Andrea Murphy

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Hank Tucker |Andrea Murphy |Christopher Helman |Rashi Shrivastava

Despite media reports with alarming reports of a country divided politically and socio-economically, The United States remains the land of opportunity. Globalization has lifted up the rest of the world for decades, but American dominance on Forbes’ annual Global 2000 list remains unchallenged. There are 612 U.S.-based companies on the list ranking the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, far more than the closest rival in China, which has 317 firms represented.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Hank Tucker |Andrea Murphy |Christopher Helman |Rashi Shrivastava

The growth of South Korea's $1.7 trillion GDP has stalled in recent years, forecast by the Bank of Korea to see anemic 0.8% GDP growth this year, following a 0.2% contraction in the first quarter. The KOSPI stock index is up 6% in the past year and merely 34% in 5 years. The nation’s new president, the progressive Lee Jae-Myung, has pledged a $30 billion tech stimulus package.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Hank Tucker |Andrea Murphy |Christopher Helman |Rashi Shrivastava

The United Kingdom doesn’t have Europe’s largest GDP, a title that belongs to Germany by a wide margin, but London is still the continent’s financial center and the home of its largest stock exchange. That helps give the U.K. the most representation of any European country on the Global 2000, Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s largest public companies, with 68 firms based in the United Kingdom on the list.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Andrea Murphy

For the 22nd consecutive year, Forbes is ranking the world’s largest public companies. We compile our Global 2000 list using data from FactSet to screen for the biggest public companies in four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value. Our market value calculation is as of April 25, 2025, closing prices and includes all common shares outstanding. All figures are consolidated and in U.S. dollars. We use the latest-12-months’ financial data available to us on April 25, 2025.

Jan 16, 2025 | forbes.com | Andrea Murphy

Forbes’ 16th annual America’s Best Banks list looks at the 200 largest publicly-traded banks and thrifts by assets and ranks the top 100. We look at 10 metrics measuring growth, credit quality and profitability for the 12 months ending September 30, 2024, and stock performance for the 12 months ending January 10, 2025.