2009 Global Brand Ranking Announced: Google Worth Over 10 Billion, China Mobile Ranked Seventh

The latest "BrandZ Top 100 Global Brands" list, recently released by research and marketing firm Millward Brown Optimor, reveals that Google has become the first brand to reach a value of $100 billion, ranking in first place. Microsoft comes in second with a brand value of $76 billion. IT companies dominate the rankings, and China Mobile also ranks seventh with a value of $61.2 billion. A 51CTO.com journalist has compiled the rankings for the top ten global brands as follows (the figures in parentheses represent brand value in billions of US dollars):