On the other hand, the value of Google has increased by 40 % since last year and the company is now worth $159 billion. The third position belongs to the IBM, while in forth place comes Microsoft (jump from last year's seventh position), and the fifth is the only non-technological company among the five leading, well-known fast food chain McDonald's. The biggest surprise in the rankings is a Chinese web portal Tencent, which is on the 14th position.
Among the other companies worth mentioning, Amazon is on the 10th position (increased values of 41 %, which now amounts to $64 billion), Facebook is the 21st, Oracle on 45th and Twitter at 71st position (value of 14 $ billion). slightly behind Yahoo's , which is on the 69th position. The entire scale can be viewed via the following link.