Name: Khondaker Touhidur Rahman

ID:172051091
Section:02
Semester:5th
Assignment No:Extra
Date of Submission:6th March 2020
Topic: Brief review on 10 leading MNCs of the world & Top ten
international business leaders of the recent time

Brief review on 10 leading MNCs of the world

1. Apple

Apple was founded by Steve Jobs. Age of company: 41 years. Number of

employees: 66,000.Apple has an estimated net worth of $605 billion, and is often
called the world’s most valuable company. In 2016, however, it had to contend
with falling sales of the iPhone. Apple is an American multinational technology
company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells
consumer electronics

2. Microsoft

Age of company: 42 years. No of employees: 114,000.Apple’s most famous rival

Microsoft also started in a garage, where Bill Gates and Paul Allen put together
their first computer. Microsoft was officially founded in 1975, a year earlier than
Apple. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company
with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

3. Alphabet

Age of company: 2 years. No of employees: 69,953.Alphabet has a much more

famous subsidiary, Google. Alphabet, founded in 2015 by the same people who
started Google, is a collection of companies with interests in many sectors
including medical research and wearable technology. Alphabet Inc. is an American
multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was
created through a corporate restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and
became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries.
The two founders of Google assumed executive roles in the new company, with
Larry Page serving as CEO and Sergey Brin as president.

4. Berkshire Hathaway

The largest company on the list not involved in technology has its origins as far
back as 1888 as a textile company. It is now a holding company with interests a
wide variety of sectors including utilities, railroads and insurance companies. It is
part owned by well-known investor Warren Buffet. Age of company: 128 years.
No of employees: 360,000.
5. Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation, doing business as ExxonMobil, is an American

multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the
largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on
November 30, 1999 .The world’s largest oil and gas company has dropped from
number one last year. The company was formed two giants Exxon and Mobil,
merged their businesses. Age of company: 22 years. No of employees: 222,400.

6. Amazon

Amazon has enjoyed a meteoric rise since it was founded in a garage in 1995. It
started as an online bookshop, but now delivers everything from tea bags to shoes.
Last year, when Amazon‘s site went down for 49 minutes, the company missed out
on estimated sales of $5.7 million. Age of company: 22 years .No of employees:
222,400.

7. Facebook

Facebook was founded in 2004 after a college experiment. In September 2016 it

had 1.79 billion daily active users, approximately 85% of whom were outside the
US and Canada. It was built by Mark Zuckerberg. It is owned by Facebook, Inc.As
of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users. Users may make a
personal profile, add other users as friends, and send messages. Facebook users
must register before using the site. No of employees: 15,724. Age of company: 13
years.

8. Johnson and Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational corporation founded in 1886 that

develops medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods. Its
common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the
company is ranked No. 37 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States
corporations by total revenue. J&J is one of the world's most valuable companies
Age of company 131 years. No of employees: 128,000.

9. General Electric

GE traces its beginnings to Thomas Edison, who established the Edison Electric
Light Company in 1878. GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial
Index that was also included in the original index in 1896. Showing that diversity
is the way to keep a company going, GE is now calls itself the world’s Digital
Industrial Company. Age of company: 139 years. No of employees: 333,000.

10. China Mobile

China Mobile says it has the world’s largest mobile network and the biggest
mobile customer base. It is the leading telecommunications services provider in
mainland China and in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region .Age of
company: 20 years. Employees: 438,645.
 Top ten international business leaders of the
recent time
1. Bill Gates

Gates founded Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software

company, and each year, he is consistently near the top of the list
of the world’s wealthiest people. Over the years, Gates has slowly
transitioned away from Microsoft and into philanthropic ventures.
His foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is working
to provide clean water and sanitation (among other things) to
third-world countries. Like Warren Buffett, Gates has also
promised to leave the vast majority of his wealth to charity.

2. Jack Ma

Ma was the first entrepreneur from mainland China to appear on

the cover of Forbes magazine. He is also the founder of Alibaba
Group, a group of internet companies. Before getting accepted to
Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute, Ma was rejected from university
three times. After graduation, he applied for 30 jobs and was
turned down for all of them. He first learned about the internet
during a short trip to the U.S., and when he returned home, he
created a small website about China and Chinese products. This
would be his first step towards creating a company that would
hold the record for largest IPO in history.

3. Elon Musk

Musk was born in South Africa and is a businessman, inventor,

and investor. Musk is most widely known for his founding of
PayPal and SpaceX and his heavy involvement in Tesla Motors.
His vision and passion for pushing the boundaries of technology
and consumer integration have led to increased exposure to solar
power, high-speed transportation, and artificial intelligence.

4. Warren Buffett

Buffett is one of the most successful investors in the world. Some

people have referred to him as the “Wizard of Omaha” (his
birthplace is Omaha, Nebraska) and he is consistently named as
one of the wealthiest people in the world. He has also pledged to
give away nearly 99% of his accumulated wealth to philanthropic
causes after his death.

5. Jeff Weiner

Weiner is the CEO of LinkedIn. Although LinkedIn was founded in

2002, it was under Weiner’s leadership that LinkedIn completed
its IPO and became one of the most-used social media platforms
in the world. Weiner is also extremely active in non-profits, sitting
on the Board of Directors of Donors Choose.org and Malaria No
More.

6. Jeff Bezos

Founder of Amazon.com, one of the largest retailer for online sales Princeton
University Alumnus Ranked 15th largest billionaire by Forbes in 2015 He is worth
$38.8 billion.

7. Sheryl Sandberg

Sandberg has been the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook since

2008. She founded a nonprofit, Lean In, named after her best-
selling book. She has been an influential advocate for women in
the business world. She has made the successful transition from
government work at the Treasury Department to the tech
industry at Google and Facebook.

8. Bob Iger

Iger is the CEO of the Disney Corporation. He has led the

acquisitions of major companies like Marvel, Pixar, and, most
recently, Lucas Films. His leadership has also led to the expansion
of Disney’s theme parks into Shanghai and Hong Kong.

9. Reed Hastings

Hastings is the co-founder and CEO of Netflix. What originally

started as a no-late-fees, no-due-dates subscription service soon
transitioned into online streaming, which shook the very
foundation of digital entertainment. In addition, Hastings
constantly uses his position of influence to promote change and
reform in the California State Board of Education and through
charter schools.

10. Larry Page

Co-founder and CEO of Google.com, the biggest and most

successful search engine and assisted service providing
organization University of Michigan and Stanford University
Alumnus Ranked 19th largest billionaire by Forbes in 2015 He is
worth $30.1 billion.