Fortune 2012 List
The rankings, which have been released by the magazine at its website, appear in the July 23, 2012, issue of the magazine.
The following is the list of top 10 companies, as published on 9 July 2012. It is based on the companies' fiscal year ended on or before 31 March 2012.
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | 2011 revenue in USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands†| Petroleum | $484.4 billion |
| 2 | ExxonMobil | United States | Petroleum | $452.9 billion |
| 3 | Walmart | United States | Retail | $446.9 billion |
| 4 | BP | United Kingdom | Petroleum | $386.4 billion |
| 5 | Sinopec | China | Petroleum | $375.2 billion |
| 6 | China National Petroleum Corporation | China | Petroleum | $352.3 billion |
| 7 | State Grid Corporation of China | China | Power | $259.1 billion |
| 8 | Chevron | United States | Petroleum | $245.6 billion |
| 9 | ConocoPhillips | United States | Petroleum | $237.2 billion |
| 10 | Toyota | Japan | Automobiles | $235.3 billion |
†While Fortune lists Shell as a Dutch company, the company itself asserts that it is both Dutch and British.
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