5 Most Polluting Companies in the World

3. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)

Mt of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Between 1751 and 2018: 44,757

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is an American oil company that is also one of the oldest of its kind since it was set up in 1870 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

The scale of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)’s operations can only be understood once a brief look at its operational oil wells is taken. As of December 2021, the firm was producing oil from a whopping 20,528 wells, and it has invested $118 billion between 2017 and 2021 to further expand its production.

75 out of the 920 hedge funds polled by Insider Monkey during this year’s third quarter had bought Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)’s shares.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)’s largest investor is Rajiv Jain’s GQG Partners which owns 33 million shares that are worth $2.9 billion.

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