Apple now ranks 442nd on The Forbes Global 2000, a list of the largest companies worldwide based upon a composite ranking from four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value. Apple shot up more than 300 positions from 762nd place on last year’s list. Forbes lists Apple’s sales at $9.76 billion, with profits of $510 million, and a market value of $36.66 billion. Apple now has over $9 billion in assets, and 11,695 employees.
Which company was number one? Citigroup. For reference, IBM is ranked 17th, Microsoft is 47th, HP is 54th, Sun is 766th, and Google is 904th.
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