8 Biggest Companies by Market Capitalization



3. 1992 – Wal-Mart

Market Capitalization of $119.5 Billion in the Year 1992

Wal-Mart Stores, popularly called Wal-Mart, is an American multinational corporation in the retail sector. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. It was established in the year 1962 and incorporated in October of the same year. It has a series of discount department and warehouse outlets, all over the world. It is renowned globally in terms of its distribution system and supply-chain management. Forbes Global 2000 ranked it the 18th largest public company of the world. It operates under different names I n different countries. It operates in India as Best Price, in Japan as Seiyu, in United Kingdom as Asda and in Mexico as Walmex. Its financial progress has been in the green in the past year, apart from Total Equity.