GK thread (GK-4: Top-20 Global IT Companies)

[cricket doctor]

GK-1 : MNC facts


Microsoft:

- Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975.
- Ideal for user-friendliness and product-cannibalization.
- Current CEO- Steve Ballmer
- World's richest Bill Gates has already given 6b$ in charity.

McDonalds:

- Started by Maurice & Dick McDoanlds as drive-in in 1940.
- Ray Kroc bought it.
- Ideal for its QSCV philosophy.
- QSCV - Quality Service Cleanliness Value
- Has Hamburger uni.
- Even buys farms for quality.

IBM:

- International Business Machine (IBM)
- CEO - Samuel Palmisano
- Founded by Watson Sr. in 1988, named as IBM in 1911.
- Ideal for providing "Integrated Customer Services"
- Around 100b$ in revenues.
- 3 lakhs+ people employed.

HP:

- Started by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage in 1939.
- Ideal for the informal work-culture it adopted.
- Believe in "The HP way" or MBWA (Management by Walking Around).

GE:

- General Electronics
- Ideal for its ability to reinvent and restructure itself.
- Jack Welch brought its 300 + businesses to 13 major ones.
- Philosophy- " Either be no. 1 or no. 2 in market or leave."

Intel Inside:

- "Integrated Electronics"
- Started in 1968 in a garage.
- Founded by Andy Grove and Gordon Moore.
- Follows "Moore's law of chip size"
- Ideal for its path-breaking "Research & Development"
- Into memory chips.Shifted focus to Microprocessors in 1984.

3M:

- Minnesota,Mining & Manufacturing.
- Started in 1902.
- Ideal for entrepreneurial culture and innovativeness.
- Rewards idea-generators by stake in revenues.

Sony:

- Started by Marshall & Akio Morita in Japan in 1945.
- Ideal for its trendsetting products and global nature.
- Famous for Walkman, Trinitron and T.V.

Coca-Cola:

- Started as medicine for headache in hobble skirt bottles.
- Ideal for brand-equity.
- Started in 1885.
- Makes more than 300 millions bottles in a year.

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GK-2 : TOP 10

Forbes World's Richest people (For 2005):

1. Bill Gates - USA - $51.5 billion
2. Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion
3. Lakshmi Mittal - INDIA - $25.0 billion
4. Caslos Slim Helu - MEXICO - $23.8 billion
5. Alwaleed Bin Abdulaziz AL Saud - SAUDI AREBIA - $23.7 billion
6. Ingvar Kamprad1 - SWEDEN - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
7. Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion
8. Karl Albrecht - GERMANY - $18.5 billion
9. Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion
10. S. Robson Walton - USA - $18.3 billion

Top 10 Fortune 500 Companies (For 2005)

1. Wal-Mart - US
2. BP - UK
3. ExxonMobil - US
4. Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands/UK
5. General Motors - US
6. DaimlerChrysler - Germany
7. Toyota Motor Corporation - Japan
8. Ford Motor Company - US
9. General Electric - US
10. Total - France


Top 10 Celebrities (For 2005):

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods
3. Mel Gibson
4. George Lucas
5. Shaquille O'Neal
6. Stephen Spielberg
7. Johnny Depp
8. Madonna
9. Elton John
10. Tom Cruise

Top 10 B-Schools (non-US) (For 2005):

1. Insead (France)
2. IMD (Switzerland)
3. Cambridge (Judge) (UK)
4. Oxford (Said) (UK)
5. London (LBS) (UK)
6. York (Schulich) (Toronto)
7. SDA Bocconi (Italy)
8. IESE (Spain)
9. Australian GSOM (Australia)
10. Queen's (Kingston)


Top 10 B-Schools (US) (For 2005):

1. Harvard
2. Columbia
3. Chicago
4. Dartmouth (Tuck)
5. Yale
6. Penn (Wharton)
7. Stanford
8. UNC (Kenan-Flagler)
9. N'Western (Kellogg)
10. Virginia (Darden)

Top 10 Brands:

- Coca-Cola
- Microsoft
- IBM
- GE
- Intel
- Nokia
- Disney
- McDonald's
- Marlboro
- Mercedes

Top 10 Management Books:

- The Practice of Management
- How to win friends & influence people
- Positioning
- In Search of Excellence
- Straight from the gut
- Good to Great
- Made in Japan
- The 7 habits of highly effective people
- The Road Ahead
- Who says Elephants can't dance

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GK-3: Some F1 stats:

Most championship- Michael Schumacher(7 times)

Most GP Wins (Career)- Michael Schumacher (53 times)

Most GP 2nd Places (Career)- Alain Prost (35 times)

Most GP 3rd Places (Career)- Alain Prost/Carlos Reutemann (20 times)

Farthest position down the grid from where a driver won a race- (18th;Rubens Barrichello;German Grand Prix 2000)

Most F1 Constructors Championships Ferrari- (11 times)

Most GP Wins Ferrari - (144 times)

Most GP Wins (Season)- McLaren (1988) (15 times)

Most Consecutive GP Wins (Season) McLaren (1988)- (11 times)

Most World Championship Points Ferrari- (3,594 )

Most Pole Positions Ferrari- (148 times)

Most Consecutive Pole Positions(Team)- Williams (1992-93) (24 times)
Shortest F1 Race- Australian GP '91 24m 34.899s

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GK -4 : 2005 Top 20 Global IT Companies


Rank 1: IBM $61,307.00 ($Million)
www.ibm.com

Rank 2: Microsoft $33,969.00 ($Million)
www.microsoft.com

Rank 3: EDS $20,669.00 ($Million)
www.eds.com

Rank 4: CSC $15,188.10 ($Million)
www.csc.com

Rank 5: Accenture $15,113.60 ($Million)
www.accenture.com

Rank 6: HP $13,778.00 ($Million)
www.hp.com


Rank 7: Oracle $10,156.00 ($Million)
www.oracle.com

Rank 8: Hitachi $9,490.70 ($Million)
www.hitachi.com

Rank 9: SAP $9,313.50 ($Million)
www.sap.com

Rank 10: CapGemini $8,580.90 ($Million)
www.capgemini.com

Rank 11: NTT Data $8,014.90 ($Million)
www.nttdata.co.jp

Rank 12: Lockheed Martin $7,651.00 ($Million)
www.lockheedmartin.com

Rank 13: Atos Origin $7,231.90 ($Million)
www.atosorigin.com

Rank 14: Science Applications $6,720.00 ($Million)
www.saic.com

Rank 15: SYNNEX Corp. Exact value not known ($Million)
www.synnex.com

Rank 16: Ingram Micro $5,092.40 ($Million)
www.ingrammicro.com

Rank 17: QUALCOMM Incorpod. $4,880.00 ($Million)
www.qualcomm.com

Rank 18: Unisys Corporation $4,724.70 ($Million)
www.unisys.com

Rank 19: EMC Corporation $4,358.50 ($Million)
www.emc.com

Rank 20: Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
$4,106.40 ($Million)
www.acs-inc.com

Courtesy: 2005 Software 500 Magazine and Google

 

[Sureshot]

Anglian

-Can't fit windows.
-Take 6 times to get a design right
-charge ridiculous ammounts.
-Make a mess of your brickwork next to the windows.

That's not what you meant is it.........

 

[Skater]

Anglian

-Can't fit windows.
-Take 6 times to get a design right
-charge ridiculous ammounts.
-Make a mess of your brickwork next to the windows.

That's not what you meant is it.........

That's a surprise, my friend's Dad works at Anglian Windows!

You may not know that the Anglian Windows headquarters is very near to Manor Park, the home of Norfolk County Cricket Club!

 

[cricket doctor]

GK-2 : Top 10

GK-2 : TOP 10

Forbes World's Richest people (For 2005):

1. Bill Gates - USA - $51.5 billion
2. Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion
3. Lakshmi Mittal - INDIA - $25.0 billion
4. Caslos Slim Helu - MEXICO - $23.8 billion
5. Alwaleed Bin Abdulaziz AL Saud - SAUDI AREBIA - $23.7 billion
6. Ingvar Kamprad1 - SWEDEN - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
7. Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion
8. Karl Albrecht - GERMANY - $18.5 billion
9. Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion
10. S. Robson Walton - USA - $18.3 billion

Top 10 Fortune 500 Companies (For 2005)

1. Wal-Mart - US
2. BP - UK
3. ExxonMobil - US
4. Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands/UK
5. General Motors - US
6. DaimlerChrysler - Germany
7. Toyota Motor Corporation - Japan
8. Ford Motor Company - US
9. General Electric - US
10. Total - France


Top 10 Celebrities (For 2005):

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Tiger Woods
3. Mel Gibson
4. George Lucas
5. Shaquille O'Neal
6. Stephen Spielberg
7. Johnny Depp
8. Madonna
9. Elton John
10. Tom Cruise

Top 10 B-Schools (non-US) (For 2005):

1. Insead (France)
2. IMD (Switzerland)
3. Cambridge (Judge) (UK)
4. Oxford (Said) (UK)
5. London (LBS) (UK)
6. York (Schulich) (Toronto)
7. SDA Bocconi (Italy)
8. IESE (Spain)
9. Australian GSOM (Australia)
10. Queen's (Kingston)


Top 10 B-Schools (US) (For 2005):

1. Harvard
2. Columbia
3. Chicago
4. Dartmouth (Tuck)
5. Yale
6. Penn (Wharton)
7. Stanford
8. UNC (Kenan-Flagler)
9. N'Western (Kellogg)
10. Virginia (Darden)

Top 10 Brands:

- Coca-Cola
- Microsoft
- IBM
- GE
- Intel
- Nokia
- Disney
- McDonald's
- Marlboro
- Mercedes

Top 10 Management Books:

- The Practice of Management
- How to win friends & influence people
- Positioning
- In Search of Excellence
- Straight from the gut
- Good to Great
- Made in Japan
- The 7 habits of highly effective people
- The Road Ahead
- Who says Elephants can't dance

 

[newzolt]

nice info.

 

[Abhas]

excellent thread... great work..

 

[Ritwik]

Who has compiled those top 10s ? I think its the time magazine top 10 list.

Nonsense really.

 

[duffarama]

It seems that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Globalisation is the main key here. All of the big companies such as Nike are turning over so much money with hardly any of it going to the employees.

 

[Ritwik]

Absolutely. Although I don't believe in the "globalisation is the fount of all evil" theories, the celebration of riches that many people indulge in really sickens me.

Celebrate someone's learning or their contribution or their bravery or spirit, but don't blindly celebrate their riches. Please.

 

[duffarama]

Absolutely. Although I don't believe in the "globalisation is the fount of all evil" theories, the celebration of riches that many people indulge in really sickens me.

Celebrate someone's learning or their contribution or their bravery or spirit, but don't blindly celebrate their riches. Please.

That's exactly correct Ritwik.

The think that I like about Bill Gates is that yes, he earns money, but he continues to provide great products such as the XBox 360 and Windows Vista to the whole world.
Donald Trump? He just spends his money on towers and hamburgers!

Some rich people are good, some bad.

 

[cricket doctor]

These peoples should also realize that they are also the one who have some responsiblity towards the society. For e.g. Bill Gates, already given $6 billions in charity.

 

[blackleopard92]

This thread has been hijacked by touring budd*a!!!

Well there needs to be some doubts cleared.Although there is enough truth in above, but I feel its too extreme.

turning over so much money with hardly any of it going to the employees.

Wrong.The list include stationary wealth too duff, wealth like land, bonds and many other holdings.
Saying that it hardly goes to employees is rather harsh, if u have ever seen balance sheets of these big companies, u would find there's hardly any profit.so much goes into expansion, research and many other things that there isn't any left for employees.And if they don't do the above they would simply be shown the door.

Absolutely. Although I don't believe in the "globalisation is the fount of all evil" theories,

If u had said that, I would have kicked u into orbit! however u didn't hence safe

the celebration of riches that many people indulge in really sickens me.

Yeah, its sad.

Celebrate someone's learning or their contribution or their bravery or spirit, but don't blindly celebrate their riches. Please.

However this has a simple theory.In ancient times, people were celebrated for bravery/honour and other things which tests the strength of soul.

However in new age, money has been associated with sucess, which in turn has always been associated with strength of soul.
Money is a simple indicator for many people to gauge a man's spirit, when they do not know the man personally.

It's true too to some extend, people like Bill gates, Steve Jobs(), dirubhai Ambani all got rich purely they had strength of soul.

I fact, the case point:IITTIANS
U know how difficult it's to get into one of these, and how much u can earn after u do graduation from these institutes.It's a simple case of vice versa.

however, I u consider siblings of rich people, and many who inherited wealth, they are rather..... disspointing.

this theory is what we call natural evolution of human behaviour

(It's amazing how simple concepts can explain such difficult things.)

The think that I like about Bill Gates is that yes, he earns money, but he continues to provide great products such as the XBox 360 and Windows Vista to the whole world.

*looks dissapointedly at duff*

For e.g. Bill Gates, already given $6 billions in charity.

There is much better example:Melinda gates anti AIDS campain

 

[cricket doctor]

There is much better example:Melinda gates anti AIDS campain

If you are serving the society there is no 'better' or 'best'.
Understanding responsibility is the most important thing, charity or aids campain doesn't matter then.

 

[blackleopard92]

If you are serving the society there is no 'better' or 'best'.
Understanding responsibility is the most important thing, charity or aids campain doesn't matter then.

Bill gates has invested billions in melissa gates anti aids foundation! certainly billion is bigger than million!

and yeah, I get your point, but when debating, u generally try the max.

 

[kuttakumar]

GK 3:
Some F1 stats:

Most championship- Michael Schumacher(7 times)

Most GP Wins (Career)- Michael Schumacher (53 times)

Most GP 2nd Places (Career)- Alain Prost (35 times)

Most GP 3rd Places (Career)- Alain Prost/Carlos Reutemann (20 times)

Farthest position down the grid from where a driver won a race- 18th( Rubens Barrichello;German Grand Prix 2000)

Most F1 Constructors Championships- Ferrari(11 times)

Most GP Wins- Ferrari (144 times)

Most GP Wins (Season)- McLaren (1988) (15 times)

Most Consecutive GP Wins (Season)- McLaren (1988) (11 times)

Most World Championship Points - Ferrari (3,594 )

Most Pole Positions - Ferrari (148 times)

Most Consecutive Pole Positions(Team)- Williams (1992-93) (24 times)

Shortest F1 Race- Australian GP '91 24m 34.899s