3) Nestle (Switzerland) $11.74 billion
Nestle is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company and one of the largest food companies the in the world measured by revenues.
The company’s products include baby food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, dairy products and so on.
You are probably familiar with the products made by this company so it’s no point on naming them all.
The history of the company began in the early 1860s when Henri Nestle, a Swiss pharmacist, began to experiment with the developing of an infant formula.
Today, Nestle is one of the main shareholders of L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics company.
Nestle is ranked third on the list with over $11.7 billion in profits for 2014.
