Sberbank brand value goes up 25% to $10.6 bln - Millward Brown
MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - The Sberbank Russia brand went up 25% in value to $10.65 billion, climbing 25 spots to number 74 in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, compiled by research company Millward Brown.
Two Russian companies made it to the list, Sberbank and MTS. MTS value went down 12% to $9.55 billion and slid 5 spots to number 85.
In the financial institutions category (includes banks and international systems Visa, MasterCard and American Express), Sberbank was number 15, higher up than Citi, Chase and Santander.
Top of the list was Apple ($182.95 billion), followed by IBM ($115.98 billion) and Google ($107.86 billion).
The top ten also includes McDonald's ($95.19 billion), Microsoft ($76.65 billion), Coca-Cola ($74.29 billion), Marlboro ($73.61 billion), AT&T ($68.87 billion), Verizon ($49.15 billion) and China Mobile ($47.04 billion).