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Since 1999, 31 companies have climbed 150 places or more up the Fortune 500.
Company 500 rank Rank gain since 1999
Constellation Energy 125 + 314
U.S. Bancorp 129 + 298
Danaher 213 + 285
Valero Energy 10 + 284
Nucor 106 + 268
Kohl's 155 + 259
Penske Automotive Group 225 + 257
WellPoint 32 + 246
General Dynamics 83 + 237
BB&T Corp. 260 + 228
Dean Foods 216 + 227
Comcast 68 + 224
EMC 172 + 214
Smithfield Foods 183 + 212
NiSource 289 + 208
Apple 71 + 202
Dollar General 259 + 200
Sunoco 41 + 199
Regions Financial 280 + 196
Qualcomm 244 + 196
Hess 55 + 196
AGCO 306 + 188
Progress Energy 288 + 177
YRC Worldwide 293 + 176
Omnicom Group 202 + 176
Exelon 134 + 175
Ball 336 + 164
AmerisourceBergen 26 + 162
State Street Corp. 206 + 160
Occidental Petroleum 98 + 157
BJ's Wholesale Club 269 + 153
SLM 331 + 147
Illinois Tool Works 148 + 142
Best Buy 56 + 139
ConocoPhillips 4 + 139
Tyson Foods 89 + 137
Thermo Fisher Scientific 258 + 136
Owens & Minor 339 + 135
Cisco Systems 57 + 135
MeadWestvaco 365 + 134
Knight 223 + 131
Avnet 144 + 131
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 156 + 129
Rohm & Haas 281 + 128
Staples 109 + 127
Southwest Airlines 246 + 125
Unum Group 270 + 123
Becton Dickinson 347 + 121
Oracle 113 + 121
Ameren 327 + 117
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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