10 most profitable companies in the world Nov 2014

10 most profitable companies in the world

 

 

Image: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during a Microsoft cloud briefing event in San Francisco.

Photograph: Robert Galbraith/Reuters

With its new iPhones and iPads, Apple continues to be among the three most profitable companies in the world. However, if you look at the 10 top profitable companies in the world, most are from China, and surprisingly all are diversified banks.
24/7 Wall St. came up with the list of most profitable companies globally. Here are the top 10...
Microsoft Corporation

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Image: A pedestrian walks a sign on Microsoft Headquarters campus.
Photograph: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Rank: 10
Net income from cont. operations: $22.1 billion
Country: United States
Industry: Systems software
Revenue: $86.8 billion
BP

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Image: A woman directs shareholders to the BP Annual General Meeting at the Excel Centre in east London.
Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Rank: 9
Net income from cont. operations: $23.5 billion
Country: United Kingdom
Industry: Integrated oil and gas
Revenue: $379.6 billion
Bank of China

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Image: Bank of China building.
Photograph: Mailer_Diablo/Wikimedia Commons

Rank: 8
Net income from cont. operations: $25.5 billion
Country: China
Industry: Diversified banks
Revenue: $63.3 billion
Agricultural Bank of China

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Image: An elderly woman pushes her twin grandchildren on a cart past a branch of Agricultural Bank of China in Xiangyang.
Photograph: Reuters

Rank: 7
Net income from cont. operations: $27.1 billion
Country: China
Industry: Diversified banks
Revenue: $68.2 billion
Samsung Electronics

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Image: A man using his mobile phone walks past a Samsung Electronics shop in the company's main office building in central Seoul.
Photograph: ReutersLee Jae-Won/Reuters

Rank: 6
Net income from cont. operations: $27.2 billion
Country: South Korea
Industry: Technology hardware, storage and peripherals
Revenue: $216.6 billion
Exxon Mobil

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Image: An Exxon service station is pictured near a Mobil station in Falls Church, Virginia.
Photograph: Reuters

Rank: 5
Net income from cont. operations: $32.6 billion
Country: United States
Industry: Integrated oil and gas
Revenue: $393.7 billion
China Construction Bank

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Image: Customers walk out of a China Construction Bank branch in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Rank: 4
Net income from cont. operations: $34.9 billion
Country: China
Industry: Diversified banks
Revenue: $76.9 billion
Gazprom

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Image: Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and China's Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli attend a ceremony marking the start of the construction of the "Power of Siberia" pipeline at the village of Us Khatyn.
Photograph: Reuters

Rank: 3
Net income from cont. operations: $35.7 billion
Country: Russia
Industry: Integrated oil and gas
Revenue: $156.6 billion
Apple

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Image: Attendees sit in front of an Apple logo at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2013 in San Francisco.
Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters

Rank: 2
Net income from cont. operations: $37.0 billion
Country: United States
Industry: Technology hardware, storage and peripherals
Revenue: $170.9 billion
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

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Image: Business Center of ICBC in Beijing.
Photograph: RudolfSimon/Wikimedia Commons

Rank: 1
Net income from cont. operations: $42.7 billion
Country: China
Industry: Diversified banks
Revenue: $89.4 billion