The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. Forbes uses an equal weighting of sales, profits, assets and market value to rank companies according to size.

This year (2010), 18 Malaysia companies are in the Forbes 2000  list. The companies are as below, 

Rank	Company	Industry	Sales ($bil)	Profits ($bil)	Assets ($bil)	Market Value ($bil)
493	CIMB Group Holdings	Banking	4.24	0.82	70.14	14.05
599	Sime Darby	Conglomerates	8.82	0.65	9.92	15.27
642	Public Bank	Banking	2.75	0.74	63.27	11.52
706	Maybank	Banking	4.63	0.2	87.98	14.70
709	Tenaga	Utilities	8.17	0.26	20.26	10.21
904	Axiata	Telecommunication	3.83	0.48	10.8	9.71
907	MISC	Transportation	4.33	0.39	12.68	10.66
1179	Genting	Hotels. Restaurants & Leisure	2.60	0.31	33.49	6.81
1192	RHB Capital	Banking	1.57	0.35	5.17	3.49
1205	Maxis	Telecommunication	2.22	0.46	4.53	12.08
1224	IOI Group	Plantation	4.15	0.28	24.56	10.78
1292	AMMB Holdings	Banking	1.45	0.24	24.56	4.42
1485	PPB Group	Plantation	0.57	0.46	3.82	5.6
1501	YTL	Utilities	2.53	0.24	12.92	4.16
1613	Hong Leong Financial Group	Banking	1.08	0.18	24.54	2.39
1643	PLUS	Transportation	0.93	0.35	5.36	5.11
1755	Petronas Gas	Oil & Gas Operations	0.94	0.25	2.76	5.70
1987	Petronas dagangan	Oil & Gas Operations	6.69	0.16	1.81	2.63

Out of the 18 companies, banking sectors make up of around 33% with 6 banks in the list. The number of Government Linked Companies (GLCs) is 10 and the other 8 companies are the private sector companies.

Compared to Year 2009 Forbes The World's Biggest Companies list, Malaysia companies' number had decreased one from 19 to 18.

Maxis is the new comer in this year 2010 Forbes 2000 list whereas Telekom Malaysia and KL Kepong that were listed in the 2009 Forbes 2000 list but this year is not in the list.

This year CIMB ranking is 493 compared to last year ranking of 705 and is the highest among the Malaysia companies.

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