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In ninth place on Forbes ’ Global 2000 , Royal Dutch Shell is the largest public European company . Bernardus Cornelis Adriana Margriet “ Ben ” van Beurden has had a 35-year career at the British-Dutch oil and gas company , having initially joined in 1983 . Vertically integrated , Shell is active across all levels of the industry , with its market capitalisation calculated by Forbes as $ 264.9bn . Van Beurden became CEO in January 2015 , succeeding Peter Voser , and is the second Dutch CEO of the Hague-headquartered business since the position was created in 2004 . AUGUST 2019