36: Some corporations have become so powerful that new words such as corporatocracy or corporatism

40: have entered the English language.

42: There is hardly a place left on the planet where people are not customers, or even in

46: the service of these powerful companies.

48: As you'll know from our other shows, after “ok,” the word “Coca-Cola” is one

52: of the most recognizable words in the world, while the richest man on the planet, Bill

56: Gates, is thought to have a face as well-known as Jesus Christ or Adolf Hitler.

60: Without even knowing it, many of us in one day might have eaten a product owned by Nestle,

64: watched a TV program on a channel owned by Disney, or even chatted with a friend online

68: who at one time worked at McDonalds.

70: Today we are going to look at the largest of these giants, in this episode of the Infographics

74: Show: Most powerful corporations in the world.

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79: Notification Squad.

80: First of all, we should point out that we won't make a top ten list, but rather choose

83: the largest businesses based on how interesting they are.

86: For instance, Chinese utilities corporations are huge because of the fact China has the

90: world's largest population.

91: They aren't, however, recognizable to many people outside of China.

95: Today we'll stick with the entities that most of you have had some experience with.

98: One of those is Apple, a company so large that we once compared it to a small country.

101: If you watched that show, you'll know that in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack formed

106: Apple.

107: You'll also know its 100,000 plus employees globally is more than the population of a

111: small city, and that its 215 billion dollar revenue for 2016 is much more than the GDPs

116: of around 75 percent of the world's 195 countries.

120: Apple's best-selling product is the iPhone, and in 2016 the company celebrated the sale

124: of its one billionth phone.

125: In fact, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the best-selling smartphones of all time.

130: It's thought Apple sold about 220 million of them.

133: Earlier this year, The Guardian reported that Apple became the first company to be worth

137: 800 billion dollars.

139: Perhaps the third founder when Apple started-up, Ronald Wayne, might now rue the day he sold

144: his share in the company for 800 bucks.

146: His stake these days would be worth in the region of 75.5 billion dollars.

151: Wayne was much older than the other co-founders and has said it was hard to keep up with them.

155: In an interview he once said, “If I had stayed with Apple I probably would have wound

159: up the richest man in the cemetery.”

160: Let's stay with tech for the time-being.

162: In the top ten tech companies, in terms of yearly revenue, you'll find Amazon; Google's

167: parent company, Alphabet; Korean electronics firm Samsung; and the Windows operating system

172: creator, Microsoft.

173: You won't find Facebook, even though it is fast becoming one of the things we spend

177: the most time looking at each day.

179: Facebook's revenue for 2016 was just over 26.5 billion dollars, an amount quite a lot

184: less than the tech companies we just mentioned.

187: It is, however, growing at an astonishing rate and was only just recently given a value

191: of 500 billion dollars.

193: As Wall Street sees such tech giants ruling the future, it's expected it won't be

197: long until they start breaking the one trillion dollar milestone.

200: The social media kingpin announced this year it had over 2 billion monthly active logged-in

206: users, compared with YouTube's 1.5 million.

209: Google.com and YouTube are listed above Facebook though, in terms of page views.

213: Facebook has done this in quite a short amount of time, and has been said to have the power

217: to change how we think, what we buy, and even affect our general day-to-day emotions.

221: Its 2 billion community is bigger than any country on Earth, and a sizeable proportion

226: of the world's 7.5 billion people.

228: If it's not the biggest money spinner, it just might be the most powerful tech company

232: in the world in terms of how it affects our lives.

235: Still, 5.5 billion people don't use Facebook, or at least aren't active monthly users.

240: According to the United Nations latest report, about 3.8 billion people in the world have

244: internet, or around 51 percent.

246: In North America, that number might be 88 percent, and Europe 79 percent, but in Asia

251: and Africa, it's only 46 and 31 percent respectively.

254: All those folks not online are not out of the grasp of large corporations, though.

258: The next two mega-corporations are almost impossible not to be a customer of, never

263: mind where you live.

264: One of those companies is the Dutch-British consumer goods company Unilever, said to be

268: the largest consumer goods company in the world today.

270: It has over 400 brands, many of which you probably buy.

274: Some of the those brands are Dove and Lux personal care products, Lipton's tea, and

278: names such as Skippy, Hellman's, Comfort, Flora, Rexona, Surf, Vaseline, Ponds, Sunsilk,

283: Clear and Signal.

285: According to its own website, Unilever products are used by more than 2.5 billion people on

289: any given day in 190 countries.

291: Its revenue for 2016 was around 63 billion 190 dollars.

295: Forbes puts its market value at 143.9 billion dollars.

300: In terms of consumer goods and global dominance, another company you no doubt have been a life-long

304: customer of is the Swiss company, Nestle.

307: According to its own website, it is the world's largest food and beverage company in the world.

311: Its brands include Nescafe, Milo, Kit-Kat, Maggi, lots of baby milk and food products,

316: bottled water, cereals, and ice cream.

318: Its global reach is astonishing, reaching people in all 196 countries of the world with

323: all its 2,000-plus brands.

325: It also has 447 factories in 86 countries as well as 333,000 employees.

330: Its revenue for 2016 was just over 90 billion dollars.

334: Like Facebook, Nestle might not pull in the biggest profits, but in terms of who it reaches,

338: it is probably the one company that sells to almost everyone outside of some tribal

342: cultures.

343: Nestle is said to be worth about 229.5 billion dollars.

347: When we talk about most powerful, that could also include how many people rely on that

351: company for a job.

352: The third largest company regarding net worth is Microsoft, but the 500-plus billion behemoth

357: actually only employs about 18,000 people.

360: Alphabet has around 60,000 employees.

362: This is nothing compared to fast-food giant McDonalds.

365: If you saw our show on McDonalds, you'll know that it employees 1.9 million people

369: in 35,000 (and counting) restaurants in 119 countries.

373: In the USA, it's said that around one in eight people have worked for the restaurant

377: chain at some point in their life.

378: The last available statistic on how many burgers McDonalds has sold in total was said to be

382: about 300 billion, but that was in 2014.

386: As of 2015, it was selling about 550 million Big Macs alone every year.

391: So what we know is that this one time single shop burger restaurant could have fed every

395: person in the world many times over.

397: How much money does it get for all its hard work?

399: Forbes puts its 2016 yearly revenue at 24.6 billion, and its overall value quite low for

405: this list at just 106.4 billion.

407: If we don't include militaries, McDonalds is the second largest employer in the entire

412: world.

413: The largest employer is American firm Walmart.

416: It employs 2.3 million people, which is about how many Americans are imprisoned, according

420: to PrisonPolicy.

421: It's also just a little less than the entire population of the UK's second largest city,

426: Manchester.

427: You'll find Walmarts in 28 countries, and it has a total of 11,695 stores.

431: It was bought in 1945 by a businessman called Sam Walton.

435: His idea was to sell products in large quantities and keep the prices down.

439: As a company, not corporation, it is the largest in the world.

442: Forbes gives it a yearly revenue of 485.3 billion dollars and a valuation of 221.3 billion

450: dollars.

451: Two other leaders of the pack in terms of size and revenue are automotive companies.

454: They are Japan's Toyota and Germany's Volkswagen Group.

457: Toyota employs more than 364,000 people, currently has a revenue of around 249.9 billion dollars,

464: and a value of around 171.9 billion.

465: The Toyota Corolla is in fact the biggest selling car of all time at over 43 million

472: units sold.

473: The next on the list is the Ford F-series, and then the next places are taken up by Volkswagen.

478: That is the VW Golf (30 million sold) and the VW Beatle (23 million sold).

483: VW is much larger than Ford, though.

485: It employs 626 million people in 26 countries and has a revenue of more than 240 billion

491: dollars.

492: It's currently worth around 75 billion.

493: In terms of assets, it is huge, with 458.7 billion dollar's worth.

498: It's called the “Group” because it also owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini,

502: Porsche, Ducati, SEAT, Škoda, as well as commercial vehicles.

507: So, are behemoth corporations good or bad for society?

510: Let us know in the comments!

511: Also, be sure to check out our other video called 10 Ways the Government is Spying on

514: You!

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