The 10 firms that rule the world
washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/260753_The_network_of_g...
Note that "ruling the world" here amounts to "having nominal ownership of stocks in public companies". Consequently, practically all of the top 50 companies are asset management companies (such as Vanguard or Fidelity), financial conglomerates that also do asset management, or insurance companies. The only apparent exception is China Petrochemical at 50th. Not a very interesting "finding", really.