17 Singapore companies among top 2000 global firms: Report

17 Singapore companies have made it to Forbes' Global 2000 list, ranking among the biggest and most powerful public companies in the world.
The Forbes Global 2000 is a list compiled by Forbes magazine of the top 2000 global public companies.


Firms are ranked according to scores based on sales, profits, assets and market value. The 17 local companies were led by SingTel, which ranked no. 290 on the list. It had a market value of $31.82 billion.


Other Singapore companies include Wilmar International at no. 314 (S$14.93 billion), DBS Group at no. 337 (S$14.53 billion), United Overseas Bank at no. 392 (S$12.37 billion) and Singapore Airlines at no. 454 (S$9.78 billion).
Oversea-Chinese Banking, Keppel, CapitaLand, Flextronics Intl, SembCorp Industries, Singapore Technologies, City Developments, Golden Agri-Resources, Fraser & Neave, Singapore Exchange were also on the list.