Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) climbed up 76 places in the 2018 Fortune 500 rankings to 267th place, following the group’s increase in revenues to US$41.1 billion (RM167 billion), and marks the seventh consecutive year that the group has placed in the in the Fortune Global 500 rankings.
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Record sales at the group’s core subsidiaries, Geely Auto and Volvo Cars propelled the group to strong results for the year, with Geely Auto charting a 67% year-on-year increase for sales of more than 1.24 million vehicles, while Volvo grew 7% to 571,577 vehicles sold in that time.
The first six months of 2018 saw Geely achieve sales of 766,630 vehicles representing a 45% year-on-year increase, while Volvo Cars saw sales of 317,639 vehicles, representing a 14.4% year-on-year increase. The recently established brand Lynk & Co charted sales of 46,252 units for the first half of the year. Geely Group has also already achieved 49% of its annual sales target of 1.58 million vehicles in 2018, the company reported last month.
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The past year also saw Geely complete several acquisitions, including that of American flying car company Terrafugia, a 51% controlling stake in British sports car firm Lotus and a 49.9% stake in Malaysian car company Proton.
Venturing into ride-sharing, Geely’s growth also saw the expansion of CAOCAO, the group’s new energy ride-sharing platform to 25 cities with more than 26,000 new energy vehicles in operation; CAOCAO received its service license in early 2017. Further technology ventures included a new joint venture with Tencent and China Railway for high-speed rail WiFi, as Geely diversifies from pure manufacturing into intelligent mobility.
Fortune Global 500
The world’s 500 largest companies generated $30 trillion in revenues and $1.9 trillion in profits in 2017. Together, this year’s Fortune Global 500 companies employ 67.7 million people worldwide and are represented by 33 countries.
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