Corporate Clout Distributed: The Influence of the World's Largest 100 Economic Entities

Of the world’s 100 largest
economic entities in 2010, 42 (42%) are corporations. The largest,
as in 2009 was Wal-Mart, whose 2010 revenues exceeded the GDPs of 171
countries making it the 25th largest economic entity in the world.

 

The
next group in terms of size is energy majors with the combined revenues
of the five largest players (Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, BP,