15094.5

Net Profit (in Million $): 1449.8

Customers (in Million): 13.67

7. CenturyLink

CenturyLink, Inc. is an American media communications organization, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana.

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The company gives interchanges and information administrations to private, business, legislative, and discount clients in 37 states. An individual from the S&P 500 file, the organization works as a nearby trade bearer and Internet get to supplier in USA advertises. It is the third-biggest broadcast communications organization in the United States as far as lines served, behind AT&T and Verizon. It likewise gives long distance services as well. The earliest ancestor of CenturyLink was the Oak Ridge Telephone Company in Oak Ridge, Louisiana, which was possessed by F. E. Hogan, Sr. In 1930, Hogan sold the organization, with 75 paid subscribers, to William Clarke and Marie Williams, for $500. They moved the switchboard to the Williams family front parlor. In 1946, the Williams' child, Clarke McRae Williams, got responsibility for family's phone organization as a wedding gift. In 1947, Clarke Williams took in the phone organization in Marion, Louisiana was available to be purchased. With an advance from business relate Joe Sydney Carter, Clarke bought the Marion Telephone Company and in the end made it his base of operation as he developed his organization through more acquisitions. CenturyLink still keeps up workplaces in the previous central command building. The organization stayed as a family-worked business until it ended up noticeably consolidated in 1968. The company has a subscriber base of 17.36 million users (31st December, 2016). During the Financial Year 2016, it earned a total revenue of $16,255 million and a Net Profit of $2,300 million.

Revenue (in Million $): 1625

Net Profit (in Million $): 2300

Customers (in Million): 17.36

6. Sprint Corporation

Sprint Corporation, normally referred to as Sprint, is an American telecommunications holding organization that gives remote administrations and is a web access supplier.

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It is the fourth biggest versatile system administrator in the United States, and serves 59.7 million clients, as of April 2017. The organization likewise offers remote voice, informing, and broadband administrations through its different backups under the Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless brands, and discount access to its remote systems to portable virtual system administrators. The organization is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. In July 2013, a lion's share of the organization was bought by Japanese media communications organization SoftBank Group Corp., in spite of the fact that the rest of the offers of the organization keep on trading on the NYSE. Sprint follows its inceptions to the Brown Telephone Company, which was established in 1899 to convey telephone utility to the provincial range around Abilene, Kansas. In 2006, Sprint left the neighbourhood landline phone business, turning those advantages off into a recently made organization named Embarq, which later turned into a piece of CenturyLink. The organization keeps on being one of the biggest long separation suppliers in the United States.

Preceding 2005, the organization was otherwise called the Sprint Corporation, yet took the name Sprint Nextel Corporation when it converged with Nextel Communications that year. In 2013, after the shutdown of the Nextel organize and simultaneous with the procurement by SoftBank, the organization come back to utilizing just Sprint Corporation. In July 2013, as a feature of the SoftBank exchanges, Sprint procured the rest of the offers of remote broadband bearer Clearwire Corporation which it didn't officially possess. During the Financial Year 2016, Sprint earned a Total Revenue of $33,300 million and a Net Loss of $1,477 million.

Revenue (in Million $): 33300

Net Profit (in Million $): -1477

Customers (in Million): 59.7

5. T-Mobile

T-Mobile US is a noteworthy remote system administrator in the United States.

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The German media communications organization Deutsche Telekom (DT) is its larger part shareholder. Its central station are situated in Bellevue, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan zone. T-Mobile US gives remote voice and information benefits in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands under the T-Mobile and MetroPCS brands (which it obtained in an invert takeover in 2013, bringing about the organization opening up to the world on the NASDAQ stock trade), and furthermore fills in as the host arrange for some versatile virtual system administrators. Its system comes to 98 percent of Americans. In 2015, Consumer Reports named T-Mobile the main American remote transporter. In 2017, T-Mobile was positioned #1 in Customer Service Satisfaction by Nielsen.

From as ahead of schedule as 2004, the organization has caught numerous J. D. Control yearly honors in the territories of retail deals fulfilment, remote client care, and general client satisfaction. In 2011, J. D. Power and Associates expressed that T-Mobile retail locations accomplished the most astounding evaluations among significant remote bearers for consumer loyalty for the fourth back to back year, performing especially well in cost and promotions. Also in 2011, J. D. Power and Associates positioned T-Mobile USA most elevated among significant suppliers in remote client look after the second continuous year.

On December 3, 2015, Consumer Reports named T-Mobile the main American remote specialist organization. On February 6, 2016, T-Mobile was granted the JD Power Award for consumer loyalty in the full administration remote class for the second year consecutively. During the Financial Year 2016, T-Mobile earned a Total Revenue of $37,242 million and a Net Profit of $1,500 million. At the end of the year, the company had a user base of 71.5 million subscribers.

Revenue (in Million $): 37242

Net Profit (in Million $): 1500

Customers (in Million): 71.5

4. Charter Communications

Charter Communications is an American broadcast communications organization, which offers its administrations to purchasers and organizations under the marking of Spectrum.

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In late 2012, with the naming of long-lasting Cablevision official Thomas Rutledge as their CEO, the organization moved its corporate central station from St Louis, Missouri to Stamford, Connecticut. Most of its operations still stay based out of St Louis. On May 18, 2016, Charter gained Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for a consolidated $65.5 billion, making it the third-biggest pay TV benefit in the United States. Charter Communications was established in 1993 by Barry Babcock, Jerald Kent and Howard Wood, who had been previous officials at Cencom Cable Television in St. Louis, Missouri. It was additionally joined in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1993.

In 1995, Charter paid about $300 million for a controlling enthusiasm for Crown Media and gained Cable South. In 1997, Charter and EarthLink united to convey rapid Internet access through link modems to Charter's clients in Los Angeles and Riverside, California. In 1998, Paul Allen purchased a controlling interest. The organization paid $2.8 billion to gain Dallas-based link organization Marcus Cable. Charter Communications had 1 million clients in 1998.

As per the Financial Report for the Financial Year 2016, Charter Communications earned a Total Revenue of $40,023 million and a Net Profit of $4,801 million. By the end of the Financial Year, the company had a customer base of 26.2 million subscribers.

Revenue (in Million $): 40023

Net Profit (in Million $): 4801

Customers (in Million): 26.2

3. Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (previously enlisted as Comcast Holdings) is an American worldwide media communications combination.

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Comcast corporation is the biggest telecom and satellite TV restraining infrastructure on the planet by income. It is the second-biggest pay-TV organization after AT&T, biggest digital TV organization and biggest home Internet specialist co-op in the United States, and the country's third-biggest home telephone utility supplier. Comcast administrations U.S. private and business clients in 40 states and in the District of Columbia. The organization's home office are situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the proprietor of the global media organization NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is a maker of highlight movies and TV programs planned for showy display and over-the-air and digital transmission.

Comcast works over-the-air national communicate arrange stations (NBC and Telemundo), different link just stations (counting MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, NBCSN, E!, The Weather Channel, among others), the film creation studio Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and Resorts in Los Angeles, California; Orlando, Florida; and Osaka, Japan. In February 2014, the organization consented to converge with Time Warner Cable in a value swap bargain worth $45.2 billion. Under the terms of the understanding Comcast was to get 100% of Time Warner Cable. Be that as it may, on April 24, 2015, Comcast ended the understanding. During the Financial Year 2016, the organisation earned a Total Revenue of $80,403 million and a Net Profit of $9,045 million. At the end of the Financial Year, the organisation had a customer base of 58.9 million subscribers.

The major subsidiaries of Comcast are:

• Xfinity

• NBCUniversal

• Comcast Spectator

• DreamWorks Animation

Revenue (in Million $): 80403

Net Profit (in Million $): 9045

Customers (in Million): 58.9

2. Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications, Inc. is an American multinational broadcast communications aggregate and a corporate part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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The organization is based at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, yet is fused in Delaware. What in the long run progressed toward becoming Verizon was established as Bell Atlantic. It was one of the seven Baby Bells that were shaped after AT&T Corporation was compelled to give up its control of the Bell System by request of the Justice Department of the United States. Chime Atlantic appeared in 1984 with an impression from New Jersey to Virginia, with every region having a different working organization (comprising of New Jersey Bell, Bell of Pennsylvania, Diamond State Telephone, and C&P Telephone).

As of 2016, Verizon is one of three organizations that had their foundations in the previous Baby Bells. The other two, as Verizon, exist accordingly of mergers among kindred previous Baby Bell individuals. One, SBC Communications, purchased out its previous parent AT&T Corporation and accepted the AT&T name. The other, CenturyLink, was shaped at first in 2011 by the procurement of Qwest (earlier named US West). On June 13, 2017 Verizon reported that some of Yahoo! Inc's web resources would be joined under another auxiliary, Oath. As per the Financial Reports for the Financial Year 2016, the company earned a Total Revenue of $126,000 million and a Net Profit of $13,127 million. At the end of the Financial Year 2016, the company had a customer base of 206.7 million subscribers.

Revenue (in Million $): 126000

Net Profit (in Million $): 13127

Customers (in Million): 206.7

1. AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational media communications aggregate, headquartered at Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas.

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AT&T is the world's biggest broadcast communications organization. AT&T is the second biggest supplier of cell phone administrations and the biggest supplier of settled telephone utilities in the United States, and furthermore gives broadband membership TV benefits through DirecTV. AT&T is the third-biggest organization in Texas. AT&T Inc. started its reality as Southwestern Bell Corporation, one of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) made in 1983 in the divestiture of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (established 1885, later AT&T Corp.) taking after the 1982 United States v. AT&T antitrust claim. Southwestern Bell changed its name to SBC Communications Inc. in 1995. In 2005, SBC obtained previous parent AT&T Corp. furthermore, went up against its marking, with the combined element naming itself AT&T Inc. also, utilizing the famous AT&T Corp. logo and stock-exchanging image.

The current AT&T reconstitutes a significant part of the previous Bell System and incorporates ten of the first 22 Bell Operating Companies, alongside the first long separation division. In the Financial Year 2016, AT&T earned a total revenue of $163,786 million and a Net Profit of $13,333 million. At the end of the Financial Year 2016, the company had a customer base of 191.64 million. AT&T is also the sponsor of several events and teams across USA and even globally.

Revenue (in Million $): 163786

Net Profit (in Million $): 13333

Customers (in Million): 191.637

Rank Methodology:

1. The leading telecom companies of US are taken

2. Parameters like revenues, net profits and number of customers are seen

3. Based on the final revenues the final ranks are evaluated

Real estate companies in India have become a streamlined and strong industry with growing demand for residential and commercial properties. The largest real estate companies have operations present in all the major cities. The top Indian real estate companies in India include brands like DLF, Lodha, IndiaBulls, Phoenix Mills, Prestige Estate etc. Here is the list of the top 10 real estate companies in India 2017 based on Income.

Quick Glance :

Top Real Estate Companies in India 2017 are

1st Place : DLF

2nd Place : Lodha Group

3rd Place : Phoenix Mills

4th Place : India Bulls

5th Place : Prestige State

6th Place : Sobha

7th Place : Brigade Enterprises

8th Place : PNC Infratech

9th Place : Godrej Properties

10th Place : Omaxe

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10. Omaxe

Omaxe is one of the most trusted company in the real estate industry in India.

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It was founded in 1987 by Rohtas Goel, current CEO is Mohit Goel and is headquarted in New Delhi. The company has delivered a construction space of 101 million sqft in real estate and construction contracting. Omaxe has its presence in 8 states and 27 cities dealing with projects such as integrated townships, Hi-Tech Townships, Group Housing, Shopping Malls, Office spaces, Hotels. Presently Omaxe is having around 40 ongoing real estate projects.

Some of the completed projects of Omaxe include Omaxe Heights, Omaxe Hills, Omaxe Riyaasat, Omaxe Spa Village, Royal Residency, The forest Spa. Some of the ongoing projects of Omaxe are Omaxe City-City Homes, Omaxe Palm Court, Omaxe Novelty Mall, Omaxe Avenue.

Omaxe has received the ‘International Arch of Europe Award’ and also special jury award for excellent contribution to Real estate.

Income (Crore): Rs 1659.2

9. Godrej Properties

Godrej Properties was founded by Adi Godrej in 1990 which is headquartered in Mumbai.

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Pirojsha Godrej is the current Managing director of Godrej Properties, and the company has already delivered a constructed space of 90+ million sqft. Godrej Properties has its presence in 12 major cities across India. This includes Hyderabad, Pune, Mangalore, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Gurgaon, Nagpur, Mumbai and Kolkata. Some of the current ongoing residential projects of Godrej Properties include Godrej 24, Godrej Greens, Godrej Golf links, Godrej Emerald and 29 other projects. Godrej Properties has successfully completed around 12 residential projects and 7 commercial projects. Godrej has 3 ongoing commercial projects such as Godrej Eternia, Godrej BKC and The Trees.

Godrej Properties won numerous awards in different categories in real estate. Some of them include Change communications for the year 2017 at Chanakya awards, a Best commercial project at CNBC-AWAAZ Real estate awards 2016-17, India’s most admired brand 2016, and also Mr. Adi Godrej received the prestigious Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award.

Income (Crore): Rs 1708.33

8. Brigade Enterprises

Brigade enterprises were founded in 1986 by Mr. M.R. Jaishankar who is also the current managing director of the company.

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Brigade Enterprises is headquartered in Bangalore and deals with projects focussed on Residential, Commercial, Shopping malls and Hospitality. It has completed around 57 projects since inception with a total area of 9+ million sqft and it currently has 6 ongoing projects. Brigade Enterprises has its presence concentrated in south India with its branches located in Hyderabad, Chennai, Chikmagalur, Mangalore, Mysore, and Kochi. The company has around 17 subsidiaries located in southern India. Its income increased in this fiscal year owing to one of the subsidiary entering into an agreement with cornerstone bay east developers.

Some of the residential projects of Brigade Enterprises are Brigade Lakefront, Brigade, Cosmopolis, Brigade Rhapsody, Brigade Sonata, Brigade Meadows, and Brigade Omega. The commercial projects include Brigade gateway, Brigade Magnum and much more.

Brigade recently won two awards awarded by CNBC AWAAZ Real Estate Awards which are ‘Best Residential Project in Bengaluru City’ and ‘Best Residential Project in Hyderabad city’.

Income (Crore): Rs 1944.73

7. PNC Infratech Limited

PNC Infratech Limited was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

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PNC Infratech Limited has 10 Directors of whom Mr Pradeep Kumar Jain is the managing director and the Chairman of the company. Its journey started as PNC Construction Company Private Limited, and it went out to be public with the name PNC Construction Private Limited. In 2007, the name of the company was changed to PNC Infratech Limited. PNC Infratech Limited has numerous projects in Highway construction, Airport runways, Bridge construction, Power sector, Waste management and Industrial Area Development Projects. PNC Infratech Limited is known to complete projects on time. As a result it has been frequently given construction projects in Uttar Pradesh. Recently, PNC has been given two new projects by NHAI worth ₹2720 cr and ₹869 cr road projects in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. As with the new projects the share price of PNC has risen up.

PNC Infratech has received awards in terms of construction projects. Also, it received a bonus for completing some of the projects early. Some of the achievements include the ISO 9001:2008 certification for quality assurance.

Income (Crore): Rs 1964.88

6. Sobha Limited

Sobha Limited was formerly known as Sobha Developers.

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Sobha Limited was founded by Mr. PNC Menon in 1995 and the current chairman is Ravi Menon. With around 22 years of experience in real estate field, Sobha Limited has successfully completed 117 projects covering around 70+ million sqft. The company is working currently on 33 ongoing projects with an area of 40million sqft. Sobha Ltd. has its presence in 13 states across 24 Indian cities. Sobha Limited has its operations in nine cities in India which include Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Chennai, Pune, Coimbatore, Thrissur Calicut, Cochin and Mysore.

The company has worked on very notable projects of WIPRO, Dell, Taj group of Hotels and ITC Hotels. Sobha Ltd. has an achieved some key milestones in 2017 such as ‘Best Professionally Managed Company’ (turnover> INR 100 crores), it also won Buyers vote of Trust by Track2Realty.

Sobha has been awarded 7 awards in 2017, some of which include Best Professionally Managed Company, Achievement Award for Social Development & Impact, Best construction Project award, Mall of the Year award, Outstanding Contribution in Real Estate, India’s First ever real estate best practices audit report.

Income (Crore): Rs 2215.3

5. Prestige Estate

Prestige Group was established in Bangalore, India by Mr. Razack Sattar in 1986.

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Irfan Razack is the current managing director of the company with a workforce of more than 3700 employees. Prestige estates deal with projects related to Commercial offices, Apartments, Shopping Malls, Villas, Hotels, Golf courses and Leisure & Hospitality. Prestige estates swiftly completed 190+ projects spanning over 65 million sqft. Prestige estates currently have 50+ ongoing projects and almost 40+ upcoming projects mainly including Apartments, Shopping malls and corporate structures.

Prestige estates in mainly concentrated in south Indian cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi, Mangalore and Mysore. Some of its projects include the UB city, Prestige Golfshire, The Forum, The Forum Value, Prestige Shantiniketan etc.

Prestige estate has been awarded 16 different awards for their business operations. Some of the awards include Premium Villa project of the year 2016 by NDTV Property awards, Best CEO award by Business Today Best CEO Awards, Super luxury Apartment project of Kerala, Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award.

Income (Crore): Rs 2392.85

4. Indiabulls

Indiabulls Financial services were founded by Sameer Gehlaut who is the current chairman in 2000.

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The Real estate business of Indiabulls was incorporated late in 2005 with about 2700 workforce. As of now, Indiabulls has a workforce of more than 7000 employees. The company mainly deals with Residential, Corporate and SEZ projects in the real estate division. The residential projects are concentrated in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Vizag, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Madurai. Indiabulls is coming up with one of a kind SEZ in Nashik which is the third biggest industrial park in Maharastra. As of June 2016, Indiabulls has completed almost 3 million sqft. of commercial construction in Mumbai alone. Recently in April 2017, Indiabulls real estate had plans for restructuring business to have a separate venture for commercial and leasing operations so that equal focus can be given to both the segments.

Indiabulls has received many accolades in the FY2016-17 for its excellent delivery of projects on time. Some of the awards include Luxury Project of the year from MAGPPIE ESTATE AWARDS, a Most admired upcoming project of the year from The Golden Globe Tigers 2016, the Residential property of the year, India’s most trusted brand 2016.

Income (Crore): Rs 2844.29

3. Phoenix Mills Limited

Phoenix Mills Limited started its operations as a textile manufacturing company in 1905.

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Eventually, Phoenix Mills was listed on Bombay Stock Exchange in 1959 and started its real estate operations in 1987. Shishir Shrivastava is the current Group CEO & Joint Managing Director. Since 1987 Phoenix Mills has been very active in real estate market working for big companies like Pantaloon and Lifestyle to build 50000sqft departmental stores for each.

Phoenix Mills is mainly present in the southern metro towns like Mumbai, Bangalore, and Chennai. Phoenix mills limited mainly deals with projects in Retail, Hospitality, Commercial and Residential.

Some of the projects of Phoneix Mills include High Street Phoenix, Phoenix market city in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, and Chennai, Paladium Mall, The Centrium, Paragon Plaza, Art Guild House.

Some of the awards won by Phoenix mills Limited are Most Admired Shopping Centre of the Year: Non Metro-West – Phoenix Marketcity, Pune, Commercial Property of the year-West, Luxury Apartment Project of the year.

Income (Crore): Rs 4466.27

2. Lodha Group

Lodha group was founded by Mr. Mangal Prabhat Lodha in 1980 headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Mr Abhishek Lodha is the current managing director. Lodha Group, one of the famous real estate company in India has made its name from the world-class residential and commercial projects in India. Most of the Lodha Group projects are concentrated in Mumbai, with having presence in Hyderabad and Pune in India. Lodha group also has its international presence in London.

Lodha group has completed around 14 projects and 17 projects are under construction. Lodha group is known for the famous ‘The World Towers’ which is the tallest residential only structure in the world. Some other projects of Lodha group include Lodha Bellissimo, New Cuffe Parade, The Park in Worli Mumbai, Amara in Thane, Palave – India’s first greenfield smart city.

Lodha group has its presence in the corporate as India’s most trusted brand, Global leadership in Real estate award, National Safety Council Award, India’s Most Admired Builders award and much more.

Income (Crore): Rs 8500

1. DLF

Delhi Land and Finance Limited commonly known as DLF was founded by Chaudhary Raghvendra Singh in 1946.

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Kushal Pal Singh is the current chairman and Tauseef Jamal is the CEO. It has a track record of 70 years of customer satisfaction, innovation and sustained growth to become India’s largest commercial real estate developer. DLF is currently present in almost 15 states i.e., almost in 24 cities. The business of DLF is mainly divided into 2 areas: Development business and Annuity Business. The development business mainly deals with Homes and Commercial complexes whereas the Annuity business deals with rental businesses of offices and retail. DLF broadly has projects of homes, offices, commercial, malls, leisure, and hospitality.

DLF had been one of the sponsors for IPL in its initial stages for 5 years. DLF has been very active from 2008 in building luxurious malls and entertainment destination in NCR. Recently in 2016 DLF launched DLF Mall of India which is the biggest mall in India in terms of the space the mall is spread.

DLF has won a number of awards in 2007. Some of these include Best Food & nightlife Development Award which was awarded by Times Food Awards 2017. It also won awards such as Luxury Project of the year, Residential Property of the Year, the Retail property of the year (North), Mall of the year(North).

Income (Crore): Rs 8924.92

Rank Methodology

1. The leading real estate companies in India are considered to analysis

2. The income of these companies are taken

3. The top real estate companies are ranked based on its income

Here is a list of the top 10 agricultural countries by GDP contribution 2017. Agriculture is the most important industry for any country and countries have been focusing on economic development to boost farming. The biggest countries in agriculture are leaders in production of wheat, rice, pulses etc. The top agricultural nations are China. India, USA. Indonesia etc. 

Quick Glance :

Top Agricultural Countries by GDP in World 2017 are

1st Place : China

2nd Place : India

3rd Place : United States

4th Place : Indonesia

5th Place : Brazil

6th Place : Nigeria

7th Place : Turkey

8th Place : Japan

9th Place : Argentina

10th Place : Thailand

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10. Thailand

Thailand is a country at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Thailand has a total area of about 513,000 sq.km with around 66 million people residing, and it is the world’s 50th largest country and 20th most populous country in the world. Thailand’s economy is the world’s 20th largest by Purchasing Power Parity and 27th largest by nominal GDP. Agriculture is one of the major sectors contributing to the GDP of Thailand and the sector is also a highly competitive and diversified one. About forty percent of the workforce are associated with agricultural works in Thailand. It has an arable land of around 28% of the total land out of which 55% of the land is used for rice production. Rice is the most important crop of the country and is one of the leading exporters of rice.

Tapioca, rubber, grain and sugar are among the other agricultural produces of the country and significant amounts of fishery products and processed goods like frozen shrimp and canned tuna contribute to the exports of the country. Thailand is also a leading exporter of chicken meat and other commodities. It has only 0.3-0.5 percent of agricultural land certified as organic against a global average of 1%.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 13%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 51949

9. Argentina

Argentina, a federal republic in South America, is eighth largest country in the world and second largest in Latin America.

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Argentina has a mainland area of 2,780,400 sqkm. Argentina has the second largest economy in South America, which can be attributed to the rich natural resources, a highly literate population, a diversified industrial base, and an export-oriented agricultural sector. It is also a member of the G-15 and G-20 major economies. Agriculture is one the primary drivers of Argentina’s economy. It is a world leader in organic farming, a farming method that excludes synthetic fertilizers and pesticides being used in farms. It has 3,061,965 hectares of organic cultivation which second only to Australia.

Citrus fruit, grapes, maize, honey, soybeans, sunflower, wheat are the major farming produces of Argentina and most of these produces contribute to the exports of the country.

The major cereal crops that are grown are wheat, maize, barley, oats and sorghum and oil crops like soybean and sunflower and industrial crops like cotton, cane, flax are produced in the country,

Agriculture makes up to 54% of the exports in Argentina. Their major agricultural product is wheat. Argentina is also the world’s fifth largest wine producer and a growing export, total viticulture is far from having been met. Argentine fisheries are also contributing to the agricultural sector which bring in about a million tons of catch annually.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 10%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 54178

8. Japan

Japan is a sovereign island nation in East Asia and is considered as a great power.

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It is a member of the UN, the OECD, the G7, the G8 and the G20 nations. Japan is the world’s third-largest economy by nominal GDP only next to China and the US, and world’s fourth largest economy by purchasing power parity, after the United States, China and India. It is also ranked fourth in the import and export categories as well. Japan’s agriculture sector consisting of farming and fishing forms the primary sector of industry which accounts for only 1.3% of the total country’s GDP. Only twenty percent of the land is considered arable for cultivation and the agricultural economy is also highly subsidized. Government regulations favor small-scale cultivation instead of large-scale agriculture. But the current concern about farming is that the current farmers are aging and unable to find successors as the sector doesn’t seem that much attractive and lucrative.

Rice, wheat, potatoes and barley are the major contributors to the sector. Rice paddies occupy most of the country sides and intercropping is common in the country. Rice accounts for most of the Japan’s cereal production and is the most protected crop subject to a tariff of 777%.

Japanese fishing industry has been long centered on the Tsukiji fish market and maintains one of the world’s largest fishing nets which accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch. Japan has greatly advanced in the techniques of aquaculture.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 1.2%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 56764

7. Turkey

Turkey, a transcontinental country in Eurasia, is a democratic, secular, unitary, parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage.

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It is world’s 18th largest economy in terms of nominal GDP and 13th largest in terms of Purchasing Power Parity. It is also among the founding members of the OECD and the G-20. Turkey is also one of the largest countries in the world in terms of agricultural lands. About thirty-six percent of the country are arable lands and about fifty percent consists of forests

Animal husbandry contributes to one-fourth of the gross value of the agricultural production which is the main activity in the mountainous regions where farming is less practiced. Turkey has all conditions favoring growing of all kinds of crops due to fertile soil, adequate climate and abundant rainfall. It is one of the few self-sufficient countries of the world in terms of food.

The cultivation area is devoted to cereals production to as much as ninety percent. Wheat is the principal crop that accounts to fifty nine percent of the total grain production. Turkey is the leading producer of dried figs, hazelnuts, raisins and dried apricots and also one of the leading producer of honey in the world. European nations, the United States and middle east are the main export markets of the country. Wheat, Barley, sunflower, potato, tobacco, cotton, vegetables, dried fruits, fresh fruits and nuts are the major cash crops grown in Turkey.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 8.9%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 67259

6. Nigeria

Nigeria, a federal republic in West Africa, is officially a democratic secular country.

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It is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank and has been identified as a regional power on the African continent. Nigeria is often referred to as the “Giant of Africa”, owing to its large population and economy. It is the seventh most populous country in the world and the most populous country in Africa. Nigeria is the world’s 20th largest economy. Agriculture in Nigeria is provides employment for more than thirty percent of the population and the sector is being transformed by commercialization at small, medium and large-scale enterprise levels. Agricultural products of Nigeria fall under two categories; food crops produced for home consumption and exports.

Nigeria was famous for the export of groundnut and palm kernel oil in the past but the rate of export has reduced over the years.

Cocoa is the leading non-oil foreign exchange earner while rubber is the second-largest non-oil foreign exchange earner. In the recent article by Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie- Oyegun said that the current recession in the country has forced the government to invest at all levels of agriculture to become one of the biggest exporters of farm produce in the next two years.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 17.8%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 73884

5. Brazil

Brazil, is a federative republic located in South America and is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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It is also the world’s fifth largest country by area and population. Half of Brazil is covered by forest and world’s largest rain forest is in the Amazon Basin and, it is ranked ninth in the economies based on nominal GDP and eighth based on GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) as of 2016. Thirty one percent of the total land area is agricultural area and agriculture is the principal bases of Brazil’s economy as the country has immense agricultural resources available to it. The cultivation area covers 65,338,804 hectares of land. While Northern Brazil and Central brazil are not much suitable for irrigation and farming, the Southern Brazil is fertile and well irrigated and fed. Brazil was initially producing sugarcane and now has become the largest exporter of coffee, soybeans, beef and crop-based ethanol.

Brazil is called the breadbasket of the world and major supplies are sugarcane, soybeans, coffee and corn. The principal agricultural products of Brazil are cattle, coffee, soy, wheat, sugarcane, tobacco, beans, forestry, vegetables etc.Coffee, soybeans, beef, sugarcane, ethanol and frozen chickens are the most significant exports of brazil.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 5.4%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 95558

4. Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a transcontinental country located in the Southeast of Asia.

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It is the world’s largest island country with more than seventeen thousand islands situated in between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is world’s seventh largest country in terms of combined sea and land area and world’s fourth most populous country. The Indonesian agricultural sector remains large, comprising 14% of the country’s aggregate Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It comprises of large plantations which are both state-owned and private and smallholder production modes.

The larges plantations are to focus on commodities which are important export products like palm oil and rubber, while the small hold farmers produce rice, soybeans, corn, fruits and vegetables. Self-sufficiency has been placed high on agenda by the Indonesian government. It applies to rice as it is the main staple food for the majority of the population; Indonesia has the highest per capita rice consumption in the world. Rice is produced mainly in irrigated or lowland systems. Rice, corn, cassava, soybeans, grains, pulses, cassava, maize, groundnuts, sweet potato and peanuts are the major food crops harvested in Indonesia. Tree crops like rubber, copra, palm kernels, palm oil, coffee, cocoa and spices form a major chunk in the export food products of Indonesia.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 14.3%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 134556

3. United States

The United States of America is a federal republic located in North America between Canada and Mexico.

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It is the world’s third largest country by land area and third most populous country. It homes the world’s largest immigrant population which makes the country most ethnically diverse and multicultural. Agriculture industry is a major contributor in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. Agriculture area in United States covers an area of 922 million acres with 2.2 million farms and each farm averaging 418 acres of land. United States is a leader in getting technological advancements in the crop production and leader in seed improvement. U.S. agriculture has a high yield relative to other countries due to heavy mechanization.

Corn, tomatoes, peanuts and sunflower seeds are the major holdovers from the agricultural endowment of the Americas. United States cover 50 states in 9,857,306 sq.km of land and is a predominantly at service sector based economy. The population working in the agriculture sector contributes to only 2% against 50% while in 1870. GDP contribution from service sector is also 97%. It is estimated that the agricultural land of United States is 45% and US is best known for its Corn Production. Almost 23% of the products are exported from the agricultural produces every year.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 1.12%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 215364

2. India

India, the most populous democracy in the world, is a country in South Asia.

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It is also the second most populous country in the world and the seventh largest country by area. India is one the fastest growing economies of the world and according to the International Monetary Fund(IMF), the Indian economy is the sixth largest economy by exchange rates with nominal worth of US$2.454 trillion and third largest by purchasing power parity(PPP). The service sector makes up 55.6% of GDP, the industrial sector 26.3% and the agricultural sector 18.1% of GDP. Agriculture, with its allied sectors like fisheries and forestry, plays a vital role in India’s economy and is one of the largest contributors of the Gross Domestic Product. Agriculture is also the largest livelihood provider in India as over 58% of the rural households are dependent on agriculture. Agriculture and allied sectors is estimated to grow at 4.1% for 2016-17.

India is the largest producer of spices and spice products and is also the second largest fruit producer in the world. It is ranked third in farm and agricultural outputs. India is also second largest producer of wheat and rice which are the world’s major food staples. The industry is divided into several segments like dairy, food grains, frozen food, meat, poultry and fisheries.

Due to increased investments in agricultural facilities like irrigation, warehousing, storage and genetically modifying crops to increase the yield will generate momentum to the agriculture sector in India in the next few years.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 17.4%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 391672

1. China

China, a unitary sovereign state in East Asia is the world’s most populous country has a population over 1.4 billion.

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China is the world’s second largest economy in nominal GDP and world’s largest economy by purchasing power parity. It is also the world’s second largest country by land area. It is also the world’s largest exporter and second largest importer of goods. China has 54.81 % agricultural land of the total land area and contributes to total of more than 12% of the total GDP of the country. More than 300 million people are working in the agricultural sector in China which is almost 50% of the total workforce that China has got. It is the top most country in case of the farming output and the produce includes wheat, millets, rice, potatoes, cotton and many other produces.

Agricultural land contributes to 5145530 sq.km of the total area of China. It produces 20 percent food for the world’s population although it accounts for only 10 percent of the arable land worldwide.

China is the largest importer of the soybeans crops and is expected to be the top importer of farm products within the next decade. Employment in agriculture constitutes to 28.3% of the total employment in China. Rice is considered to the most important food crop in China followed by wheat production. China also accounts to one-third of total fish production of the world.

Agriculture Contribution to GDP: 8.6%

Agriculture GDP (Million $): 964772

Rank Methodology

1. The countries with the highest GDPs and agricultural activities are considered

2. The percentage of GDP is taken as a criterion and the contribution to GDP is calculated

3. Based on that the final rankings are evaluated

A management consulting firm is used to help organizations in making better business decisions both by analyzing the future plans of the company as well as by understanding the existing problems. Top Consulting firms are gaining more and more traction in the present world due to their highly expertise consultant as well as for the additional value of an external advice. The top consulting firms in the world including the Big Four i.e. Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, KPMG, are the biggest in the industry along with names like McKinsey, Accenture, BCG, Booz Allen etc. These consulting firms in the world provide services across various sectors like government, healthcare, agriculture, science, retail etc. Business solutions provided by the leading consulting firms is customized and as per the requirements of companies. All these leading consulting companies have a presence in more than 200 countries collectively. Here is the list of the top 10 consulting firms in the world 2017 based on their revenue and employee strength.

Quick Glance:

Below are the Top Consulting Firms in World 2017

1st Place : Deloitte

2nd Place : PWC

3rd Place : Ernst & Young

4th Place : KPMG

5th Place : Accenture

6th Place : IBM Global Services

7th Place : McKinsey

8th Place : Booz Allen Hamilton

9th Place : Boston Consulting Group

10th Place : Mercer

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

Top Consulting Firms 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Sales, Profit & Presence):

10. Mercer

Mercer is the world's largest human resources consulting firm, and among the top in the world.

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Headquartered in New York city, operates internationally in more than 130 countries and is a subsidiary of global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan. With aim of creating more secure and rewarding futures businesses for its clients and their employees whether designing affordable health plans, assuring income for retirement, or aligning workers with workforce needs. The Mercer quality of living survey is designed to help companies create compensation packages for executives living overseas. Mercer is the world leader in helping organizations leverage the power of their people to achieve peak company performance, recently voted into the 2015 Forbes America’s best employers list. Mercer helps with Retirement plan administration, defined benefits pension plans. Combining human capital data, exclusive research, and expert consulting firm, Mercer helps to create the best plan for workforce ecosystem. The approach to performance and career management, including employee-centric Mercer Career View app, takes the long view on careers to ensure that the lifeblood of client organization doesn’t drain away. At Mercer, diversity focuses at Accountability, Opportunity, Success and Engagement

Revenue ($Bn): 4.2

Number of Employees: 21200

9. Boston Consulting Group

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a worldwide consulting firm that started in 1963 with the mission of helping associations create and develop a long haul upper hand.

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BCG was established by Bruce Henderson, keeping in mind the business has developed and advanced, integral to all that it does is still a devotion to the first center qualities set up over 50 years back. Another part of capacities conveyed by BCG focuses on something many refer to as the Four Approaches to Business Model Innovation, which is yet another mark offering accessible to customers of this main 10 administration counseling firm. This approach answers inquiries, for example, how expansive the extent of an exertion ought to be and what the proper level of hazard is. To be focused with other top administration counseling firms, it's essential for a firm to have industry specialization so it can bring a certain level of mastery and relevant learning to every engagement. BCG positioned well on this rundown of the best administration counseling firms in light of wide industry specialization. It includes industries like automotive, consumer products, financial institutions, medical devices, public sector, social impact, etc.

Revenue ($Bn): 5.6

Number of Employees: 12000

8. Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz and Co (Strategy&) was framed in 2014, and it conveys to the table 250 years of involvement in tackling the most troublesome issues confronted by worldwide organizations.

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Leslie Moeller serves as the Global Leader of Strategy& while Dr Joachim Rotering is the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Leader in charge of this inventive administration consulting firm. Strategy& is an administration counseling firm that is based on offering a novel way to deal with customers. That approach bases on not simply creating techniques but rather conveying them to effective execution. The key concentration of this approach is on common sense and a careful comprehension of the setting into which arrangements and procedures are being conveyed. A mark offering from Strategy& is cooperation in the Fit For Growth program, which is intended to help organizations get to be leaner, perform better, and be better balanced for fruitful development through cost change and the execution of operational enhancements. This model intends to help customers of Strategy& open the execution levels they require while cutting expenses and getting to be distinctly more grounded. Another special component of Strategy& that separates it as one of the world's top administration counseling firms is the Katzenbach Center, which is depicted as a focal point of magnificence concentrating on authoritative culture, casual association, initiative, and inspiration.

Revenue ($Bn): 5.8

Number of Employees: 22500

7. McKinsey

McKinsey consulting firm is a host to a variety of global management consulting services.

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Its services are ranging from private businesses to governmental as well as non governmental organizations. It also provides services without profits to some organizations. It has over 10,000 consultants in its team who focus on providing long term and sustainable solutions. Its members have an expertise in around 22 industries who provide services under 12 functional groups. It maintains a global clientele with 40% clients in Europe, 35% in America, 15% in Asia-Pacific and 10% in the Middle East and Africa. McKinsey always puts its client interests first. It is due this reason that 70% of its clients are those who have been connected to McKinsey for over 10 years. The major reason that supports such a scenario is a strong framework of values like maintaining client confidentiality, refraining from publicizing their work, etc. It strongly supports the importance of knowledge which is evident from its yearly investments of around $500 million for knowledge building and capacity. A major role in its services is played by its industry expertise along with its focus on the economy as a whole. It also believes in gender diversity for both its domains. This helps them in the hiring and retention of its female staff. Its recent reports include:

• Realizing Gender Equality’s $12 Trillion Economic Opportunity

• The Power of Parity: Advancing Women’s Equality in the United States

• Breaking Down the Gender Challenge

• How India’s Largest Private Bank Fosters Gender Equality

• Recruiting and Retaining More Women in Technology Organizations

Revenue ($Bn): 8.8

Number of Employees: 17000

6. IBM Global Business Services

IBM Global Services endeavors to improve customers' organizations work making it a leading global consulting firm.

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The gathering incorporates IBM's counseling, frameworks coordination and applications organizations, which together utilize more than 100,000 experts in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. GBS is one portion of IBM's Global Services division, however just as in it's one of two units inside that division (Global Technology Services is the other). Worldwide Services is in charge of more than 50 percent of IBM's aggregate income, with GBS' contributing approximately 20 percent of the organization's yearly wage. GBS' offerings are separated into two essential practice regions: business counseling and frameworks joining, and application administration administrations. The first of these offers six zones of strength help to customers: client relationship administration, budgetary administration, human capital administration, technique and change, business examination and inventory network administration administrations. The unit's customers work in various ventures, including aviation and barrier, car, managing an account, chemicals and petroleum, purchaser items, training, gadgets, vitality and utilities, money related markets, government, human services, protection, life sciences, media and excitement, retail, broadcast communications, travel and transportation. The second practice region application administration administrations offers mastery in application advancement, administration, upkeep and bolster administrations for programming and applications. The foundation gives key experiences and suggestions to help customers gain by new open doors. It is contained specialists around the globe who lead research and investigation in 17 ventures and crosswise over five practical controls, including human capital administration, monetary administration, corporate system, inventory network administration and client relationship administration.

Revenue ($Bn): 16.7

Number of Employees: 120000

5. Accenture

Accenture is one of the most prominent consulting firms that provide a huge range of consulting services in strategy, digital, technology operations and management.

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It has a huge client base spread over in more than 120 countries with a experience of more than 60 years. Accenture is the largest independent technology service provider in the world. It is also widely known for its extremely low attrition rates. Accenture is a perfect mix of the general consulting experience along with a deep industry knowledge and expertise. It provides its services in more than 40 industries including banking, capital markets, health, insurance, retail, travel, etc. Also, it has a culture that believes in innovation. This can be seen in its research which it publishes as well as commissions. At the same time, it places its undivided attention to developing new strategies in domains like digital innovation, future workforce, new business models, etc. It has four main components: corporate strategy, operating business model, M&As and business strategy.

Revenue ($Bn): 17.86

Number of Employees: 358000

4. KPMG

One amongst the big four, KPMG is a professional service company a globally recognized consulting firm.

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Founded in 1987, with 29 years of experience from the merger of Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler. KPMG bargains in three lines of administrations which are review, expense, and advisory and inside its suite of administration counseling administrations, the firm as of now has fourteen administration lines for customers some of which have been as of late added to reflect changing business needs in the advanced age. Yearly KPMG Global Power and Utilities Conference In 2015 has been held in Madrid, Spain which was a chief business-to-business industry occasion for the power and utilities part. KPMG is focused on giving a straightforward, simple to-utilize advanced client encounter that meets and surpasses the desires and needs of everybody connecting with KPMG's computerized nearness. Rich content classification combined with more powerful search features, facilitate discovery of content that is relevant to your needs which leads to better content discovery.KPMG's new advanced stage highlights portable responsive plan and better substance revelation. There is a solid two-route relationship between financial improvement and vitality utilization. Helping organizations, exchange affiliations, law offices and government offices address complex financial and measurable issues Helping organizations, exchange affiliations, law offices and government offices address complex monetary and factual issues which are exceptionally compelling device for the same.

Revenue ($Bn): 25.42

Number of Employees: 173965

3. Ernst & Young

EY has one of the oldest and the strongest history dating back to the early 1900s and has developed into the third largest consulting firms in the world in terms of revenue.

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EY has been in the limelight with various media outlets like Forbes, which have named EY several times the best place to work for as well as for the largest privately owned organizations in US. It has a vast employee base of 200000 who work in 700 offices spread all around the world. It is due to this huge number of employees that EY is able to provide some of the best expertise to their clients. They follow a detailed approach which helps them to understand their client's problems in the best way. EY has several divisions like assurance, tax advisory, financial advisory , legal and management consulting. Under the management consulting it provides services like customer, cybercity, finance, financial services risk management, actuarial, risk assurance, supply chain, operations and technology. It strongly believes in globalization and makes sure that clients receive services all around the world due to which it has offices spread all over. They are highly performance driven with its people and resources placed at the right locations. Also it has collaborations with various parties like EMC, IBM, LinkedIn, Microsoft, etc. which help EY in providing the best solutions to its clients.

Revenue ($Bn): 31.4

Number of Employees: 211450

2. PwC

PwC started as a London based accounting firm 100 years ago and has now developed into not only a consulting firm but also provides audit and assurance and tax services.

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It has more than 200,000 professionals who are capable of solving the most complex challenges and also developing new opportunities. It has its feet deep set in the power of innovation, which helps it in helping clients who have to face competition. Along with that it helps its clients in understanding their customers in a better way with the help of its partnerships. One of the more novel parts of the administrations accessible from PwC is centered around cybersecurity and security, which are always developing attentiveness toward most, if not all, associations around the globe. It is one of the worldwide pioneers with regards to research and understanding. The organization has the assets and the examination group to execute full-scale ventures, including yearly CEO overviews, making it one of the go-to centers of learning and data in the business world. PwC additionally gives supplementary assets to oblige look into; for instance, in depth meetings from top organizations and arrangements of the year's essential potential development risks.

Revenue ($Bn): 35.9

Number of Employees: 208109

1. Deloitte

Deloitte offers a variety of services, apart from being management consulting firm, like advisory, audit, risk management and tax services.

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Deloitte has its presence in over 150 countries with an employee base as large as 220,000 professionals and has always managed to deliver the required and lasting results. Deloitte has been in the limelight due to the large number of awards and recognition it receives including the best management consulting firm award by Forbes as well as CFO magazine, the global leader award by Forrester Research as well as by Gartner and many more. It uses a cloud based technique that provides a data driven analysis of the culture of an organization in the current scenario. It is one of the signature components of Deloitte. It has an agile framework of asset based solutions including AccessEdge as well as Benchmarking Prism. These solutions follow a fast transformation and are extremely cost effective. It provides services that promote sustainable solutions and have the maximum impact on its clients. It is deeply seated in various industries like financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer products, real estate, public sector, etc.

Revenue ($Bn): 38.8

Number of Employees: 225351

Ranking Methodology:

1. The leading consulting firms are considered for analysis

2. Parameters like revenues and number of employees are considered and given weightages of 0.8 and 0.2 respectively

3. A final score is calculated and the final ranks are evaluated

Two-wheelers, motorcycles, scooters, bikes have consistently risen in terms of business and reach. A lot of countries, especially developing countries like India, China etc have a huge population who prefer bikes over cars. This opportunity has been aptly tapped by the largest motorcycle & bike companies in the world. The top bike brands in the world include names like Honda, Hero Motocorp, Yamaha, Harley Davidson, Kawasaki, Bajaj etc. Here is the list of the top 10 bike (motorcycle) brands in the world 2017.

Quick Glance at the Top Bike Companies in World 2017

1st place: Honda

2nd place: Yamaha

3rd place: Harley Davidson

4th place: Hero Moto Corp

5th place: Bajaj

6th place: Kawasaki

7th place: BMW

8th place: TVS

9th place: Piaggio

10th place: Royal Enfield

For More details about rankings and parameters, read on.

Largest Bike Companies 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Units Sold):

10. Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield was a brand name under which the Enfield cycle company limited of Redditch, Worcestershire.

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The company has an aim of making the bikes as a cult product which is for passionate bikers in India and globally. Royal Enfield has had a revenue increase by 10% to $0.9Bn, making it one of the largest bike brands globally. The company has a wide presence across the globe with its sale happening in many countries. The company is England based but in India, it is sold by Eicher motors. The company has a huge employee base and operate in many countries. Royal Enfield has invested a lot in branding and marketing activities. The company has invested a lot in this and also got the results.

Enfield Cycle company started as the weapons manufacturer and was popular for rifles. The company has a logo that has cannons and the motto- “Made like a gun”.

Royal Enfield has been a company in domination almost 50 years. Company has a high brand value it has made many advertisement based on the advertisements and Public relations. It is famous for its classic retro look of 1960’s. the brand has come up with 2 models, thunderbird and classic.

Revenue: $0.9B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 500

9. Piaggo

Piaggio was founded by Rinaldo Piaggio in 1884 and initially it started with locomotive and railway carriages.

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The company produces motorcycles, mopeds and many urban usage bikes under its brand name. The company has created many bikes like Vespa, Aprilia Moto Guzzi, and motorcycles brand like Gilera, Derbi and Scarabeo, which are all very popular two wheeler brands globally. Aprilia is the real sporty flagship brand of Piaggio Group and it has recorded highest wins in many competitions around the world and meets needs of young people.  Gilera is a sporty and elegant brand that is targeting. Moto Guzzi is one of the noblest brands in global motorcycling and scarbeo being one of the premium bikes. Vespa brand that created history with selling more. Piaggio group also operated in many countries. The company is Foshan Piaggio has an amazing record in motor racing competitions winning more than 100 world titles.

Revenue: $1B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 340

8. TVS

TVS is a company founded in the year 1978 by T. V. Sundaram Iyengar and it is a Chennai based company.

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The company has had a phenomenal growth in last two decades and its has produced bikes for Indian roads and requirements. TVS motor company is the 3^rd largest two wheeler manufacturer in India after Hero and Bajaj, and is among the leading motorcycle brands in the world. The company has diversified its industry to many fields to aviation electronics and finance. It has more than 90 companies under its umbrella.

The company has launched many bikes in category of sports and households. For sports it launched Apache series, and for urban transport it released bikes like Phoenix 125, star city, sport and for ladies targeted bikes it launched bikes like Jupiter and pep. TVS has 4 manufacturing plants. And a plant is located in Indonesia. The plants in India are in Hosur, Mysore, Nalagrah. Company in the 2000’s became more famous in youth due to wide variety of bikes it launched in the short span of time. Suzuki has been a partner for the technology.

TVS has also partnered with the companies like Sherco, and opened unit in Dakar Rally. The TVS has also won many titles in India and Globally for the quality and the mileage.  TVS basically advertise on the same thing. The company says Mileage and quality for the Indian market.

Revenue: $1.8B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 2900

7. BMW

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) is German based company which was started in 1923.

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The company’s production unit is situated in Berlin, Germany, where they manufacture motorcycles of more than 450CC, 800CC, 1200CC and 1300CC. BMW motor cycles use powerful engines, and is a popular bike brand across the world. The engines are made in Austria, China, Taiwan and other countries across the world. BMW is famous for manufacturing the motorcycles for the sports. The motorbikes like s1000RR, K1600B etc. the company has a over made many kind of bikes ranging from the sports, tour, roadster, adventure and urban mobility under which the bikes are classified under product lines. The family is assigned a different letter prefix like F,G, K, S, R series.

BMW motored is a regular in Dakar Rally which is an annual truck, car and motorcycles in South Africa. It has been frequent winner in the many race competitions.

Revenue: $2.7B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 137

6. Kawasaki

The company started in the year 1986 by shozo Kawasaki and headquartered in Chicago, under the name Meguro eventually they started selling in the name of Kawasaki.

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They also manufactured locomotives, engines and passenger carriages, and eventually in 1949 they started production of engines for motorcycles. In 1969 they were noticed by the international market with the release of 500cc H1, 250cc S1 and 350cc S2. Kawasaki’s Z1 was the first superbike of Kawasaki. It became very famous superbike due to high performance and price. Kawasaki also participates extensively in the motorsports.

Kawasaki is pioneered the personal watercraft business in 1973. Today JET SKI watercraft brand is a leader in an exploring market.  Kawasaki is also doing very well in sports section nowadays in racings. The company has sold as many as 23,000 bikes in the year 2016 with revenue of $3.2B.

Revenue: $3.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 23

5. Bajaj

Bajaj Auto is one of the most well renowned two wheeler brands in India, with a strong international presence.

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The company was founded in the year 1945 as a small selling imported company in India but soon it started its own manufacturing in Pune. Bajaj Auto is now in many places like Chakan, Waluj and Pantnagar, serving all Indian cities and even has a strong global market. The company has also regularly invested money in R &D for its bikes. The company’s first and famous bike Bajaj Chetak was a huge hit in India. There were many others like Vespa and Priya which hit the Indian market but the Chetak ruled the market. This was launched in the year 1986, and after the launch there was no turning back for the company. Bajaj Auto introduced the bikes like Pulsar, Discover and Platina which were most famous when they were launched and these bikes occupy the Indian market now also. Pulsar was the biggest hit and that won many award in the Indian as well as the global level. Bajaj is now one of the largest producer of the three-wheeler in world.

The Chairman Mr. Rahul Bajaj made the company so strong in the global level now with his passion and dedication towards the work.

Now the company has huge global presence in Asia, Africa and Latin America in more than 50 countries. Bajaj auto has also own a huge stake in KTM power sports AG. This company produced many off road bikes for the racing purpose and also won many races.

Revenue: $3.8B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 4300

4. Hero Motocorp

Hero Motocorp is an India two wheeler company based in New Delhi, which serves customers worldwide.

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Hero Motocorp was initially founded as a cycles company but later ventured into bikes, and has since then become a leader in motorcycles, scooters and bikes. It was founded in the year 1984 and it was famously known as Hero Honda because of its venture with Honda in India. But the JV lasted till 2011 and later the two entities separated. The company has its manufacturing sites at Gurgaon, Dharuhera and in Haridwar. It is the current largest bikes manufacturer in India and also one of the most admired brand. Its success mantra is expansion policy and dedication towards Indian market.

The company has reached the people of India through their any outlets and distribution. The system of distribution is so good that even the remotest village has an outlet. The company mainly produces 250cc for the Indian market. It is focusing on only the urban and rural usage for commuting purpose.

The company’s famous bikes include Karizma and Xtreme which dominated in the sport segment. Splendour did a splendid job. Gaining more than half of the market. The company released many bikes like Deluxe, Dawn, Passion and Glamour. Company pitches on mileage and light weight. It is one of most fuel efficient bikes in India. Many Indians prefer bikes for the same reason. They mostly borrows Japanese technology for their bikes.

Revenue: $4.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 7000

3. Harley Davidson

Harley Davidson is a USA based Company, which has made significant contributions in the field of motorcycles.

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The company was founded in the year 1903 in the city of Wisconsin and since then become a cult motorcycle brand. The company has an aim of creating a bike brand which is recognised across the world, and has a strong presence with its masculine body & performance. The company’s revenue decreased by 12% to $5.3B. Harley Davidson has a presence in more than 100 countries, and it has acquired companies to grow further. The company has a huge employee base and operates in over 100 countries. The brand has invested a lot in development and has also got the results due to the same.

It has many bikes in the portfolio that mainly fall into one of the six categories- Street, V-rod, Dyna, Sportster, Touring and Soft tail which are characterized by its engine, frame, suspension and other characteristics.

Revenue: $5.8B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 265

2. Yamaha

Yamaha was founded in the year 1955 and it is based in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Yamaha is the company which produces the bikes ranging from street bikes, dirt bikes and urban motorcycles. It started as a piano company in the world war2, and after the war it started manufacturing the bikes. Yamaha currently hold one of top places in the motorcycle manufacturing. It is renowned for its design in its sports bikes. Yamaha also manufactures tyres, engines, boats. The company has a range of dirt bikes which hold a racing competition in the USA. The company attends many racing events globally and it is famous for endorsing the racing spirit through their bikes.

Yamaha first motorcycle was two wheeled 125cc single cylinder, the YA1 was a huge success in racing winning many events like Ascent race. Yamaha has been a star performer in events throughout the history. Yamaha always focussed on the engine and the pace. The first motorcycle to feature four stroke is YZF R1 was one of the popular also. Yamaha also focuses on design and through that it has become one of the best and most admired company in the globe now.

Revenue: $13.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 5600

1.Honda

Honda Motor Co, is a public company based out of Japan, is one of the fastest growing companies in the world.

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Honda has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and incorporated on October 28, 1948. It is spread over 28 countries with 73 plants in all, and the brand is into developing, manufacturing and marketing of automobiles. Its portfolio consists of motorcycles, automobiles, power products, financial services etc. Honda was initially a motorcycle manufacturing company which entered into automobile manufacturing in late 60s after Toyota and Nissan, its Japanese counterparts.

Honda’s motorcycles are collection of sports, business and commuter models. It has a portfolio of Moped and light motorcycles like Ape series, Cub series, CT series etc; motorcycle models like Bros/HawkGT, CB series, CBR series etc; off road models like XR250R, XR600R etc; dual purpose models like CRF250L, XR650L etc; motocross models like CR250R, CR85R Expert etc; scooters like Big Ruckus, CN250, Elite, Silver wing etc; racing models like Honda RC series, RC211V etc; all terrain vehicles like Honda ATC70, Honda ATC90.

Honda’s global automobile portfolio consists of Fit, Civic, Accord, Insight, CR-V, CR-Z, Legend, Odyssey. Honda City is the most used mid-size Sedan Car in India. It is one of the top 10 cars which one can see on Indian roads.

Revenue: $15.2B

Bikes sold in a year (in thousands): 17661

Rank Methodology

1. The leading motorcycle and bike brands in the world are considered

2. Parameters like revenues and number of motorcycles sold in a year are taken

3. The final ranks are created on the basis on revenue

Media and broadcasting have grown at a significant pace over the last few years. News channels, entertainments, sports, online media etc have all been driven by the leading media and broadcasting companies in the world. All these biggest media and broadcasting companies have a global presence reaching out to almost every corner of the earth. The top media and broadcasting companies include names like Comcast, Walt Disney, Time Warner, Charter Communications, Liberty Global etc. Here is the list of the top 10 media and broadcasting companies in the world 2017 as per revenue, profit.

Quick Glance at the Top Media Companies in the World 2017

1st place: Comcast

2nd place: Walt Disney

3rd place: Time Warner

4th place: Charter Communications

5th place: Liberty Global

6th place: British Sky Broadcasting

7th place: Dish Network

8th place: CBS Corp

9th place: Viacom

10th place: News Corp

For more details about rankings and parameters, read on.

Largest Media & Broadcasting 2017 Ranking with Parameters (Revenue, Profit):

10. News Corp

Headquartered at New York, News Corp was founded in the year 2012 and is engaged in creation and distribution of media, news and information services.

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It is a firm that considers consumers at the heart for what they are, and they are moving market with the power of information they own and striving to unlock the power information. They also deliver the content that anticipates the need of its customer by delivering unique and meaningful experiences to them. They are united by passion for enlightening and engaging its subscribers by world class journals and information they provide. In all they are trying to build heritage of innovation and challenging the status quo in this field of broadcasting and information. It includes News Corp Australia, News UK, Dow Jones, New York Post, Harper Collins Publishers, News America Marketing, storyful and move companies in its business networks. The philanthropic mission of the firm is to improve lives of others. They are investing in innovative approaches to learning to strengthen and support students. They are also associated in providing shelter, meals, clothing, tutoring to children in under resourced communities. Since they are committed in pushing the world’s information forward they are also associated with those organisations that protect and defend the ability of journalists to fulfil their duties across the world.

When it comes to making career with News Corp, it is a firm that values big, bold thinkers with the ability to bring great ideas to the market. There are opportunities in working on what’s happening in news, sports, entertainment to reaching the most influential people every morning. It is great place who want to work and make difference. Recognised as leading hub for high tech innovation and technology, it is a place of fast paced, creative and dynamic people working to help its readers make sense of the modern world.

Revenue: $ 8.14 billion

Profit: $ -0.363 billion

9. Viacom

Established in the year 2005, Viacom, Inc is a global entertainment content company founded by Sumner M. Redstone headquartered in New York.

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It provides compelling TV programs, short form video, applications, games, motion pictures, social media and other entertainment related content. It operates through Media Networks and Filmed entertainment segments. Across the globe it has reached more than 160 countries with approximately 700 million subscribers. The company’s leading brands includes MTV, comedy central, SPIKE, VIVA, VH1 and many others. It connects kids, youth and adults and develops authentic content for distinct audience like African-Americans, millennial generation, LGBT viewers and more.

When it comes to media networks it has the largest portfolio of add supported cable networks in US. It is among the most diverse, vibrant and culturally relevant collection of brands in media. Its business is driven by innovation, deep understanding of audiences and creativity. Viacom has one of the best cultures considering employees as the strength of their company fostering an environment that engages and respects each individual supporting them to flourish both professionally and personally. They embrace global diversity and inclusions in its entire works, on screen to off, from films to employee programs.

When it comes to career opportunities it’s a place which has diverse mix of talented people who do their best work. Its success runs on hard work and passion of its creative employees. It’s fully focussed on equality and diversity of sexual orientation, religion, national origin, race, gender and many others that make them different. In all it’s a firm that strives for creative excellence and cultural impact across every segments it works on.

Revenue: $ 12.66 billion

Profit: $ 1.39 billion

8. CBS Corp

Founded in the year 1986, CBS Corp is a mass media company founded by Sumner Murry Redstone and is headquartered in New York.

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It creates and distributes content to the audience across the world on variety of platforms, and it operates through publishing, local media, cable, networks and entertainment. The company’s history backs to the dawn of broadcasting age to the new venture that operates on the leading edge of the media. Today it has become one of the most watched television networks in U.S making the company “The EYE” most recognised in business because of its largest library of entertainment content.

CBS group includes CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), and CBS Studios International, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Television Studios and many other best channels. The business conduct statement talks of the firm’s consistency. By visibly and continually reaffirming their commitment with highest standards of business behaviour they instill an ethic in the organization that allows individual employees to exercise their very best judgment.

The firm strives to use its power to produce quality news, diversity efforts and socially responsible content for the public good to earn CBS distinction of public trust. It also has taken the commitment to build greener and sustainable environment in the community they serve. Working with CBS is an exciting time. It been the industry leader in media and has evolved continuously. They offer opportunity to work with diverse group of men and women with decades of knowledge and wealth of resources. It provides comprehensive and flexible benefits programs to enjoy competitive compensation as well as board range of benefits and incentives.

Revenue: $ 13.17 billion

Profit: $ 1.26 billion

7. Dish Network

Established in the year 1980 by Charles W. Ergen, Cantey W. Ergen and James DeFranco, Dish Network Corp in headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

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It operates trough broadband services, Pay TV and wireless segments, and it provides satellite television, interactive television services and audio programming to its customers in United States. As of today it has reached approximately reached 13.7 million televisions to 600000 broadband subscribers and has employed close to 16000 people. Dish’s main business is satellite television and viewers choose from series of services paying more money for more channels. With acquiring of Blockbuster LLC it is diversifying its offering and is using IP rights to offer streaming and mail-order video services. Further to it Dish also started digital video recorder Dish Hopper (DVR) in 2012 which allowed customers to watch programs without commercials. There after it has rapidly grown with Dish Net, Sling TV and acquisitions and expansion of its business.

The culture of Dish Network is focussed around C P A W curiosity. Pride. Adventure. Winning which drives to do personal best and the courage to face the challenge with determination and success. If you are ready for your chance to shine and work for  fortune 200 company Dish provides huge variety of career paths across united states. It also provides other career opportunities in customer service in-home services, corporate careers, sales etc to have diverse and driven workforce who take the initiative to create great professional organisation.

Revenue: $ 15.1 billion

Profit: $ 1.45 billion

6. British Sky Broadcasting

Sky Plc was founded in the year 1988 and headquartered in Middlesex, the United Kingdom.

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It is an entertainment company which provides TV and WiFi services. It is serving around 22 million customers with close to 57 products connected to more than 11 million homes. It has 30000 plus employees with 11000 plus customer service agents and engineers operating across Europe, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy. The company has its flagship brands like sky Atlantic, sky cinema, sky sports, sky news, sky arts, sky living and sky 1. Today it is offering its customers world leading entertainment with 80000 plus hours of live sports coverage.

The company believes in better which means providing the best quality entertainment to the entire family using technology .They believe in making life better through entertainment and connecting people at affordable prices so that millions can join in. They are equally committed in behaving responsibly and do right things for the community they live and work. Giving employees all the importance for critical success for the company, they foster a culture where they can give their best and fulfil their potential to achieve greater in life.

It has displayed responsible business from keeping the customers information safe to reducing the environmental impact. Towards customer they are committed in delivering high editorial standards, to designing innovative products to come up with great ideas to make great things happen every day. They have also displayed responsible behaviour towards sourcing and environment by developing strong partnership with its suppliers with proper policies to ensure they have met their standards. Also to reduce environmental impact they are producing sustainable products and helping in tackling climate change. In all they believe that every young person has potential and just need right opportunity to unlock it. Across their business whether in front camera or off screen they are always looking for new ways to make the lives of customers better.

Revenue: $ 17.08 billion

Profit: $ 0.8474 billion

5. Liberty Global

An international cable company founded in the year 2013 stands 5^th in the list of top ten Media and broadcasting in the span of 4 years with revenue of 20.1 billion dollars.

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Liberty Global Plc provides cable, internet and television services and is currently headquartered in London, United Kingdom. They have their fibre network stretching over 800000 plus kms serving close to 29 million customers providing ultimate entertainment experience. They are experts in providing ultrafast and seamless connectivity in and out of the house. It has around 50 million houses passed with 50 million video, internet and voice subscribers. As of today it has employed 45000 people in the firm. It is established player in Latin America and Caribbean, having operation in more than 30 countries all over. Its commitment to innovation has enabled them to deliver market competitive products through next generation technologies and networks.

In 2016 it acquired Plc to form leading TV and telecoms firm in Latin America. As of today it operates through 12 European countries and over 20 Latin American countries with brands like Ziggo, VTR, Liberty, Virgin Media and many others.

The vision of the company is Connect, Discover and be free which keeps them focussed on bringing amazing entertainment experience through incremental penetration of their services. Their strategy emphasizes on superior organic growth, fruitful M&A and commitment to equity returns which pushes them to more technical innovation and simplify the digital lives of people. The career in Liberty puts you on the front on ever expanding industry which encourages one to explore and achieve full potential through challenging work and empower you to grow and build a career where exactly you wanted to be.

Revenue: $ 20.01 billion

Profit: $ 1.71 billion

4. Charter Communications

Charter communications, Inc in associated in providing broadband communication services which include TV, video entertainment programming, internet access and spectrum voice.

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It was founded in the year 1999 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut United States. It is serving over 25 million customers in 41 states and is the second largest cable operators in US by subscribers after Comcast. It is also the fifth largest telephone provider in the basis of subscribers line count. Later in the year 2016, Charter communications acquired Time Warner and Bright House networks making the third largest pay TV services in US for a deal of $65.5 billion. Further it has expanded to reach 2 million households not provided broadband moving into rural areas not served with high speed internet and increase the visibility.

Today charter is serving more than 25 million people in 41 states. It has always been in pace with technology and is serving most of its customers through legacy set up boxes and DVRs and is further committed to provide all digital network and standard internet speeds across all service areas. Charter communication has also several awards to its name. In 2011 it received fastest ISP award for providing internet services twice the speed during 2011 business year. It has also won Cable Fax topops for day of service for their excellent customer service. It also has 2007 multi system operator of the year along with best company to work for based on the survey created to charter employees. Today it is in 331 rank in the list of fortune 500 best companies.

When it comes to CSR it is committed to improve communities and impact lives where their customers live work and play. In this regard they have spectrum housing assist which has the goal of making 25000 homes safe and healthier by 2020. In all their philanthropic efforts are set to bring in a difference to the society they serve.

Revenue: $ 29 billion

Profit: $ 3.52 billion

3. Time Warner

Founded on January 10^th 1990 Time Warner Inc. is headquartered in New York and is a media and entertainment company engaged in provided publishing services, film entertainment and cable network.

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Time Warner deliver premium content worldwide to its audience through its industry leading operating scale, and their aim is to become the world’s leading video content company. As a global media group, they focus on creating value for the company by leveraging big data, consumer insights. Their strategy is to invest in mid-size companies that can generate value for the company. It owns some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry such as HBO, Warner Bros., and CNN, DC Comics etc. Their corporate responsibility is to tell the world stories by leading responsibly and making their business greener. On October 22, 2016 AT&T announced its intent to acquire Time Warner for $108 billion when Time Inc. agreed to a merger with Warner Communications, creating the largest media conglomerate in the world at that time.

When it comes to working with Time Warner, its leader in media and entertainment providing exciting and rewarding career opportunities across various disciplines. As they are the innovators in technology, products and services they hire the most talented individuals who are committed who reflect the core values of its firm. It is leading in the industry with several awards like best place to work, world’s most ethical companies, top 50 organisations for diversity and many others in the list.

Revenue: $ 29.32 billion

Profit: $ 3.92 billion

2. Walt Disney

Founded in the year 1923 by Walter Elias Disney, Walt Disney is headquartered in Burbank, California.

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Walt Disney Company commonly known as Disney has established itself as one of the leaders in the American animation industry with business diversification into film production, television entertainment and theme parks. It is an entertainment giant that also owns cable networks, including ESPN, Disney channel and American Broadcasting Company. Disney operates through a number of studios with each studio crafting a special type of content for its audience. The company distributes film under Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, and Dream Works Studios etc. Disney’s stories, characters and content reach every member of the family. It has operations in 40 countries and the team work together to create entertainment experiences for the global audience. Disney maintains its strategy of investing in a number of entertainment offerings across film production, television entertainment and theme parks.

Disney’s future plans continue to be international expansion of its existing businesses and continue investing in new business lines. Disney has many accolades to its name and features in Fortune’s list of world’s most admired companies. Mickey Mouse one of the earliest and well-known cartoon creation is the mascot for Disney.

Revenue: $ 54.94 billion

Profit: $ 8.99 billion

1. Comcast

Established in the year 1963, Comcast Corp is a media, communication and entertainment firm involved in providing services in phone, video and internet to the customers in US.

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The company was started by Ralph J Roberts, Julian A Brodsky and Daniel Aaron, and currently has it’s headquarter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Comcast operates majorly through 5 segments of Cable Networks, Broadcast Television, Cable communications, Theme parks and Filmed entertainment. Inspired by rich heritage Comcast has the experience, creativity and leadership to shape the future of media and technology topping the list of fortune 500 broadcasting and cable industries in terms of its performance and business services it provides.

Its core values revolves to earn respect and trust from its customers, share holders and members of society where 153000 employees strive to shape the future of media and technology. The four core values include community investment through digital literacy, youth education and leadership, by providing the best media to its customers and philanthropic efforts. The second of its value includes diversity and inclusion which best strives to get in innovation in their services, the third one being sustainability by going green and forth one being integrity in doing business. When it comes to its philanthropic acts Comcast offers low cost internet and cable services to schools through US E-rate program. Innovation, passion and entrepreneurialism had driven Comcast to create businesses and reshape the industries with its vision taking it forward to embrace the future through inspired view on what is possible.

Thus Comcast is a company which reimagines the industry, invent new technologies and creates theme park, movies that convert experiences of millions people in to thrill and entertainment every day. They turn every customers feedback into great app experiences and create powerful experience to millions.

Revenue: $ 80.4 billion

Profit: $ 8.7 billion

Ranking Methodology:

Step 1: Top 20 companies were shortlisted based on their sales and revenue

Step 2: 3 Parameters Revenues, Net income were scaled using Min-Max Normalization

Step 3: Normalized values were weighted with 50% Revenue, 50% Net income

Step 4: Based on the values, ranking was done