15 of The Most Powerful Boardrooms on Earth
The most powerful people convene here to make decisions that affect you.
A rare look inside some of the biggest companies' boardrooms, where the world's most powerful people convene to make decisions that affect you.
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OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries): Has the buying power to purchase Bank of America in one month's worth of production, Apple Computer in a week and General Motors in just 3 days.
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Banco Santander: Spanish financial services company. Largest bank of all 19 countries in the European Union.
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Heckler & Koch: A German defense manufacturing company. Motto: "No Compromises!" Builds handguns, military rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers.
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BNP Paribas Bank: Financial services company headquartered in Paris. Third largest bank in the world.
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Google: Owns the most visited website in the world (among many other profitable properties). Headquarters (nicknamed "Googleplex") located in Mountain View, California. $66 billion in revenue in 2014.
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HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation): Headquartered in London (oddly enough, considering their title). Various search warrants and raids have been conducted against HSBC for alleged money laundering, but they remain the world's second largest bank.
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ING Group: A Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. World's 18th largest corporation by revenue.
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Apple: Headquartered in Cupertino, California. World's second-largest information technology company by revenue. World's third-largest mobile phone maker. Largest publicly traded corporation in the world. First U.S. company to be valued at over $700 billion. World's largest music retailer.
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Lukoil Russia: Headquartered in Moscow. Russia's second largest oil company. World's second largest public company. Operates in 40 countries.
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BP (British Petroleum): World's 5th largest revenue-producing company. Spent nearly $16 million 2009 lobbying US Congress to shape laws in its favor.
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Mercedes-Benz: German luxury automobile manufacturer. Owns factories in 26 countries. One of the three best-selling luxury automakers in the world.
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Nestle: Multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. 29 brands. $1.1 billion in annual profits.
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Adidas: German multinational shoe, clothing and accessories corporation. Largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the second largest in the world. $16.2 billion revenue in 2012.
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Yahoo!: Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Multinational Internet corporation with more than 700 million visits every month. $4.6 billion revenue in 2014.
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FIFA: International governing body of association football. Infamous for rapaciousness and corruption. $1.3 billion revenue in 2013.
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