Thursday 21 November 2013
As we all know there are so many brands in the market competing each other with their unique products and services. We have ranked these brands according to their net worth and market penetration. Here is a list of TOP 10 BRANDS in THE WORLD OF 2013.
1. Apple, worth $87, 30 million,
On April fool’s Day, 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple I computer and started Apple Computers. The Apple I was the first with a single circuit board used in a computer. Its RTB Score: 173 points in 2013, Country of Origin: United States, Industry: Telecom and IT.
2. Samsung group, worth $58,771 million,
Samsung Electric Industries was established as a subsidiary of Samsung Group in 1969 in Suwon, South Korea. Its early products were electronic and electrical appliances including televisions, calculators, refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines. In 1970, Samsung Group established another subsidiary, Samsung-NEC, jointly with Japan’s NEC Corporation to manufacture home appliances and audiovisual devices. In 1974, the group expanded into the semiconductor business by acquiring Korea Semiconductor, one of the first chip-making facilities in the country at the time. The acquisition of Korea Telecommunications, an electronic switching system producer, was completed at the start of the next decade in 1980.Country of Origin: Korea, Industry: Semiconductors.
3. Google worth $52,132 million,
Google began in March 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Ph.D. students at Stanford working on the Stanford Digital Library Project (SDLP). The SDLP’s goal was “to develop the enabling technologies for a single, integrated and universal digital library” and was funded through the National Science Foundation among other federal agencies, country of origin: United States, Industry: Internet.
4. Microsoft, worth $45,535million,
Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975, when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque. Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software ,Country of origin: United States , Industry: Software .
5. walmart, worth $42,303 million,
Walmart is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. In 1945 a businessman and former J. C. Penney employee, Sam Walton, purchased a branch of the Ben Franklin Stores from the Butler Brothers Now, this company is the world’s third largest public corporation, Country 0f origin: United States , Industry: Retail .
6. IBM, worth $37,721 million,
International Business Machines abbreviated IBM and nicknamed “Big Blue”, is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. The roots of IBM date back the 1880s,. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. Country of origin, United States, Industry: IT Services.
7. GE, worth $37,161 million,
General Electric Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Before 1889, Thomas Edison had business interests in many electricity-related companies: Edison Lamp Company, a lamp manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey; United States Country of origin: United States , Industry: Miscellaneous
8. Amazon, worth $36,788 million,
In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 6th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue, consumer & Industrial. In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 6th-largest firm in the U.S. by gross revenue, as well as the 14th most profitable as well as the 14th most profitable. Country of origin: United States, Industry: Internet.
9. Coca-Cola, worth $34,205million,
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in every country except Cuba and North Korea. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia. In 1886, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by developing Coca-Cola, essentially a non-alcoholic version of French Wine Coca. Country of origin: United States, Industry: Beverages.
10. Verizon, worth $49 million,
Verizon is an American broadband and Telecommunications Company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It started in 1983 as Bell Atlantic based in New York. Verizon was founded as Bell Atlantic Corporation, by William J. Katherine. It was one of the “Baby Bells” that were formed as a result of the anti-trust judgment against the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Country of origin: United States, Industry: Telecommunication.
