FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
FORTUNE 500 best companies to work for
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
Valero Energy 15 3 38,227.0
Goldman Sachs Group 41 26 127,000.0
Microsoft 48 42 107,300.0
Intel 49 97 101,816.0
American Express 69 37 95,678.0
FedEx 70 64 74,070.0
Cisco Systems 83 25 131,580.0
Washington Mutual 99 87 50,024.0
Publix Super Markets 104 56 101,800.0
Eli Lilly 148 52 88,314.0
AFLAC 151 47 53,919.0
Nike 163 100 52,086.0
Texas Instruments 167 83 111,752.0
Amgen 181 39 N.A.
Marriott International 203 99 50,333.0
General Mills 206 98 40,977.0
Principal Financial 261 86 88,951.0
Nordstrom 293 46 46,200.0
Sherwin-Williams 311 61 57,487.0
Starbucks 338 29 43,600.0
CDW 343 34 47,005.0
Qualcomm 381 23 97,456.0
CarMax 411 93 55,000.0
Yahoo 412 73 117,245.0
Whole Foods Market 449 15 73,061.0
Wm. Wrigley Jr. 482 95 56,936.0
Standard Pacific 493 74 76,000.0
Synovus Financial Corp. 553 57 63,333.0
First Horizon National Corp. 575 85 69,023.0
CH2M Hill 591 80 65,502.0
Worthington Industries 603 84 64,492.0
Genzyme 643 51 85,499.0
Granite Construction 657 91 68,803.0
A.G. Edwards 665 70 68,825.0
J.M. Smucker 765 8 51,166.0
Intuit 779 43 N.A.
Men's Wearhouse 887 92 77,280.0
Network Appliance 929 27 128,317.0
Timberland 941 41 53,509.0
Autodesk 960 81 125,527.0
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
FedEx 212,241
Intel 48,655
Starbucks 91,056
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Petroleum Refining 60.7%
Mining, Crude-Oil Production 53.6%
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 51.6%
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies
Andrea JungThere are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more)

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