When looking at the top 10 brands in the world, we’ll try to look at the company brands that have the largest brand values as at 2014. Some of these companies may not even make it to the list of the top 10 biggest companies in the world, but their brand values says a lot about the companies. One thing that we can all agree about these companies is that most of them are households name companies which we can associate with. Here is a list of the top 10 biggest brands in the world in 2014:
10
IBM
The multinational technology and consulting company one of the largest brands in the world with an estimated brand value of $41,513 million. The international Business Machines Corporation has its headquarters in Armonk, New York, US.
9
Walmart
This multinational retail corporation is known for running a number of chain stores and warehouse stores around the world. In the top 10 largest companies in the world, Walmart ranks as the second largest company. The retail corporation has an estimated brand value of $44, 779 million.
8
Amazon.com
This American international ecommerce company has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, US. It started as a bookstore but so far has grown to an international company bragging of having an estimated brand value of $45, 147 million.
7
AT&T
The American multinational telecommunication corporation has its headquarters situated at Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas, US. In the US, the corporation is the second largest provider of mobile telephony services but when it comes to fixed telephony, AT&T is second to none. It has an estimated brand value of $45,410 million.
6
General Electric (GE)
GE is an American multinational conglomerate corporation with its headquarters in Fairfield, Connecticut, US. The company has four main divisions including; Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer and industrial. GE has an estimated brand value of $52,533 million.
5
Verizon
Coming in fifth in our list of the top 10 brands in the world is Verizon with an estimated brand value of $53, 466 million. This American broadband and telecommunications company is situated in New York. The company was founded on October 7th, 1983.
4
Microsoft
The multinational corporation has its headquarters located in Redmond, Washington. The company is well known for developing, manufacturing, licensing, supporting and selling PC, computer software and consumer electronic. Its brand value is estimated at $62,783 million.
3
Who can argue with the fact that Google ranks as one of the top 10 biggest companies in the world. The American multinational corporation is known to specialize in internet-related services and products. Google has an estimated brand value of $68,620 million.
2
Samsung
The South Korean multinational conglomerate company has its headquarters situated in Samsung Town, Seoul. The company specializes in electronics and is estimated to have a brand value of about $78,752 million.
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Apple
Apple Inc. specializes in designing, developing and selling computer electronics and software. The multinational corporation has its headquarters in Cupertino California and is estimated to have a brand value of $104,680 million.