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Sixteen Malaysian firms have made it to Forbes\u2019 latest annual Global 2000 ranking of the world\u2019s biggest, most powerful and most valuable public companies.<\/p>\n
Here is the list of top Malaysian companies who made the list. Their world rankings are in the parantheses:<\/p>\n
1) Malayan Banking Bhd (ranked 371)<\/p>\n
2) Tenaga Nasional (ranked 408)<\/p>\n
3) CIMB Group (ranked\u00a0574)<\/p>\n
4)\u00a0Public Bank (ranked\u00a0578)<\/p>\n
5) Sime Darby (ranked\u00a0709)<\/p>\n
6)\u00a0Axiata Group (ranked\u00a0932)<\/p>\n
7)\u00a0Genting (ranked\u00a01122)<\/p>\n
8)\u00a0RHB Capital (ranked\u00a01185)<\/p>\n
9) Hong Leong Financial Group (ranked\u00a01287)<\/p>\n
10) MISC (ranked\u00a01318)<\/p>\n
11)\u00a0AmBank Group (ranked\u00a01331)<\/p>\n
12) Petronas Chemicals (ranked\u00a01339)<\/p>\n
13) Maxis (ranked\u00a01441)<\/p>\n
14) Petronas Gas (ranked\u00a01485)<\/p>\n
15) IOI Group (ranked\u00a01559)<\/p>\n
16) YTL (ranked\u00a01589)<\/p>\n
Criteria for the ranking include sales, profits, assets and market value.<\/p>\n
Sixty-eight companies from South-East Asia are in the Forbes list, with Singaporean firms accounting for 20.<\/p>\n
The top five country breakdown is as follows: the United States (579 companies), China\/Hong Kong (232), Japan (218), the United Kingdom (94) and South Korea (66).<\/p>\n
In total, the Global 2000 companies, which come from 61 countries, account for US$39 trillion (RM140 trillion) in revenue, US$3 trillion (RM10.8 trillion) in profits, US$162 trillion (RM582 trillion) in assets and US$48 trillion (RM172.5 trillion) in market value in 2015. Total market value grew 9% year-on-year, the most among the four metrics.<\/p>\n