#9 Samsung

Rank: 30

Brand Value In 2012: $21,404 million

Brand Value In 2013: $14,164 million

Percentage Brand Value Change: 51 percent

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company. It is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group and has been the world's largest information technology company by revenues since 2009. It has gained prominent position in the mobile phone market - fuelled by its flagship Samsung Galaxy line of devices.

Samsung has been the world's largest maker of LCD panels since 2002, the world's largest television manufacturer since 2006, and world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones since 2011. Samsung Electronics displaced Apple as the world largest technology company in 2011 and now its Smartphones are largest selling phones in the world.

#8 Tencent

Rank: 21

Brand Value In 2012: $27,273 million

Brand Value In 2013: $17,992 million

Percentage Brand Value Change: 52 percent

This Chinese tech giant is a more valuable company than Samsung or Facebook.

While Tencent Games is just part of Tencent Holding’s massive empire, it’s clearly recognizable that the company noticed steady growth in recent years. From online gaming to various software and platform technologies, the company recently struck its latest product success with WeChat, a mobile chatting app which is fast gaining popularity in Asia.

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