| Verdens 100 største virksomheder (1998) | ||||
| Størrelse | Virksomhed | Land | Børsværdi (millioner US$) | Sektor |
| 1 | Microsoft Corp | USA | 271.854,4 | 482 |
| 2 | General Electric | USA | 258.871,3 | 541 |
| 3 | Exxon Corp | USA | 172.212,5 | 212 |
| 4 | Royal Dutch/Shell | Holland/England | 164.156,5 | 212 |
| 5 | Merck & Co | USA | 154.752,7 | 433 |
| 6 | Pfizer Inc | USA | 148.074,0 | 433 |
| 7 | Intel Corp | USA | 144.060,0 | 551 |
| 8 | Coca-Cola Co | USA | 142.164,3 | 424 |
| 9 | Wal-Mart Stores | USA | 123.062,0 | 492 |
| 10 | IBM | USA | 121.183,6 | 531 |
| 11 | NTT | Japan | 117.652,1 | 223 |
| 12 | Philip Morris Cos Inc | USA | 112.436,5 | 425 |
| 13 | Novartis Ag | Schweiz | 108.474,8 | 433 |
| 14 | Johnson & Johnson | USA | 105.241,9 | 431 |
| 15 | Glaxo Wellcome | England | 105.190,8 | 433 |
| 16 | Bristol Myers Squibb | USA | 103.325,4 | 431 |
| 17 | AT&T Corp | USA | 102.480,0 | 223 |
| 18 | Roche | Schweiz | 102.006,9 | 433 |
| 19 | Cisco Systems Inc | USA | 96.587,1 | 533 |
| 20 | Procter & Gamble Co | USA | 95.126,9 | 453 |
| 21 | Lucent Technologies Inc | USA | 90.985,0 | 223 |
| 22 | British Petroleum | England | 88.618,7 | 212 |
| 23 | Lilly (Eli) & Co | USA | 86.246,5 | 433 |
| 24 | MCI Worldcom Inc | USA | 86.214,0 | 223 |
| 25 | BT | England | 86.134,4 | 223 |
| 26 | Toyota Motor | Japan | 85.910,8 | 401 |
| 27 | Deutsche Telekom | Tyskland | 83.724,1 | 223 |
| 28 | Dell Computer Corp | USA | 83.634,0 | 531 |
| 29 | American International Group | USA | 82.293,9 | 151 |
| 30 | SBC Communications | USA | 81.529,7 | 223 |
| 31 | Nestle | Schweiz | 77.489,9 | 451 |
| 32 | Schering-Plough | USA | 76.106,6 | 433 |
| 33 | Bell Atlantic Corp | USA | 75.246,4 | 223 |
| 34 | Allianz | Tyskland | 74.382,6 | 151 |
| 35 | Bellsouth Corp | USA | 74.196,5 | 223 |
| 36 | Berkshire Hathaway -Cl A | USA | 73.963,6 | 171 |
| 37 | American Home Products Corp | USA | 69.200,2 | 433 |
| 38 | Unilever Plc/NV | Holland/England | 67.214,5 | 451 |
| 39 | Fannie Mae | USA | 66.434,5 | 122 |
| 40 | Abbott Laboratories | USA | 66.137,0 | 431 |
| 41 | Du Pont (E I) De Nemours | USA | 63.631,1 | 622 |
| 42 | Warner-Lambert Co | USA | 61.855,3 | 431 |
| 43 | Smithkline Beecham | England | 60.665,5 | 433 |
| 44 | Lloyds TSB Group | England | 60.214,8 | 112 |
| 45 | Mobil Corp | USA | 59.355,0 | 212 |
| 46 | France Telecom | Frankrig | 58.128,3 | 223 |
| 47 | Home Depot Inc | USA | 58.076,9 | 492 |
| 48 | Ford Motor Co | USA | 57.387,0 | 401 |
| 49 | Chevron Corp | USA | 55.012,4 | 212 |
| 50 | Hewlett-Packard Co | USA | 54.902,4 | 531 |
| 51 | GTE Corp | USA | 52.978,3 | 223 |
| 52 | Compaq Computer Corp | USA | 52.845,4 | 531 |
| 53 | Disney (Walt) Company | USA | 52.551,6 | 461 |
| 54 | Time Warner Inc | USA | 52.432,4 | 472 |
| 55 | Ameritech Corp | USA | 52.335,0 | 223 |
| 56 | Amoco Corp | USA | 51.407,3 | 214 |
| 57 | Nationsbank Corp | USA | 51.378,8 | 112 |
| 58 | First Union Corp (N C) | USA | 50.694,2 | 112 |
| 59 | HSBC Holdings | England | 48.430,8 | 112 |
| 60 | Daimler-Benz Ag | Tyskland | 48.326,1 | 401 |
| 61 | ENI | Italien | 48.184,6 | 212 |
| 62 | Nokia | Finland | 46.926,4 | 551 |
| 63 | Aegon | Holland | 45.311,2 | 151 |
| 64 | Pepsico Inc | USA | 43.449,8 | 424 |
| 65 | Travelers Group Inc | USA | 43.149,1 | 121 |
| 66 | Gillette Co | USA | 42.951,0 | 432 |
| 67 | Citicorp | USA | 42.029,7 | 112 |
| 68 | ING Groep | Holland | 41.668,4 | 151 |
| 69 | Münchener Ruckversicherungs | Tyskland | 41.350,0 | 151 |
| 70 | UBS | Schweiz | 41.319,7 | 112 |
| 71 | Bankamerica Corp | USA | 41.171,6 | 112 |
| 72 | McDonalds Corp | USA | 40.862,1 | 464 |
| 73 | Zurich Financial Services | Schweiz/England | 38.900,0 | 151 |
| 74 | T,I,M,Spaniennien | Italien | 38.011,4 | 223 |
| 75 | Ericsson LM | Sverige | 37.008,9 | 533 |
| 76 | Chase Manhattan Corp | USA | 36.785,6 | 112 |
| 77 | Telefonica | Spanien | 36.747,2 | 223 |
| 78 | General Motors Corp | USA | 35.943,6 | 401 |
| 79 | Telstra | Auatralien | 35.845,6 | 223 |
| 80 | Telecom Italia | Italien | 35.576,5 | 223 |
| 81 | Vodafone Group | England | 35.535,5 | 223 |
| 82 | American Express | USA | 35.459,1 | 121 |
| 83 | Mannesmann | Tyskland | 35.136,3 | 563 |
| 84 | Allstate Corp | USA | 34.528,0 | 152 |
| 85 | Diageo | England | 33.809,8 | 421 |
| 86 | Monsanto Co | USA | 33.800,3 | 622 |
| 87 | Fed Home Loan Mtg Co | USA | 33.676,1 | 121 |
| 88 | Texaco Inc | USA | 33.524,7 | 212 |
| 89 | Boeing Co | USA | 33.374,4 | 523 |
| 90 | Elf Aquitaine | Frankrig | 33.358,2 | 212 |
| 91 | Zeneca Group | England | 33.220,4 | 433 |
| 92 | Generali (Assicurazioni) | Italien | 32.786,6 | 151 |
| 93 | Airtouch Communications Inc | USA | 32.689,5 | 223 |
| 94 | Tyco International Ltd | USA | 32.071,4 | 591 |
| 95 | Siemens | Tyskland | 31.436,8 | 541 |
| 96 | Halifax | England | 31.370,8 | 112 |
| 97 | Vivendi | Frankrig | 31.108,7 | 221 |
| 98 | Sprint Corp | USA | 30.967,2 | 223 |
| 99 | Chrysler Corp | USA | 30.960,8 | 401 |