-2.50 (-0.18%) Reliance Industries (RIL) has overtaken ExxonMobil to become the world's second most valuable energy company after its market capitalisation scaled to a record high of over Rs 14 lakh crore. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate is now ranked 46th globally on market cap.
Besides being higher than ExxonMobil in m-cap, RIL is also above Chevron which has an m-cap of about $169 billion as well as likes of Oracle, Unilever, Bank of China, BHP Group, Royal Dutch Shell and SoftBank Group. Reliance is the 10th highest m-cap company in Asia. China's Alibaba Group is ranked 7th globally. At 46th rank, Reliance is just below PepsiCo which has an m-cap of $189.8 billion.
Reliance Industries is India’s largest private sector company. The company’s activities span hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and 4G digital services.