Forbes Global 2000: Taiwan’s Largest Companies

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The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual list of the world’s 2000 largest publicly listed corporations. Below is a compilation of Taiwanese companies featured on the list in 2013.

The values on the list were last updated on May 2013. All figures are consolidated and in US dollars.

In total, there were 41 Taiwanese companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $433.4 billion, with $1.403 trillion in assets; generating $530.2 billion in revenues and $27.7 billion in profits.


The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual list of the world’s 2000 largest publicly listed corporations. Below is a compilation of Taiwanese companies featured on the list in 2013.

The values on the list were last updated on May 2013. All figures are consolidated and in US dollars.

In total, there were 41 Taiwanese companies on the 2013 Forbes Global 2000 list. Collectively, the companies had a combined market value of $433.4 billion, with $1.403 trillion in assets; generating $530.2 billion in revenues and $27.7 billion in profits.

Click on the companies’ names to find out more information on the company, including the type of industry it is in and its listing name in the stock exchange.

Alternatively, you can browse other Forbes Global 2000 companies, by country, at the end of this article.

Global Rank Company Sales 
($billion)
Profits 
($billion)
Assets
($billion)
Market Value
($billion)
113 Hon Hai Precision 132.1 10.7 65.8 32.1
227 Taiwan Semiconductor 17.4 5.7 32.7 89.9
444 Fubon Financial 9.4 1 119.3 13.7
567 Quanta Computer 34.4 0.8 24.6 8.5
610 Cathay Financial 9.2 0.4 165.3 14.3
618 Chunghwa Telecom 7.4 1.4 15.2 24.3
764 Formosa Petrochemical 30.2 0.1 15.4 26.5
827 Mega Financial Holding 2 0.6 86.4 9.7
867 Asustek Computer 15.2 0.8 8.7 8.8
896 Chinatrust Financial 2.4 0.6 66.7 8.2
903 Formosa Plastics 7.4 0.5 11.8 15.3
904 Uni-President 14.5 0.4 11.6 9.5
907 China Steel 12.1 0.2 21.3 13.7
937 Formosa Chemicals 13.2 0.2 16 14.1
1001 Nan Ya Plastics 10.2 0.1 16.3 13.9
1128 Innolux 16.3 -0.1 20.6 5.4
1176 Shin Kong Financial 9.2 0.2 70 2.7
1182 HTC 9.8 0.6 7.1 6.6
1231 Delta Electronics 5.8 0.5 6.3 9.8
1306 MediaTek 3.4 0.5 7.2 15.4
1324 Pegatron 29.8 0.2 13.5 3.3
1349 Yuanta Financial Holding 1.2 0.4 25.3 5.1
1379 AU Optronics 13 -1.9 18.2 3.8
1383 Far Eastern New Century 7.8 0.4 10.9 5.4
1391 Hua Nan Financial 1.6 0.3 65.2 5
1403 Taishin Financial Holdings 2.4 0.3 86.2 2.8
1406 Taiwan Mobile 3.4 0.5 3.2 12
1431 Advanced Semiconductor 6.6 0.4 8.3 6.3
1438 First Financial Holdings 1.5 0.3 68.7 5.1
1462 TPK Holding 5.9 0.5 3.4 6.7
1477 SinoPac Financial 1.3 0.3 46.7 3.5
1503 Chang Hwa Bank 1.2 0.3 52.3 4.3
1506 Taiwan Cooperative Financial 1.9 0.2 91 4.5
1523 Compal Electronics 23.1 0.2 9.8 3
1555 Wistron 22.2 0.2 9.4 2.5
1758 Taiwan Business Bank 0.9 0.1 41.8 1.6
1795 E.Sun Financial 0.9 0.1 38.2 2.9
1822 Acer 14.8 -0.1 7.8 2.5
1854 Far EasTone Telecom 3 0.4 3.4 7.6
1866 Inventec 13.9 0.1 6.9 1.3

All Forbes Global 2000 Companies – By Country

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