Placing ninth on Gartner ’ s criteria list and 10th by sales revenue is toiletryproduction company Colgate-Palmolive . Forbes determines the company ’ s sales revenue to be $ 15.2bn , with a market cap of $ 64.9bn . Founded in New York City in 1806 by William Colgate as a soap and candle business , it now employs 36,700 people according to Forbes . Its operations are split in two sections : Pet Nutrition , and Oral , Personal , and Home Care . It places 472nd on Forbes ’ “ The World ’ s Biggest Public Companies ” list and 55th on Forbes ’ “ World ’ s Best Employers ”. According to its company website , its global brands reach over 200 countries . Benzinga reports that Colgate-Palmolive is set to outperform in 2018 , as researcher Caroline Levy elevated the company ’ s stock value from “ Neutral ” to “ Outperform ”.

68 February 2018