BP vs Reliance Industries Limited

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

BP is the older of the two, founded in 1909 — 49 years before Reliance Industries Limited.

Founded: 1909; 1958
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom; Mumbai, India
Industry: petroleum industry; petroleum industry
Founders: William Knox D'Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway; Dhirubhai Ambani
Employees: 70,100; 389,414
Legal form: public limited company; Public Limited Company
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; National Stock Exchange of India
Website: bp.com; ril.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on BP and Reliance Industries Limited.