10. Danone (Sales Revenue: $24.9 billion)
Not many people know that this French company was actually founded in Barcelona, Spain almost a century ago. Today, Danone is one of the top in fresh dairy, water, and nutrition markets.
Even without advertising, you would buy water. It is something you need to survive, basically. And Danone is conquering the water business not just in its origin country, Spain, or headquarter, France, but also other parts of the world under different brands.
Evian is Danone’s international brand for mineral water. In Indonesia, it owns the largest brand, Aqua. In China, it is Mizone. In Spain, it is Font Vella. And the list goes on to Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, and more.
Danone as a brand is the world’s 54th best, according to Forbes. It has $46.5 billion of market cap. And it generates around $24.9 billion of sales revenue every year. Now, don’t tell me you have never had any Danone products.
