| rank |
corporation |
profits (billion US$) |
| 2004 |
2005 |
| 1. |
ExxonMobil (USA)
|
25.33 |
36.13 |
| 2. |
Royal Dutch/Shell Group (Neth./UK)
|
18.54 |
25.31 |
| 3. |
Citigroup (USA)
|
17.05 |
24.64 |
| 4. |
BP (UK)
|
15.73 |
22.63 |
| 5. |
Bank of America (USA)
|
14.14 |
16.47 |
| 6. |
General Electric (USA)
|
16.59 |
16.35 |
| 7. |
Total S.A. (France)
|
8.84 |
14.51 |
| 8. |
Chevron (USA)
|
13.33 |
14.10 |
| 9. |
ConocoPhillips (USA)
|
8.13 |
13.62 |
| 10. |
Microsoft (USA)
|
10.00 |
13.06 |
| 11. |
PetroChina (China)
|
8.41 |
12.43 |
| 12. |
HSBC Group (UK)
|
9.52 |
12.36 |
| 13. |
American International Group (USA)
|
10.91 |
11.90 |
| 14. |
Wal-Mart Stores (USA)
|
10.27 |
11.23 |
| 15. |
Toyota Motor (Japan)
|
11.13 |
10.93 |
| 16. |
UBS (Switzerland)
|
7.10 |
10.65 |
| 17. |
Altria Group (USA)
|
9.42 |
10.44 |
| 18. |
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)
|
5.00 |
10.42 |
| 19. |
Johnson & Johnson (USA)
|
8.51 |
10.41 |
| 20. |
Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil (Brazil)
|
6.15 |
10.15 |
| 21. |
ENI (Italy)
|
9.89 |
9.87 |
| 22. |
E.ON (Germany)
|
5.85 |
8.75 |
| 23. |
Royal Bank of Scotland (UK)
|
8.66 |
8.66 |
| 24. |
Intel (USA)
|
7.52 |
8.66 |
| 25. |
Banco Santander (Spain)
|
- |
8.54 |
| 26. |
ING Groep (Netherlands)
|
8.10 |
8.52 |
| 27. |
JPMorgan Chase (USA)
|
- |
8.48 |
| 28. |
Pfizer (USA)
|
11.36 |
8.11 |
| 29. |
GlaxoSmithKline (UK)
|
8.26 |
8.06 |
| 30. |
International Business Machines [IBM] (USA)
|
8.43 |
7.97 |
| 31. |
Procter & Gamble (USA)
|
6.94 |
7.79 |
| 32. |
Fannie Mae (USA)
|
7.69 |
7.69 |
| 33. |
Wells Fargo (USA)
|
7.01 |
7.67 |
| 34. |
Sanofi-aventis (France)
|
- |
7.49 |
| 35. |
Verizon Communications (USA)
|
7.83 |
7.40 |
| 36. |
Gazprom (Russia)
|
5.84 |
7.24 |
| 37. |
France Telecom (France)
|
- |
6.75 |
| 38. |
Berkshire Hathaway (USA)
|
6.36 |
6.74 |
| 39. |
Wachovia (USA)
|
5.21 |
6.64 |
| 40. |
Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (Japan)
|
6.17 |
6.63 |
| 41. |
BNP Paribas (France)
|
5.80 |
6.33 |
| 42. |
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
|
- |
6.29 |
| 43. |
BHP Billiton (Australia/UK)
|
- |
6.05 |
| 44. |
Barclays (UK)
|
6.27 |
5.92 |
| 45. |
China Construction Bk (China)
|
- |
5.92 |
| 46. |
Nestlé (Switzerland)
|
5.01 |
5.89 |
| 47. |
HBOS (UK)
|
- |
5.87 |
| 48. |
Mizuho Financial (Japan)
|
- |
5.85 |
| 49. |
Home Depot (USA)
|
5.00 |
5.84 |
| 50. |
Novartis Group (Switzerland)
|
6.25 |
5.82 |
source: "Forbes2000", Forbes.com.
note: a billion translates to: 1,000,000,000.
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