Every year, millions of companies of various kinds are created in the world - from small individual enterprises to large businesses. But only a few of them become truly successful and provide their owners with a comfortable life for several generations. This may be a company in the field of food, drink, entertainment or high technology. The main requirement is to bring something innovative and demanded by society to the world.
We selected the 10 richest and most famous companies that the authoritative Forbes publication noted in its ranking for 2019. It must be said that each of the companies has been on this list for many years.
List
- 10. McDonald's, $ 43.8 billion
- 9. Toyota, $ 44.6 billion
- 8. Disney, $ 52.2 billion
- 7. Samsung, $ 53.1 billion
- 6. Coca-Cola, $ 59.2 billion
- 5. Facebook, $ 88.9 billion
- 4. Amazon, $ 97 billion
- 3. Microsoft, $ 125.3 billion
- 2. Google, $ 167.7 billion
- 1. Apple $ 205.5 billion
10. McDonald's, $ 43.8 billion
The original American fast food corporation was considered the largest in its field until 2010. Now her competitors are stepping on her heels, but the company still does not lose ground.
Brothers Dick and Mac McDonald made a breakthrough in 1940 by registering the world's first fast food restaurant. But they didn’t have enough entrepreneurial vein. The case was fixed by Ray Kroc, who began to engage in network franchising. For 5 years, he opened a hundred restaurants Mcdonald’s, and after 2 years saved up enough money to buy their company from the brothers.
Since then, fast food sales have only grown. The bet on advertising made its mark - by 1970, a restaurant with a talking name could be found in every state of America.
By this time, a special symbol of the network was a red-haired clown named Ronald MacDonald - thus it was planned to conquer the children's audience.
9. Toyota, $ 44.6 billion
The story of a successful Japanese company Toyota starts with ... a loom. It was on this prototype in 1924 that the technology to automatically turn off the device was tested if there were problems in its system. The small production line did not grow into a large enterprise: the creators sold their idea to the British, and decided to use the proceeds for the automotive industry.
Having traveled around America and the USA, engineer Kiichiro Toyoda began to develop a car equipped with a gasoline engine. Mass production was established in 1936, and after 20 years, Japanese cars were already actively exported to America.
Today, Toyota cars can be found on the streets of every city around the world, and in Japan they are considered the best-selling cars.
8. Disney, $ 52.2 billion
history of the company Disney - This is a story of dizzying success. In 1923, the Walt brothers and Roy Disney opened an animated film studio in Hollywood.
Walt himself became a real innovator in this area - a year after starting work, he released the first stunt film based on the story of Alice in Wonderland, and a few years later he created the symbol of his company - the mouse Mickey Mouse.
Already in the 30s, images of Mickey, Goofy and Donald could be seen not only on television, but also on souvenir products. All this brought Disney huge profits. The very first animated film about Snow White added $ 8 million to the company's budget.
The studio still does not give up its positions: Disney cartoons are considered the highest quality, and the Disneyland Park entertainment complexes opened in several cities around the world only support a common love for the company.
7. Samsung, $ 53.1 billion
Company Samsung originated in the 1930s in a Korean rice flour warehouse. Lee Byung Chol was able to arrange the export of his goods to China, but the war in Korea ruined his plans. Failures did not break the character of the businessman: he founded his own textile factory and sugar factory, which worked quite successfully.
Then, according to the concept of the new government of the country, it was decided to change the priority of Samsung Digging - to the development of electronics.
The company began manufacturing black and white televisions, followed by household appliances and smartphones. To this day, phone models from the Korean company are considered the main competitors of the popular iPhone.
6. Coca-Cola, $ 59.2 billion
The first recipe for the most popular lemonade Coca cola belongs to the pharmacist John Pemberton, who in 1886 mixed sugar, caffeine, coca leaf extract and stake nut and diluted the mixture with water. Three years later, mass production of an invigorating drink was established, and after 16 years, cocaine was excluded from its composition.
Sweet soda was especially widespread in 1943 among soldiers - it was believed that it raises the morale of fought men. Now lemonade is popular as well as many years ago, and steadily brings profit to the owners of the enterprise.
5. Facebook, $ 88.9 billion
The largest social network in the world Facebook its creator Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 sketched right in the Harvard dorm room. At first, only university students had access to the server, but then it became open to all students in America over 13 years old.
The brainchild brought to its creator the title of one of the youngest billionaires in the world, and at the same time a couple of lawsuits from former classmates, who believe that their contribution to the common cause is no less significant. Now Facebook is among the five most visited sites in the world.
4. Amazon, $ 97 billion
Company name Amazon received thanks to the Amazon River. According to the creator of the site, Jeff Bezos, the deepest river in the world was to symbolize a huge assortment of the project. At first, only books could be bought on the site, but soon a number of goods were replenished with music discs, and then with clothes, furniture, electronics and even food.
Now, under the Amazon brand, there is also its own film studio, which produces quite successful films and television series. Among the innovations of the company is delivery via drones, the first such order arrived at the buyer 3 years ago.
3. Microsoft, $ 125.3 billion
With company products Microsoft every person in the world is familiar - the Windows operating system remains the company's most famous product, but not the only one.
Now the company is focused on the development of software not only for computers, but also for game consoles, mobile phones and more. The Xbox game console is especially popular among the younger generation.
Microsoft was the first to show that high technology can also be profitable, and made its creator, Bill Gates, a billionaire.
2. Google, $ 167.7 billion
Now Google - the most popular search engine and the company of the same name with a multi-billion dollar budget, and in 1996 it was just a scientific experiment by Stanford students Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Their mechanism for relevant site searches was a discovery on the Web and simplified the work of many systems.
Under the Google brand, a large number of projects are currently being developed, in addition to the search engine itself - this is a browser, and maps of the Earth’s surface, and high-tech glasses with instant search.
1. Apple $ 205.5 billion
Company Apple forever associated with the name of Steve Jobs. It was he who first decided to make a breakthrough in the world of mobile technologies and create a smartphone with a huge set of functions and small size.
Since then, the concept of the company has changed slightly, but to this day the company's products are considered the highest quality, and the iPhone - the best-selling smartphones, even despite their rather big cost.