The 10 Most Profitable Swiss Companies
The 10 most profitable publicly-listed Swiss companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below:
| Rank | Company | Industry | Sales ($bil) | Profits ($bil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nestle | Food, Drink & Tobacco | 97.08 | 10.07 |
| 2 | Novartis | Drugs & Biotechnology | 44.27 | 8.4 |
| 3 | Roche Holding | Drugs & Biotechnology | 47.35 | 7.51 |
| 4 | Credit Suisse Group | Diversified Financials | 50.26 | 6.11 |
| 5 | GAM Holding | Diversified Financials | 0.94 | 3.36 |
| 6 | Zurich Financial Services | Insurance | 70.27 | 3.22 |
| 7 | Transocean | Oil & Gas Operations | 11.56 | 3.18 |
| 8 | ABB | Capital Goods | 31.8 | 2.9 |
| 9 | ACE | Insurance | 15.08 | 2.55 |
| 10 | Swisscom | Telecommunications Services | 11.58 | 1.86 |
Nestle (OTC: NSRGY) is the world’s largest consumer goods company that owns about 6,000 brands. ABB Ltd (ABB) offer power and automation technologies to industrial customers and the company has operations in about 100 countries.
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