Most valuable brands in the world

Most valuable brands in the worldMost valuable brands in the world

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Brand value: $44.29 billionMarket cap: 143.02 billion

Industry: Internet computer software.Founded: Menlo Park, California (September 4, 1998.Founder(s): Sergey M. Brin and Lawrence E. Page.Headquarters: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, United States.Key people: Lawrence E. Page (CEO, co-Founder and president, products); Eric Schmidt (executive chairman), and Sergey M. Brin (co-founder and president, technology).Revenue: $29.321 billion (2010).Profit: $8.505 billion (2010).Total assets: $57.851 billion (2010).Employees: 24,400 (2010).

Rank: 2Brand value: $42.80 billionMarket cap: $165.72 billionIndustry: Computer software, consumer electronics, digital distribution, computer hardware, video games, IT consulting, online advertising, retail stores, automotive software.Founded: Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 4, 1975.Founder(s): Bill Gates and Paul Allen.Headquarters: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, United States.Key people: Steve Ballmer (CEO); Brian Kevin Turner (COO), and Bill Gates (chairman).Revenue: $62.484 billion (2010).Profit: $18.760 billion (2010).Total assets: $86.113 billion (2010).Employees: 89,000 (2010).

Rank 3:Brand value: $36.22 billionMarket cap: $154.32 billionIndustry: Retailing.Founded: October 31, 1962.Founder: Sam WaltonHeadquarters: Bentonville, Arkansas, US.Key people: Mike Duke (CEO); H Lee Scott (chairman of the executive committee of the board), and S Robson Walton (chairman).Revenue: $408.21 billion (2009).Net income: $14.33 billion.Employees: approx. 2,100,000 (2009).

Rank: 4Brand value: $36.16 billionMarket cap: $189.72 billionIndustry: Computer systems, computer hardware and software, information technology consulting, and IT service management.Founded: Endicott, New York June 16, 1911.Headquarters: Armonk, New York, United States.Key people: Samuel J. Palmisano (chairman, president and CEO).Revenue: $99.870 billion (2010).Net income: $14.833 billion (2010).Total assets: $113.452 billion.Employees: 426,751 (2010).

Rank: 5Brand value: 30.67 billionMarket cap: 192.45 billionIndustry: Telecommunications.Founded: 1984.Headquarters: London, United Kingdom.Key people: Sir John Bond (chairman); Vittorio Colao (CEO); John Buchanan (deputy chairman), and Andy Halford (CFO).Revenue: Pound 44.47 billion (2010).Profit: Pound 8.645 billion (2010).Total assets: Pound 156.98 billion (2010).Employees: 84,990 (2010).

Rank 6: Brand value: $30.62Market cap: $120.19Industry: Banking, financial services, and investment services.Founded: 1998 (as Bank of America Corp).Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.Key people: Charles O Holliday (chairman) and Brian Moynihan (president and CEO).Revenue: $134.194 billion (2010).Net income: $2.238 billion (2010).Total assets: $2.264 trillion.Employees: 288,000 (2010).

Rank 7:Brand value: $30.50 billionMarket cap: $475.07 billionIndustry: Conglomerate.Founded: Schenectady, New York (1892).Founder(s): Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J Houston, and Charles A Coffin.Headquarters: 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut, US.Key people: Jeffrey R. Immelt (chairman and CEO).Revenue: $104.635 billion (2010).Net income: $12.163 billion (2010).Total assets: $751.216 billion (2010).Employees: 287,000 (2010).

AppleRank 8:Brand value: $29.54 billionMarket cap: $244.38 billionIndustry: Computer hardware, computer software, consumer electronics, and digital distribution.Founded: April 1, 1976.Founder(s): Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.Headquarters: Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, US.Key people: Steve Jobs (chairman and CEO) and Tim Cook (COO and acting CEO).Revenue: $65.23 billion (2010).Profit: $14.01 billion (2010).Total assets: $75.18 billion (2010).Employees: 49,400 (2010).

Wells FargoRank: 9Brand value: $28.94 billionMarket cap: $136.07 billionIndustry: Banking, financial services.Founded: New York, NY (March 18, 1852).Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States.Key people: John G Stumpf (chairman, president & CEO).Revenue: $85.210 billion (2010).Profit: $12.362 billion (2010).Total assets: $1.258 trillion (2010).Employees: 280,000 (2010).

AT&TRank: 10Brand value: $28.88 billionMarket cap: $235.99 billionIndustry: Telecommunications.Founded: October 5, 1983.Headquarters: Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States.Key people: Randall L Stephenson (chairman, president and CEO).Revenue: $124.280 billion (2010).Net income: $19.864 billion (2010).Total assets: $268.488 billion (2010).Employees: 294,600 (2010).

Rank: 11Brand value: $27.63 billionMarket cap: $171.16 billionIndustry: Banking, financial services, and investment services.Founded: 1991 (HSBC Holdings plc)1865 (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited).Founder: Sir Thomas Sutherland.Headquarters: 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom.Key people: Douglas Flint (group chairman) and Stuart Gulliver (group chief executive).Revenue: $ 98.918 billion (2010).Profit: $ 13.159 billion (2010).Total assets: $ 2.454 trillion (2010).Employees: 307,000 (2010).

VerizonRank: 12Brand value: $27.29 billionMarket cap: $381.09 billionIndustry: Telecommunications.Founded: 1983.Headquarters: Verizon Building, New York City, New York, United States.Key people: Ivan Seidenberg (chairman and CEO) and Lowell McAdam (president and COO).Revenue: $106.565 billion (2010).Net income: $10.217 billion (2010).Total assets: $220.005 billion (2010).Employees: 194,400 (2010).

HPRank 13Brand value: $26.76 billionMarket cap: $84.19 billionIndustry: Computer hardware, computer software, IT consulting, and IT services.Founded: Palo Alto, California (1939).Founder(s): Bill Hewlett and David Packard.Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, US.Key people: Raymond Lane (chairman) and Leo Apotheker (president and CEO).Revenue: $126.033 billion (2010).Net income: $8.761 billion (2010).Total assets: $124.503 billion (2010).Employees: 324,600 (2010).

Rank 14:Brand value: $26.15 billionMarket cap: $204.86 billionIndustry: Automotive robotics and financial services.Founded: August 28, 1937.Founder: Kiichiro Toyoda.Headquarters: Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.Key people: Fujio Cho (chairman and representative director); Katsuaki Watanabe (vice chairman and representative director), and Akio Toyoda (president and representative director).Revenue: Yen 18.9 trillion (2010).Profit: Yen 209.4 billion (2010).Total assets: Yen 30.3 trillion.Employees: 71,116.

SantanderRank 15Brand value: $26.15 billionMarket cap: $100.28 billionIndustry: Financial services.Founded: 1857.Headquarters: Santander, Spain.Revenue: Euro 42.05 billion (2010).Profit: Euro 8.181 billion (2010).Total assets: Euro 1.218 trillion.Employees: 178,870 (2010).

Tata GroupGlobal rank: 50Brand value: $15,085 millionMarket cap: $103,720 million

Reliance Industries

Global rank: 133 Brand Value: $6.99 billionIndustry: Conglomerate.Founded: 1966 as Reliance Commercial Corporation.Founder: Dhirubhai Ambani.Headquarters: Mumbai.Key people: Mukesh Ambani (Chairman & MD).Revenue: $47.63 billion (2009-10).Net income: $3.51 billion (2009-10).Total assets: $55.72 billion (2009-10).Employees: 23,365 (2010).

Global rank: 171Brand value: $5.67 billionIndustry: Banking and financial services.Founded: July 1, 1955.Headquarters: Mumbai.Key people: O P Bhatt (chairman).Revenue: $29.71 billion (2010).Profit: $2.6 billion (2010).Total assets: $323.0 billion (2010).Employees: 200,229 (2010)

Global rank: 232Brand value: $4.35 billionIndustry: Oil and gas.Founded: 1964.Headquarters: New Delhi.Key people: Ranbir Singh Butola (chairman).Revenue: $60.54 billion (2009-10).Net income: $2.27 billion (2009-10).Total assets: $34.361 billion (2009-10).Employees: 34,363 (2010).

Global rank: 282Brand value: $3.69 billionIndustry: Telecommunications.Founded: July 7, 1995.Founder: Sunil Bharti Mittal.Headquarters: New Delhi.Key people: Sunil Mittal (Chairman and MD).Revenue: $9.290 billion (2010).Profit: $2.079 billion (2010).Total assets: $15.527 billion (2010).Employees: 18,354 (December 2010).

Global rank: 347Brand value: $3.09 bilionIndustry: Oil and gas.Founded: 1976.Headquarters: Mumbai.Key people: R K Singh (Chairman & MD).Revenue: $27.51 billion (2010).Net income: $381.84 million) (2010).Total assets: $13.762 billion (2010).Employees: 13,898 (2009).

Global rank: 378Brand value: $2.91 billionIndustry: IT services and consulting.Founded: July 2, 1981.Founders: N R Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N S Raghavan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal, K Dinesh and Ashok Arora.Headquarters: Bengaluru.Key people: N R Narayana Murthy (Chairman), Kris Gopalakrishnan (CEO & MD) and S D Shibulal (COO & director).Revenue: $4.69 billion (2010).Profit: $1.29 billion (2010).Total assets: $6.150 billion (2010).Employees: 127,779 (Dec 2010).

Global rank: 442Brand value: $2.50 bilionIndustry: Banking and financial services.Founded: 1955.Headquarters: Mumbai.Key people: K V Kamath (Chairman), Chanda Kochhar (MD & CEO) and N S Kannan (CFO).Revenue: $13.23 billion (2009).Profit: $1.08 billion (2010).Total assets: $108.7 billion (2010).Employees: 74,056 (2010).

WiproGlobal rank: 474Brand value: $2.35 billionIndustry: IT services and consulting.Founded: 1945.Founder: M H Premji.Headquarters: Bengaluru.Key people: Azim Premji (chairman) and T K Kurien (CEO).Revenue: $6.03 billion (2010).Profit: $1.02 billion (2010).Total assets: $7.498 billion (2010).Employees: 119,491 (December 2010).