The largest companies in the world. The oldest companies in the world that still exist Companies that have existed for more than 100 years

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A company is considered long-lived if it has existed for more than 10 years, and we can’t even talk about such periods as hundreds of years. Domestic businessmen need to learn how to extend the life of their company from foreign companies, because some of them have functioned for centuries.

Interesting fact № 1: For example, a company engaged in construction in Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd in Japan was founded in 578, and ended its existence in 2006, that is, after 15 centuries. At first she prospered by building castles for kings, then, during the Second World War, she had to sell coffins. Whether it had to produce corrugated PVC pipes is unknown. But by the end of the 20th century, the company accumulated a lot of debt and in 2006 it was absorbed by a competing company.

Interesting fact #2: Another Japanese one worked almost as long Hōshi company, specializing in hotel business. The first inn of this brand was opened to guests in 718. The company has been continuously managed by 46 generations of the same family.

Interesting fact #3: In the capital Austria Vienna has a restaurant Stiftskeller St. Peter, founded in 803. During his work, crowned heads visited here, and even himself Christopher Columbus.

Fun Fact #4: One of the first breweries in Bavaria Weihenstephan Brewery of Bavaria has been brewing beer since 1040, which is when it received permission to produce this popular drink. Beer can be tasted in this establishment even today.

Fun fact #5: Another brewery Affligem Abbey brewery of Belgium, already in Belgium was founded by monks in 1074, and since then the beer recipe has not changed.

Fun Fact #6: The upper levels of the salt mines in Wieliczka are open to tourists The Wieliczka Salt Mine, which were founded in 1044. On the lower levels of the mines there is a restaurant and a church. At one time, the mines were visited by Goethe, Copernicus, and Bill Clinton.

Interesting fact #7: Kremnica Mint in Slovakia has been producing coins since 1328. Second World War caused great damage to the equipment, but gradually it was restored.

You are probably familiar with the aristocrats - these are companies that are included in the sp500 index, and over the past 25 years they have been increasing their dividend payments. But this time, I chose companies that have been paying dividends for at least 100 years. They didn't increase their dividends every year, but many of them at least didn't reduce their payouts. Most of these companies have humble origins, but over time have grown into multi-billion dollar corporations. Let's look at the oldest companies.

Let's start with Exxon Mobil Corporation- an oil giant, one of the ten largest companies in the American stock market, included in the S&P500 and DJ30 index. The company was created in 1870 as a derivative of John Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust. The company began paying dividends in 1882. Over the past year, the company paid dividends in the amount of 4.01% .

The next company is Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.. The company was founded as a manufacturer of hand tools back in 1840. At the moment, this is a company with a capitalization of more than $21 billion, and is included in the S&P500 index. The company began paying dividends in 1877. Over the last year the company paid dividends in the amount of 1.78% .

And the oldest company is The York Water Company, founded back in 1816 (more than 200 years ago). She started her business as small company for the water supply of the city of York and other surrounding cities. The company began paying dividends in 1816. Last year, the dividend amount was 2.06% .

We looked at the three oldest companies, but in general, there are about 15 such companies. Among them are such giants as Consolidated Edison, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and other well-known companies.

Market capitalization as a method of estimating the value of a company

Market capitalization, along with annual income and the sum of all assets, is one of the methods for assessing the investment attractiveness of a company.

Using market capitalization to represent company size is important because company size is a major determinant of various characteristics that investors are interested in, including risk.

Being the product of the number of shares and their value, market capitalization is not the price at which the owner would necessarily sell his company.

Despite the fact that companies are overvalued by the market or, on the contrary, undervalued, in order to obtain real value a company needs to view its activities from a fundamental point of view.

Economic crises, military conflicts, political instability and other negative factors do not have a significant impact on them. The world's most successful companies are the backbone of the global economy, with some of their profits equaling the GDP of small developing countries.

Ideal marketing, financial foresight, non-standard management techniques - which recipe helps them take leading positions in all existing ratings year after year is the biggest secret big business. They are the best, time, money and millions of first-class specialists work for them.

The success of a company is assessed by three indicators:

profit;
asset value;
capitalization size.

For young, fast-growing companies, experts have introduced an indicator that evaluates how much their assets have increased since their founding.

The figures appearing in the annual reports of the world's largest corporations produce a stunning impression. To paraphrase a famous expression, we can say: “Corporations rule the world.” The world's most successful companies feel comfortable at the top of the financial Olympus, rarely and reluctantly allowing ambitious newcomers onto the pedestal.

1. Drive your dream. Toyota

The assets of the automobile giant Toyota are estimated at $406 billion. It is the largest automaker in world. The company began operating in 1924 with the sale of weaving machines and over almost a century of history has become a global auto giant. In addition to the production and sales of cars, the company conducts business in several directions. Toyota Motors Corporation owns a financial structure, an insurance company, and carries out real estate transactions. The success of the Toyota brand was brought by 14 commandments of doing business, which, with truly Japanese scrupulousness, reflected all areas of life of a large corporation. “Make decisions slowly, look at everything with your own eyes, educate your leaders” - common truths work great, especially if written down in “ production system corporations" and are binding on everyone - from workers to directors. Over the three quarters of 2016, more than 8 million cars were sold – this is an absolute world record.

2. Black gold. ExxonMobil

Oil is not called black gold for nothing. One of the most valuable companies in the world ExxonMobil is a giant oil refining industry. The company has assets worth $395.4 billion, and net profit in the first half of 2016 amounted to $16 billion. The history of ExxonMobil began in the century before last, when Standard Oil, owned by the Rockefeller family, was divided into several companies. As a result of many transformations, divisions and mergers, in 1999 there appeared public company ExxonMobil, which today owns shares in oil refineries in 45 countries, a network of gas stations in 100 countries, and is engaged in oil production around the world. ExxonMobil's performance is the best illustration of its long-term success. Throughout its existence, the corporation has not had a single unprofitable period.

3. Investments and insurance. Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway with a capitalization of $360 billion are the most successful investment holding in the world. The main activity is investment and management. Warren Buffett, the permanent chairman of the board of directors, began building his empire by organizing a small insurance company. By investing his profits in stock purchases, Buffett began to earn enough to buy entire companies. Berkshire Hathaway currently owns businesses in many different industries - retail, rail transportation, food production, household appliances, publishing and, of course, all types of insurance. The subsidiary media holding BH Media Group includes seventy newspapers and one TV channel.

4. IT geniuses. Microsoft

Microsoft is almost 100 billion behind the leader, its assets are valued at $303.5 billion. Since last year The company's profit increased by 10%. The corporation practically monopolized the office software market and software. In addition, Microsoft produces computer accessories and its own tablet computer model. Microsoft products are sold in almost a hundred countries around the world, and their office suite is the most used on the market. The closest competitors remain far behind from year to year. The exception is APPLE, but its profits are driven by successful sale iPhone and electronics. Microsoft's recent successes are attributed to a change in leadership. New Executive Director Satya Nadella is a proponent of a tough business style and an aggressive marketing policy.

5. China is always in the lead. Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China

No economic rating is complete without representatives of the fastest growing economy in the world. The Chinese Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China has a capitalization of $275 billion. This is one of the youngest financial leaders - the bank began operating in 1984. The Chinese government owns 50% of the shares. In 2006, the Bank carried out the most successful share placement in history - then a record $22 billion was raised for the global economy. Financial business remains one of the most profitable. The most successful of the product manufacturers, APPLE, occupies only the 7th position in the ranking of the most successful companies in the world.

6. Universal sales. WalMart

Retailer Wal-Mart, which owns the WalMart supermarket chain, has assets worth $200 billion. The company owns more than 10 thousand stores around the world, the number of employees is 2.5 million people. Retail trade is one of the most difficult types of business. Wal-Mart succeeds because of its tough business practices and cost-minimizing strategies. Many suppliers to WalMart stores testify that the company is forcing them to reduce selling prices, and representatives of small businesses are unhappy that the huge chain monopolizes the retail market in many countries. In addition, Wal-Mart has become famous for violating workers' rights and constant conflicts with unions. Since 2000, the company began a period of instability, during which two large projects were closed - in South Korea and Germany. In the first case, the format department stores did not appeal to Korean consumers, and sales in Germany resulted in annual losses of $100 million.

7. Apple records. APPLE

The record holder for increasing profits among technology companies – APPLE is valued at $154.1 billion. 2015 alone brought APPLE owners $53.1 billion in net profit. During its existence, the brainchild of Steve Jobs increased its value by 50,000%. The corporation managed to do the impossible - turn the use of smartphones and computer equipment into a real cult of worship of products with the Apple logo. It's not just about proprietary software and high quality, APPLE has created the perfect marketing model, which put the prestige and impeccable image of the company at the forefront. “If you own APPLE, you own the best” - this idea continues to bring billions in profits for APPLE.

8. Internet business. Google

Another representative high technology Google company ranks second eighth in the ranking richest corporations in the world. Google is valued at $82.5 billion. Last year was not the best for the company, but even though profit growth was less than predicted, the increase reached 16%. Google receives more than a billion search requests every day, and the company operates more than a million servers. In addition to the search engine itself, the Google brand owns an email service, a social network, a browser, an image processing program and several sites that are in the top 100 by traffic. Every year Google introduces new applications to users, improves and updates existing ones.

9. Timeless classic. Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola lost ground somewhat. The most popular soda in the world began to lose its leadership position retail sales of soft drinks in 2010. Since then, the company's profits have been gradually declining. Some analysts attribute this to the fashion for proper nutrition and healthy image life. Others see a connection between falling sales and the merger of The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Despite the disappointing statistics, especially the disastrous one in 2014, the company is valued at $58 billion. A decline in sales does not always mean unprofitability, which is why the Coca-Cola brand is traditionally included in world rankings of the most successful companies.

10. Business on communication. Facebook

The Facebook brand is valued at $52.6 billion. This is the most popular social network in the world. Every year the company increases profits and, accordingly, the value of assets. Last year alone the growth was more than 50%. Facebook shows excellent results, but this is not surprising - almost 1 billion people use the network every day. In 2011, a fantastic figure was achieved - in one month the number of network visitors exceeded 1 trillion. In August 2015, the billionth personal page on Facebook was registered. We can say that today Internet communication is one of the most popular goods on the world market.

The main assessment is consumer confidence

Another interesting indicator by which the success of a company is assessed is the trust index. This criterion was introduced American company Reputation Insitute, specializing in consulting. The index shows the ratio of customer trust to the company's reputation. All enterprises included in the top ten are large transnational holdings, most of which are based in the USA.

Top 10 companies with the highest consumer confidence index:

automobile concern BMW;
the largest representative of the entertainment industry, The Walt Disney Company;
watch brand Rolex;
transnational corporation of Internet resources Google;
the Daimler concern, which owns the MERCEDES brand;
one of the market leaders in electronics and household appliances Sony
software manufacturer Microsoft;
Cannon company – manufacturer of optical, printing and television equipment;
food concern Nestle;
Apple is a manufacturer of original smartphones, personal and tablet computers, and software.

There are several ratings ranking the world's largest businesses. Each of them evaluates profitability, assets, sales growth and other objective economic forces. If you look closely at any TOP of the best, you will notice the most successful types of businesses. Oil refining, Internet technologies, software development, automotive manufacturing and retail are the areas in which the largest resources are deployed and the most high-profile fortunes are created. Most of these companies began to build their business empires at the beginning of the last century. The 21st century is the time of IT technologies and electronics. It is in these areas that newcomers have the highest chances of making it to the top of big business.

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