OREANDA-NEWS. April 19, 2007. URALSIB BANK was included in the Forbes Global 2000, published in April, which highlights the world's biggest companies. The companies have been selected based on the composite ranking of sales, profits, assets and market value. According to Forbes magazine the ranked companies are fast-growing, adroit and well-managed companies. They help set the benchmarks for their respective industries reported the press-centre of URALSIB BANK.

"Our position in the Forbes Global 2000 affirms URALSIB BANK's success as a leading Russian private bank with a sound business strategy and effective system of corporate development, - said Andrei M. Donskikh, Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC BANK URALSIB, - Forbes is a well-respected source of information to key business leaders, and we are delighted that Forbes editors and foreign experts have recognized the efforts of URALSIB BANK."

Only 20 Russian companies including two Russian banks are on the Forbes list. URALSIB BANK is cited together with the state-owned Sberbank.