World's largest value creators; Reliance 2nd
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Of the 142 companies included in this year's global and industry rankings, 81 are located in developing economies - 57 percent of the total.
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In the chemicals industry, Reliance Industries has been named the second biggest value creator of 53 global firms during the period behind South Korea's OCI.
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Bharti Airtel and Infosys Technologies occupy the seventh and ninth spot respectively in the Technology and Telecommunications category for the 2005-2009 period.
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Diversified mining giant from Brazil, Vale is the world's largest sustainable value creators.
Vale
Total Shareholder Return: 37.5%
Market capitalisation: $148.6 billion
The big industry winner in this year's rankings is the mining and materials sector, with a weighted average annual TSR of 18 percent. Starting from a database of more than 4,000 companies worldwide, the report presents detailed analyses of the Total Shareholder Return (TSR) at 712 companies across 14 major industries for the five-year period.
Even more dramatic, the top ten value creators in the 712-company sample are all from Asia - five companies listed on stock exchanges in China, two in Hong Kong, and one each in India, Indonesia, and South Korea.
(Average TSR from 2000-2009)
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World's largest value creators; Reliance 2nd
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Total shareholder return: 33.1%
Market capitalisation: $78.3 billion Reliance Industries is one of India's largest private sector companies with a a turnover of Rs 2,00,400 crore (US$ 44.6 billion).
Seven of the top ten large-cap value creators (those with market valuations of more than $35 billion) are listed on stock exchanges in rapidly developing economies of Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Mexico and South Korea.
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Rank 3: AmBev
(Consumer goods, Brazil)
It is the biggest brewery in South America and the fifth largest in the world.
Total Shareholder Return: 30.8%
Market capitalisation: $ 61.9 billion
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(Pharmaceuticals, US) Gilead Sciences is biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercialises therapies for viral diseases, infectious diseases and cancer. Total Shareholder Return: 29%
Market capitalisation: $38.9 billion
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Rank 5: British American Tobacco
(Consumer goods, UK)
One of the world's leading tobacco companies, its brands are sold in more than 180 markets.
Total Shareholder Return: 25.6%
Market capitalisation: $65.1 billion
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(Technology & Telecom, Canada) RIM is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless device company, known for its BlackBerry smartphone. Total Shareholder Return: 24.3
Market capitalisation: $ 38.2 billion
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(Technology & Telecom, US) Apple designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Total Shareholder Return: 23.4%
Market capitalisation: $189.6 billion
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(Consumer goods, UK)
Total Shareholder Return: 22.3%
Market capitalisation: $39.2 billion
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(Retail, Mexico)
Total Shareholder Return: 21.4%
Market capitalisation: $38.3 billion
A Mexican blue-chip company, Wal-Mart de Mexico is owned by the American retail giant Wal-Mart Stores.
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(Mining and materials, S Korea)
Total Shareholder Return: 20.9%
Market capitalisation: $42.4 billion
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