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GEELY AUTOMOBILE
HOLDINGS THE FUTURE 50
CHINA [GELYF, $2]

2.9
1.9 1.0

THIS YEAR Geely became the
third-ranked carmaker in 39%
China, outsold only by Volks-
wagen and General Motors.
Sales at the Chinese auto-
maker, which also owns the Google’s share
Volvo brand, soared 30% in the of the U.S.
first half of the year. The com-
pany is well positioned to take digital advertis-
advantage of the sector’s shift ing market,
to low-emission “new energy” according to
vehicles, notably through its
car-sharing brand, Lynk & Co, eMarketer
which will launch in Europe
next year, and its ownership of
ORGANIC GROWTH the London EV Company. Geely
Amazon’s acquisition of Whole is also reportedly in talks with
Foods gave its e-commerce a Toyota to license that compa-
brick-and-mortar anchor. 29 ny’s hybrid engine technology. 24.7
Market value: $15.8 billion
MILLION
AMAZON.COM
U.S. [AMZN, $1,755]
28 31 Passenger cars
sold in China
DASSAULT 3.0 BOE TECHNOLOGY in 2017—42%
SYSTÈMES 1.4 1.6 GROUP
FRANCE (DASTY, $131) CHINA [$0.43] more than
JEFF BEZOS’S Amazon has be- were sold in the
come one of the most power-
3.0 ful companies of the modern 2.9 U.S. that year
2.0 1.0 2.2 0.7
era. Its stock has risen more
than 85% over the past year,
DASSAULT Systèmes has be- in anticipation of more of the CHINA’S LARGEST manufac-
come one of Europe’s leading same: With forays into cloud turer of LCD screens is adding 483
software companies, thanks in computing, streaming video, huge capacity to its production
part to its 3DExperience plat- and high-end grocery stores of flexible OLEDs—the sort that
form and “digital twin” soft- (through its blockbuster 2017 can be used in foldable phones,
ware. Manufacturers on big purchase of Whole Foods), wearable tech, laptops, and
complex products—naval there doesn’t seem to be a even interactive dashboards in Physical stores
ships, automobiles, airplanes, business that Bezos is afraid cars. BOE is building two new in the Whole
oil rigs, even mining equip- of entering. Amazon has come OLED factories, due to come Foods network.
ment—need the software to under fire for its labor prac- online by 2020. Its earnings
experiment with designs and tices, and some investors slipped in the second quar- Many now do
modifications before the fi- want the company to improve ter, but LCD pricing appears to double-duty
nal construction process. An- its overall profitability. Its re- have bottomed out and income
alysts expect growth of 8% to cent move to raise its mini- is expected to rebound. To as Amazon A A RON ON T IV EROZ—T HE DEN V ER POS T V IA GE T T Y IM AGES
13% a year for Dassault as it mum wage for low-ranking guard against future troughs, distribution
woos designers beyond autos workers, to $15 an hour, could BOE has begun diversifying into points
and aerospace in new arenas address the former criticism health care—leveraging its ex-
like life sciences and consumer while making it more chal- pertise in A.I., sensors, and
packaged goods. lenging to address the latter. screen tech.
Market value: $33.6 billion Market value: $856.1 billion Market value: $15.1 billion

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