Groupe Danone ranks No. 407 on FORTUNE's list of the World's Largest Companies
(Fortune) -- Groupe Danone (Charts) ranks no. 407 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $16.5 billion in revenues, down 3.4% from the previous year. The Paris, France-based company was ranked no. 351 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $1.8 billion, up 361.4% 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; Unilever PLC (Charts), ranked no. 106 on the Global 500 with $49.6 billion in revenues; PepsiCo (Charts), ranked no. 175 on the Global 500 with $32.6 billion in revenues; and Sara Lee (Charts), ranked no. 326 on the Global 500 with $19.7 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/global500 Plus: See Groupe Danone'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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