The document lists and provides brief details on 20 of the largest multinational companies in 2015 based on profit. It includes Chinese state-owned banks and oil companies like ICBC, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, and PetroChina. Other major multinationals on the list are Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase, ExxonMobil, General Electric, Wells Fargo, Toyota, Apple, Royal Dutch Shell, Volkswagen Group, HSBC, Chevron, Walmart, Samsung Electronics, Citigroup, China Mobile, and BP. Employee numbers and 2014 profits are provided for each company.

1. 20 Greatest Multinational
Companies
2015

2. ICBC (Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China)

It is one of China's Four
State-owned commercial
banks.

Founded on January 1st
,
1984.

Number of employees:
405.354 (2011).

Profit: 44,8 billion $
(44.800 million $)

3. CHINA CONSTRUCTION
BANK
- It is one of the four State-owned
banks in China.
- The bank has approximately 13,629
domestic branches.
- During the 2013 Korean crisis, the
China Construction Bank halted
business with a North Korean bank
accused by the USA of financing
Pyongyang's missile and nuclear
programs.
- Number of employees: 329.338
- Profit 2014: 37 billion $ (37.000
million $).

4. AGRICULTURAL BANK OF
CHINA
-It is one the four great State-owned bank in China.
- It has 320 million customers, 2.7 million corporate
clients, and nearly 24,000 branches.
- Number of employees: 444.238 (2012)
- Profit 2014: 29.1 billion ( 29.100 million $)

5. BANK OF CHINA
- It is one of the four great State-owned banks in China.
- It was founded in 1912 by the Republican government to
replace the Imperial Bank of China. It is the oldest bank
in mainland China still in existence.
- Number of employees: 305.675 (2013).
- Profit 2014: 27.5 billion $ (27.500 million $).

6. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an
American multinational conglomerate
holding that oversees and manages a
number of subsidiary companies. The
company wholly owns a number of
companies and has significant minority
holdings in American Express, The
Coca-Cola Company, Wells Fargo, IBM
and Wells Fargo, American Express,
WalMart, McDonalds, Microsoft, etc.

Profit 2014: 19.9 billion $ (19.900
million $)

8. JP MORGAN CHASE

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an
American multinational
banking and financial
services holding company. It
is the largest bank in the
United States. The company
was formed in 2000, when
Chase Manhattan
Corporation merged with
J.P. Morgan & Co.

Number of employees:
242.388

Profit 2014: 21.2 billion $
(21.200 million $).

9. 7. EXXON MOBIL

Exxon Mobil Corp. is an American multinational
oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company.

ExxonMobil has been subject to numerous
criticisms, including the lack of speed during its
cleanup efforts after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil
spill in Alaska. ExxonMobil has also drawn
criticism for its history of lobbying in attempts to
discredit the idea that climate change is caused by
the burning of fossil fuels.

Number of employees: 75.000 (2013).

Profit 2014: 32.5 billion $ (32.500 million $).

10. Exxon Valez oil spill: Alaska, 1989.

11. 8. PETROCHINA
PetroChina Company Limited is a State-
owned Chinese oil and gas company. It is
China's biggest oil producer
Number of employees: 552.810.
Profit 2014: 17.4 billion $ (17.400 million $).

12. 9.GENERAL ELECTRIC

General Electric (GE) is an American
multinational conglomerate corporation
founded in 1889 by Thomas Edison. The
company operates through the following
segments: Power and Water, Oil and Gas,
Energy Management, Aviation, Healthcare,
Transportation, Engineering and financial
services.

Number of employees: 307.000 (2014).

Profit 2014: 15.2 billion $ (15.200 million $).

14. 10. WELLS FARGO
- Wells Fargo & Company is an American
multinational banking and financial services
holding company. Products: Consumer
banking, corporate banking, credit cards,
finance and insurance, foreign currency
exchange, investment banking, mortgage
loans, wealth management.
- The company operates across 35 countries and
has over 70 million customers globally.
Number of employees: 263.900 (2014).
Profit 2014: 23.1 billion $
(23.100 million $).

15. 11. TOYOTA

Toyota Motor Corporation is
a Japanese automotive
manufacturer headquartered
in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
Toyota is the largest
automobile manufacturer
ahead of the Volkswagen
Group and General Motors.

Number of employees:
338.735

Profit 2014: 19.1 billion $
(19.100 million $).

16. Factories around the
world

17. 12. APPLE
Apple Inc. is an American multinational
corporation that designs, develops, and sells
consumer electronics, computer software,
online services, and personal computers. Its
best-known hardware products are the Mac
computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone
smartphone, and the iPad tablet. Its online
services include iCloud, the iTunes Store, and
the App Store. Apple's consumer software
includes operating systems, the iTunes media
browser, the Safari web browser, and the iLife
and iWork creativity and productivity suites.

18. Number of employees: 98.000 (2014).
Profit 2014: 44.5 billion $ (44.500 million $).

19. 13. ROYAL DUTCH SHELL
- Royal Dutch Shell is an
Anglo–Dutch multinational
oil and gas company
headquartered in the
Netherlands and in the
United Kingdom. Created by
the merger of Royal Dutch
Petroleum and UK-based
Shell Transport & Trading.
- Employees: 92.000
- Profit 2014: 14.9 billion $
(14.900 million $).

20. - Shell is active in every area of the oil and gas
industry, including exploration and production,
refining, distribution and marketing,
petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It has
minor renewable energy activities in the form of
biofuels and wind. It has operations in over 90
countries, produces around 3.1 million barrels of oil
equivalent per day and has 44,000 service stations
worldwide

21. 14. VOLKSWAGEN GROUP

VW is a German multinational. It designs,
manufactures and distributes passenger and
commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and
turbomachinery and offers related services
including financing, leasing and fleet management.

22.  Volkswagen Group Brands:
 Cars: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti,
Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda.
 Motorcycles: Ducati.
 Commercial vehicles: MAN, Scania,
Neoplan.
 The company has operations in
approximately 150 countries and
operates 100 production facilities
across 27 countries. It holds a 19.9%
non-controlling shareholding in
Suzuki and has two major joint-
ventures in China.

23.  Number of employees: 572.800 (2013).
 Production output: 10.14 million unit.
 Profit 2014: 14.4 billion $ (14.400 million $).

24. 15. HSBC (Hong Kong Shangai
Banking Corporation).
HSBC is a British multinational
banking and financial services
company headquartered in
London, United Kingdom.
HSBC has around 6,600 offices
in 80 countries and territories
across Africa, Asia, Europe,
North America and South
America, and around 60
million customers.

25. HSBC is organised within four business groups:
Commercial Banking; Global Banking and Markets
(investment banking); Retail Banking and Wealth
Management; and Global Private Banking.
Number of employees:254.066 (2013).
Profit 2014: 13.5 billion $ (13.500 million $).

26. 16. CHEVRON

Chevron is an American
multinational energy
corporation active in more than
180 countries. Chevron is
engaged in every aspect of the oil
and gas energy industries,
including exploration and
production; refining, marketing
and transport; chemicals
manufacturing and sales; and
power generation.

Number of employees: 64.600
(2013).

Profit 2014: 19.2 billion $
(19.200 million $)

28. 17. WAL-MART STORES

Wal-Mart is an American multinational retail
corporation that operates a chain of discount
department stores and warehouse stores. It has
over 11,000 stores in 27 countries, under a total 71
different brands.

Number of employees: 2.2 million people.

Profit 2014: 16.4 billion $ (16.400 million $).

30. 18. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS.
- Engages in the
manufacture and sale
of electronic products.
The firm operates
through the following
business divisions:
Consumer Electronics
(CE), Information
Technology & Mobile
Communications (IM),
and Device Solutions
(DS).
Number of Employes: 235.999
(2014)
- Profit 2014: 21.9 billion $ (21.900
million $)

31. The CE business division provides cable television,
monitor, printer, air-conditioners, refrigerators,
washing machines, and medical devices. The IM
business division offers handheld products,
communication systems, computers, and digital
cameras.

32. 19. CITIGROUP
Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational
banking and financial services corporation. Citi
has approximately 16,000 offices worldwide and
holds over 200 million customer accounts in more
than 140 countries.
Number of employees: 243.000
Profit 2014: 7.2 billion $
(7.200 million $).

33. 20. CHINA MOBILE
- China Mobile Ltd. operates
as an investment holding
company, which through
its subsidiaries provides
mobile telecommunications
and related services.
- Number of Employes:
241.550
- Profit 2014: 17.7 billion $
(17.700 million $)

34. 41. BP (British Petroleum)
- BP is a British multinational company,
headquartered in London. It operates in all areas of
the oil and gas industry, including exploration and
production, refining, distribution and marketing,
petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It
also has renewable energy interests in biofuels and
wind power.
- BP has operations in approximately 80 countries
and produces around 3.2 million barrels per day.
- Number of Employes: 83.900 (2013)
- Profit 2014: 3.5 billion $ (3.500 million $)