If we bring the current president back, the values of any of these companies will change.

Remember "Hope and Change" Well we have had four years of Change and now we will have no hope.

I am sure the he will figure out a way to redistribute the profits of these companies away from stockholders, into the hands of the federal government and then ultimately to anyone he feels is more deserving than the people who invested their hard earned money in those companies.

You can't trust the media, liberal or conservative. Each has it's own agenda.

Obama has made it clear that he wants to socialize the US and redistribute the wealth so all people are equal in net worth. It won't work, it never has in any civilization and it takes away the incentive to work hard and take risks to make a better life for you and your children.

Obamanation will destroy our country from within. He has never had a real job and has lived off a social income with no accountability for where the money comes from or meeting a payroll and paying bills. That is all he knows to do. soon we will be just like all the rest of the old socialist countries. Even China and Cuba have seen capitalism is better.

To say that Coca Cola is not a global brand simply because it's an American company is hogwash. For many years in this brand ranking, the brand has held the number one position. It has easily been the most-recognized, most-valued brand on the planet. For it to drop to the number three position says far more about the enormous popularity of Apple and Microsoft than any shortcoming of Coke.  

To iswalmart:

You seem to be making a lot of friends here (wink) but I do have to agree with you on on e point. The fact that low wages lead to low birth rates since people can't afford the BASICS. All you have to do is look at the zero population growth in areas like central Africa where there is abject poverty. Yep.........no more kids for us Mubee Jubee...........can'​t afford them

This may be off the subject but I would like to point out that this notion that companies like Coke a Cola are global companies is a farce.

Yes they may now produce and sell there products globally but the company was originally started up in the U.S.A. and it is and should be viewed as an American company doing business around the world.

I see your list is built based on net worth.  But to be truly powerful does not ncessarily mean lots of zeros.

How can you leave Ferrari off this list?  Formula One is the most followed sport in the world.  The tifosi are at every race enmass. 

I know all these brands, but I don't like them all.

1. BMW highly over-rated in my opinion.

2. Microsoft unreliable in many versions of Windows.

3. Apple too expensive  and over-rated as well.

4. GE A corporation that doesn't pay American taxes

5.. Cisco another terrible networking company

6. IBM Hey they turned it around

7. Coke, I like Pepsi.

8. Mcdonalds that food well kill you if you eat too much.

And the rest I can't say too much about.