Unilever PLC ranks No. 106 on FORTUNE's 2006 Global 500
(Fortune) -- Unilever PLC (Charts) ranks no. 106 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $49.6 billion in revenues, down .8% from the previous year. The London, Britain/Netherlands-based company was ranked no. 81 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $4.7 billion, up 100.6% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies. It took $13.7 billion in revenue just to make this year's list - up from $12.4 billion last year. And profits for the 500 companies jumped 30%. Total revenues for the Global 500 in 2006 add up to $18.9 trillion, a third of the world's GDP. In the Food Consumer Products industry, profits were up 7.8% from the previous year. The world's biggest companies in the sector are: Nestlé (Charts), ranked no. 53 on the Global 500 with $74.7 billion in revenues; PepsiCo (Charts), ranked no. 175 on the Global 500 with $32.6 billion in revenues; Sara Lee (Charts), ranked no. 326 on the Global 500 with $19.7 billion in revenues; and Groupe Danone (Charts), ranked no. 407 on the Global 500 with $16.5 billion in revenues. The Global 500 list is an annual ranking of the world's largest corporations by revenues. Next: Full list: 2006 Global 500 at //money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2006/index.html Plus: See Unilever PLC's Global 500 details, including financial stats and contact information. Next: See 2006 FORTUNE Global 500Europe's top 50 Asia's top 50 |
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