10 Firms Richer than Several Nations
Yahoo
Yahoo is an American multinational internet corporation whose headquarter is in Sunnywale, California, United States and is one of the largest website in United States. Yahoo has it all and is best known for its web portal, Search engine, Yahoo directory, Yahoo mail, Yahoo groups, Yahoo news, Yahoo answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and social media website and services. It was founded by Jerry Yale and David Filo and the present CEO is Scott Thompson and the chairman is Roy Bostock. According to the 2011 estimation it was found that their total revenue is $4.98 billion and their total assets are $14.78 billion which is more than some of the countries revenue and assets like Mongolia.
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial service corporation and was founded by Fresno, California and the current CEO and Chairman is Joseph Saunders and the President is John Partridge. It is headquartered on 595 Market Street, Financial district in San Francisco, California, United States and it operates in Asia-pacific, North America, Central and South America, Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East. According to 2010 estimation their total revenue is $8.065 billion and their total assets are $33.408 billion which is more than some countries like Zimbabwe.
eBay
eBay is an American internet consumer to consumer corporation and is an online auction and shopping website and was founded by Pierre Omidyar. Headquarter is located in San Jose, California, United States and the CEO is John Donahoe and the chairman is Pierre Omidyar. Its products are eBay classified, electronic commerce, Gumtree, Kijiji, online auction hosting, PayPal etc. according to 2011 estimation its revenue was $11. 651 billion and its total assets were $27.320 billion.
Nike
Nike is U.S. based major publicly traded clothing, footwear, sportswear and equipment Supplier Company and is headquartered in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It was founded by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight and he is also the Chairman of the Company and Mark Parker is the President and CEO of the company. According to the 2010 estimation their total revenue is $19.014 billion and their total assets are $14.419 billion which is more than the total growth domestic product of countries like Paraguay.
McDonald
McDonald is the largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants in over 119 countries. It was founded in 1940 in San Bernardino, California and was founded by Richard and Maurice Donald and later on Ray Kroc joined the company as the franchise agent. Headquartered at Oak Brook, Illinois, United States and its Chairman is Andrew J. McKenna, its Vice Chairman and CEO is James A. Skinner and the President and COO is Fred L. Turner. According to the estimation done is 2010 its total revenue is $24.075 billion and its total assets are $31.975 billion which is more than Latvia.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com is a multinational electronic commerce company which was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 who is the Chairman, President and CEO of the company. The headquarter is at Seattle, Washington, United States. They have online bookstore as well as online shopping etc. The calculation in 2011 shows revenue as $48.07 billion and total assets as $25.27 billion which is more than Kenya.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial service which was founded by Henry S. Morgan and Harold Stanley in 1935 and is headquartered in Morgan Stanley Building, New York City. So the main services that the company provides are Global Wealth Management, Institutional securities and Investment Management at current the Chairman and CEO is James P. Gorman. According to the estimation in 2011 their revenue was $32.406 billion and their total assets are $807.69 billion which is more than Uzbekistan.
Cisco
Cisco system is an American multinational corporation which was founded by Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner in San Francisco in 1984. It is headquartered at San Jose, California and the Chairman and CEO is John Chambers. This company designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment. The estimated revenue generated by the company was $43.2 billion and the total assets $87.09 billion, which is more than Lebanon’s gross domestic product.
Pepsi
Pepsi Company is an American multinational company which was founded by Donald Kendall and Herman Lay in North Carolina and now it’s headquarter is located at Purchase, New York, United States. The present Chairman and CEO of the company is Indra Nooyi and the company manufactures Food items and beverages. According to the estimation done in 2010 its revenue was $57,838 billion and the total assets were $68.153 billion which is more than Oman’s GDP.
Apple
It is an American multinational company which designs and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers and is well known for its Macintosh, iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976 and currently it’s located at Apple Campus, Cupertino, California and its present CEO is Tim Cook after the famous Steve Jobs and Chairman is Arthur Levinson. According to 2011 calculation their revenue was $108.249 billion and their total assets were $116.371 billion which is more than Ecuador.
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