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Since 2000, 34 companies have climbed 150 places or more up the Fortune 500.
Company 500 rank Rank gain since 2000
Tesoro 139 + 359
AES 156 + 315
Amgen 159 + 304
Constellation Energy 149 + 275
Express Scripts 96 + 275
Danaher 207 + 271
Smithfield Foods 163 + 265
Capital One Financial 144 + 261
Time Warner 82 + 255
WellPoint 31 + 247
Apple 56 + 229
Qwest Communications 188 + 222
Medtronic 160 + 221
Comcast 59 + 221
Progress Energy 239 + 220
Dollar General 195 + 220
Kohl's 135 + 217
Valero Energy 26 + 203
BB&T Corp. 217 + 200
Regions Financial 254 + 199
Owens & Minor 283 + 198
Nucor 206 + 191
Fifth Third Bancorp 248 + 188
Qualcomm 225 + 184
CHS 91 + 176
Exelon 134 + 172
Hess 79 + 170
Peter Kiewit Sons' 238 + 158
Tyson Foods 87 + 154
NiSource 336 + 152
Dean Foods 208 + 151
AmerisourceBergen 24 + 151
Penske Automotive Group 245 + 150
Dominion Resources 153 + 150
U.S. Bancorp 121 + 147
BJ's Wholesale Club 232 + 145
Becton Dickinson 312 + 139
Darden Restaurants 311 + 136
Thermo Fisher Scientific 234 + 135
ITT 214 + 134
Sunoco 78 + 133
Ball 307 + 131
Avnet 142 + 130
Northrop Grumman 61 + 129
Progressive 161 + 125
General Mills 155 + 124
Best Buy 45 + 124
General Dynamics 69 + 122
Omnicom Group 198 + 121
ConocoPhillips 6 + 120
Issue date: May 3, 2010.
* A returnee to the Fortune 500 list.
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