The FORBES Global 2000 list is the list of the top 2000 companies in the world. Only the 2000 of the largest and most successful companies in the world make it to this list. Did you know that 57 companies from India feature in that list for the year 2011?
Surprised, aren’t you? Well, I was too… This post is to list down those 57 companies that feature in this prestigious FORBES Global 2000 list along with their ranking/position in the list.
The Top 20 in the FORBES Global 2000 List
Before we look at the India companies that made it into this list, it would be unfair if we did not list down the Top 20 companies in this Global 2000 list.
1. JP Morgan ChaseOut of these 20, 8 are from the Banking Industry and 6 are from the Oil & Gas Industry.
2. HSBC
3. General Electric
4. Exxon Mobil
5. Royal Dutch Shell
6. Petro China
7. ICBC
8. Berkshire Hathaway
9. Petrobras
10. Citigroup
11. BNP Paribas
12. Wells Fargo
13. Banco Santander
14. AT & T
15. Gazprom
16. Chevron
17. China Construction Bank
18. Wal-Mart
19. Total
20. Allianz
What is the highest ranked Indian company in this list? – Any Guesses???
Well done if you had guessed it as “Reliance Industries”. Yes, Reliance Industries is the highest ranked Indian company in this FORBES Global 2000 list at position 121. The full list of 57 companies from India that feature in this list are as follows:
| Rank | Company Name |
|---|---|
| 121 | Reliance Industries |
| 136 | State Bank of India |
| 172 | ONGC - Oil & Natural Gas Corpn of India |
| 243 | Indian Oil |
| 288 | ICICI Bank |
| 348 | NTPC - National Thermal Power Corpn of India |
| 418 | Coal India |
| 453 | Bharti Airtel |
| 499 | Larsen & Toubro |
| 512 | TATA Motors |
| 541 | SAIL - Steel Authority of India Ltd |
| 589 | HDFC Bank |
| 639 | BHEL - Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd |
| 643 | Hindalco Industries |
| 653 | PNB - Punjab National Bank |
| 701 | TCS - TATA Consultancy Services |
| 735 | HDFC Ltd |
| 763 | Bank of Baroda |
| 769 | TATA Steel |
| 782 | Wipro |
| 789 | Infosys |
| 816 | Canara Bank |
| 820 | Axis Bank |
| 899 | GAIL - Gas Authority of India Ltd |
| 918 | ITC Ltd |
| 963 | Bank of India |
| 964 | Bharat Petroleum |
| 1008 | Reliance Communications |
| 1025 | Mahindra & Mahindra |
| 1054 | Hindustan Petroleum |
| 1076 | NMDC |
| 1119 | Power Grid of India |
| 1195 | Power Finance |
| 1204 | Jindal Steel & Power |
| 1241 | Union Bank of India |
| 1275 | DLF Ltd |
| 1353 | Rural Electrification |
| 1368 | TATA Power |
| 1388 | NHPC - National Hydro Power Corp Ltd |
| 1405 | Adani Enterprises |
| 1423 | IDBI Bank |
| 1492 | Grasim Industries |
| 1512 | Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| 1513 | Central Bank of India |
| 1515 | Indian Bank |
| 1546 | Oil India |
| 1560 | Hero Honda |
| 1591 | Allahabad Bank |
| 1613 | Oriental Bank of Commerce |
| 1639 | Bajaj Auto |
| 1645 | Corporation Bank |
| 1684 | Sun Pharma |
| 1709 | UCO Bank |
| 1780 | JSW Steel |
| 1782 | Syndicate Bank |
| 1806 | IOB - Indian Overseas Bank |
| 1831 | Andhra Bank |
