The ''Fortune India'' 500 is a ranking of the top 500

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compiled on the basis of latest sales and gross revenue figures. The list is published annually by ''

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, one of India's largest media companies. The first issue of ''Fortune India'' was published in September 2010 with Dibyendra Nath Mukerjea as the editor and Pavan Varshnei as the president. In October 2011, the publication celebrated its first anniversary with a double issue. The ''Fortune India'' 500 list ranks publicly traded companies by their annual audited total income for the financial year ending on or before 30 June. The list has been published in its current form since 2010, and also includes financial corporations and service providers, leading by revenue.

History

2021 Fortune's Global 500 list

Reliance Industries Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai. It has diverse businesses including energy, petrochemicals, natural gas, retail, telecommunications, mass media, and textiles. Relian ...

retained at the top for three successive years, whilst

State Bank of India State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is the 49th largest bank in the world by total assets and ranked 221st in the '' Fort ...

climbed up to second place and Indian Oil Corporation fell to third place.

2020 list

continued on top place in the 2020 ''Fortune India'' 500 rankings, while

Indian Oil Corporation Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL; d/b/a IndianOil) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It is headquartered in New Delhi. It is a public sector un ...

and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation were second and third respectively. Reliance Industries was ranked 96th in the ''Global'' ''Fortune'' 500 list, and the top 7 positioned companies in the Indian list made it to the global ''Fortune'' 500 list.

2019 list

Reliance Industries exchanged positions with Indian Oil Corporation for the top place in the 2019 ''Fortune India'' 500 rankings, while Oil & Natural Gas Corporation continued on the third position.

2018 list

Indian Oil Corporation continued on top place in the 2018 ''Fortune India'' 500 rankings, while Reliance Industries and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation was second and third respectively.

2017 list

Indian Oil Corporation topped the 2017 ''Fortune India'' 500 rankings, and Reliance Industries was listed second. The next three places were taken by State Bank of India,

Tata Motors Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company, headquartered in Mumbai, India, which is part of the Tata Group. The company produces passenger cars, trucks, vans, coaches, buses. Formerly known as Tata Eng ...

, and

Rajesh Exports Rajesh Exports Limited is an Indian multinational gold retailer headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. The company refines, designs, and sells gold and jewelry. It was ranked 7th on the Fortune India 500 list in 2022, with revenues of ₹2.90 ...

, respectively.

2011 list

Indian Oil Corporation, Reliance Industries and

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian Public Sector Undertakings in India, central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It operates three refineries in ...

dominate the list in the second year.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Zee Entertainment Enterprises (formerly Zee Telefilms) is an Indian media conglomerate owned by Essel Group. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, businesses related to mobile contents, and operates 45 ...

(#1 media, #256 overall),

Sun TV Network Sun TV Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1992 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television c ...

(#2, #347),

HT Media HT Media is an Indian mass media company based in Delhi, India. It has holdings in print, electronic and digital media. HT Media's flagship newspaper is the ''Hindustan Times'', the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The ...

(#3, #383),

Network 18 Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned b ...

(#4, #413) and

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(#5, #437) are in the list of media companies in the ''Fortune India'' 500 roster of India's largest corporations.

Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company with its headquarters in Mumbai. It is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries. In July ...

(#1 IT, #20 overall),

Wipro Wipro Limited (formerly, Western India Palm Refined Oils Limited) is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services. Thierry Delaporte is serving as CEO and managing direct ...

(#2, #25),

Infosys Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Bangalore. Infosys is ...

(#3, #27), HCL Technologies Limited (#4, #49),

Satyam Computer Services Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services Limited) was an Indian information technology (IT) services company based in Hyderabad, India, offering software development, system maintenance, packaged software integration and engineerin ...

(#5, #153) and

Tech Mahindra Tech Mahindra is an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company. Part of the Mahindra Group, the company is headquartered in Pune and has its registered office in Mumbai. Tech Mahindra is a 6.0 billion comp ...

(#6, #161) are the top IT companies in the list.

2011 breakdown by city

This is a ranking of the top ten cities, with the most global 500 companies.

2010 list

topped the inaugural ''Fortune India'' 500 rankings, and Reliance Industries was listed second. The next three places were taken by State Bank of India,

Bharat Petroleum Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It operates three refineries in Bina, Kochi and Mumbai. BPCL is ...

and

Hindustan Petroleum Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian oil and gas refining company headquartered in Mumbai. Since 2018, ONGC has owned a majority stake in the company. The company is ranked 367th on the '' Fortune Global 500'' list o ...

respectively.

References

External links

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