Board 8 > Hey. what's the richest company ever?

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I've been checking around and I can't find anything to top Samsung, it's worth around the same as Microsoft, Sony and Apple combined.

I mostly just checked in technology companies though,maybe there are much much richer ones out there that deals in simpler stuff.

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Walmart, probably.

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Silvercross posted...
Walmart, probably.

Worth a little more than half what Samsung is worth.

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Berkshire Hathaway? Exxon Mobile?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_by_revenue

Forbes agrees.

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That's revenues though, I'm checking total assets.

I guess I should've said '' which company is worth the most ''.

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Rich in terms of what? Revenue? Profit? Market cap? Assets?

ExxonMobil may be the "biggest" company in the world right now. In terms of the richest company ever, accounting for inflation and stuff... maybe Standard Oil? East India Trading Company?

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Ayuyu posted...
That's revenues though, I'm checking total assets.

I guess I should've said '' which company is worth the most ''.

Oh so if I get trillions of dollars in loans to buy useless assets, I'd somehow be worth the most in the world. Neat.

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What you want is market cap, not total assets.

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red sox 777 posted...
What you want is market cap, not total assets.

Maybe, I'm bad at economics.

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Exxon mobile is the wealthiest company right now, IIRC. Apple is pretty close though, I think they even passed Exxon for a day or two.

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Rich in terms of what? Revenue? Profit? Market cap? Assets?

ExxonMobil may be the "biggest" company in the world right now. In terms of the richest company ever, accounting for inflation and stuff... maybe Standard Oil? East India Trading Company?

I'd guess Standard Oil. I'm pretty sure Rockefeller is the wealthiest man in history when adjusting for inflation.

U.S. Steel is another possibility.

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