Country: Netherlands

CEO: Jeroen van der Veer

Employees: 104,000

Revenues: £ 355,782 millions

Website: www.shell.com

In 1833 Marcus Samuel,who was a young shopkeeper selling antiques and bric-a-brac in London's east was determined to enlarge his business to consist oriental shells. A shop selling sea shells was the beginning of Royal Dutch Shell company.

In the early 20^th century, Shell becomes the world's leading oil company.

From 1960s to 1980s Shell Chemicals was in its golden period of products, research, General Business Principles.

Shells had grown through acquisition since 1980s.

In 2005 Royal Dutch Shell. plc was formed.

In 2008 he was ranked 3rd by Fortune Magazine.