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Falcon is not one of them, but when it comes to find new energy plays they are there with the best of them.

Fortune has listed the 500 biggest money-making companies from around the world for 2011, and unsurprisingly, oil, fuel and energy companies dominated the top echelon of the rankings.

Topping the list is mega-fuel producer, Royal Dutch Shell, which has been pushing to drill for oil in Arctic waters, while closer to home, it has also applied to explore the Karoo for shale gas amid much controversy.

By Quinton Bronkhorst | 11 July 2012

Behind Shell is Exxon Mobil, the biggest company in the US which has brought in $41.1 billion in profits, up 35% from the previous year. Following in third place is the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart.

Global 500 top 10

500 Rank	Company	Revenues (Million US$)	Profits (Million US$)
1	Royal Dutch Shell	484,489	30,918
2	Exxon Mobil	452,926	41,060
3	Wal-Mart Stores	446,950	15,699
4	BP	386,463	25,700
5	Sinopec Group	375,214	9,453
6	China National Petroleum	352,338	16,317
7	State Grid	259,142	5,678
8	Chevron	245,621	26,895
9	ConocoPhillips	237,272	12,436
10	Toyota Motor	235,364	3,591

Tech in the Global 500

No tech companies make it into the top 10 list of the Global 500; however, tech does make its debut on the list with Samsung Electronics heading up the category at number 20.

General Electric (22), which has strong operations within Africa and South Africa enters two positions lower, having been listed as the top tech company in the Fortune 500, which focuses on American companies.

GE has invested in major infrastructure and media projects in SA, such as emergency generators for Anglo Platinum and the CNBC Africa broadcast headquarters.

Samsung’s smartphone rival, Apple hits the rankings in the 55th spot, while electronics manufacturers such as Hitachi (38), Panasonic (66), Sony (87) and Toshiba (97) also make their presence known in the top 100.

Telecoms also has its fair representation with Japanese telecommunications company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (29), AT&T (32), Verizon (50) and Deutche Telekom (89) all ranked well.

Here is a list of tech companies featured in the Global 500′s top 100 companies:

500 Rank	Company	Revenues (Million US$)	Profits (Million US$)
20	Samsung	148,944	12,059
22	General Electric	147,616	14,151
29	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone	133,077	5,924
31	Hewlett-Packard	127,245	7,074
32	AT&T	126,723	3,944
38	Hitachi	122,419	4,397
47	Siemens	113,349	8,562
50	Verizon	110,875	2,404
55	Apple	108,249	25,922
57	IBM	106,916	15,855
65	SK Holdings	100,394	1,510
66	Panasonic	99,373	-9,780
81	China Mobile	87,544	11,703
82	Telefonica	87,372	7,513
87	Sony	82,237	-5,784
89	Deutche Telekom	81,554	775
97	Toshiba	77,261	934