Prestigioasa revista economica americana Fortune a publicat topul primelor 50 de companii asiatice, dupa criteriul veniturilor in milioane de dolari.
Astfel, din cele 50 de companii asiatice prezente in Asia's Top (2005-Global 500), 37 sunt japoneze, 6 chinezesti, 4 sud-coreene, una maleziana, una indiana si una cu sediul central in Australia.
Primele cinci companii sunt din industria grea, a automobilelor si, in mod surprinzator, al telecomunicatiilor.
Cum era de asteptat, Toyota conduce detasat plutonul corporatiilor japoneze si asiatice in general, cu venituri anuale de 173 de miliarde de dolari, urmata de concurentii din industria auto locala - Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi si Mazda.
Topul primelor 50 de corporatii asiatice, in ordinea veniturilor anuale exprimate in milioane de dolari, se prezinta astfel:
1 Toyota Motor 172.616
2 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 100.545
3 Hitachi 83.993
4 Matsushita Electric Industrial 81.077
5 Honda Motor 80.486
6 Nissan Motor 79.799
7 Sinopec 75.076
8 Samsung Electronics 71.555
9 State Grid 71.290
10 China National Petroleum 67.723
11 Sony 66.618
12 Nippon Life Insurance 60.520
13 Toshiba 54.303
14 Tokyo Electric Power 46.962
15 Hyundai Motor 46.358
16 NEC 45.175
17 Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance 44.468
18 Fujitsu 44.316
19 AEON 38.943
20 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance 38.835
21 LG Electronics 37.757
22 SK 37.691
23 Petronas 36.064
24 Nippon Oil 34.150
25 Ito-Yokado 33.631
26 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 33.318
27 Mitsui 32.805
28 Mitsubishi 32.735
29 Canon 32.071
30 Mitsubishi Electric 31.735
31 Nippon Steel 31.536
32 Sumitomo Life Insurance 31.000
33 Indian Oil 29.643
34 Mizuho Financial Group 28.278
35 Marubeni 28.273
36 KDDI 27.170
37 Millea Holdings 26.978
38 JFE Holdings 26.087
39 Denso 26.052
40 Mazda Motor 25.081
41 China Life Insurance 24.980
42 Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group 24.457
43 Kansai Electric Power 24.317
44 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 24.106
45 China Mobile Communications 23.957
46 Sharp 23.632
47 East Japan Railway 23.610
48 Fuji Photo Film 23.516
49 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China 23.444
50 Coles Myer 23.184
Sursa: Fortune
