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2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Top companies
Highest Profits
Rank
Company
500 revenues rank
2005 Profits
($ millions)
Profits % Change
From 2004
1
Exxon Mobil
1
36,130.0
42.6
2
Royal Dutch Shell
3
25,311.0
39.2
3
Citigroup
14
24,589.0
44.3
4
BP
4
22,341.0
45.3
5
Bank of America Corp.
37
16,465.0
16.4
6
General Electric
11
16,353.0
-2.8
7
HSBC Holdings
26
15,873.0
34.1
8
Total
12
15,250.0
27.6
9
Gazprom
102
14,865.2
113.4
10
Chevron
6
14,099.0
5.8
11
ConocoPhillips
10
13,529.0
66.4
12
China National Petroleum
39
12,950.0
47.9
13
Microsoft
140
12,254.0
50.0
14
Toyota Motor
8
12,119.6
11.2
15
Petronas
120
11,565.4
23.6
16
UBS
36
11,257.5
72.9
17
Wal-Mart Stores
2
11,231.0
9.4
18
ENI
27
10,919.7
20.7
19
American Intl. Group
20
10,477.0
7.7
20
Altria Group
62
10,435.0
10.8
21
Johnson & Johnson
104
10,411.0
22.4
22
Petrobrás
86
10,344.0
69.4
23
Royal Bank of Scotland
58
9,997.8
20.9
24
E.ON
64
9,203.7
70.5
25
ING Group
13
8,958.9
20.7
26
GlaxoSmithKline
143
8,752.9
8.1
27
Intel
144
8,664.0
15.3
28
Berkshire Hathaway
42
8,528.0
16.7
29
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
45
8,483.0
89.9
30
Pfizer
101
8,085.0
-28.8
31
Intl. Business Machines
29
7,934.0
-5.9
32
Santander Central Hispano Group
93
7,728.9
98.2
33
Wells Fargo
138
7,671.0
9.4
34
Samsung Electronics
46
7,458.8
-20.8
35
Crédit Agricole
19
7,434.3
50.6
36
Verizon Communications
50
7,397.0
-5.5
37
BNP Paribas
34
7,271.5
25.2
38
Procter & Gamble
81
7,257.0
12.0
39
France Télécom
71
7,093.8
104.9
40
Deutsche Telekom
54
6,938.5
20.4
41
National Grid
394
6,863.9
309.7
42
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
147
6,807.2
116.2
43
Wachovia Corp.
158
6,643.0
27.4
44
Lukoil
115
6,443.0
51.7
45
Nestlé
53
6,415.5
18.7
46
BHP Billiton
195
6,398.0
89.3
47
Barclays
103
6,264.8
4.6
48
Novartis
177
6,130.0
6.3
49
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
174
6,066.4
0.0
50
HBOS
49
5,870.4
4.8
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Country
Number of Global 500 Companies
United States
170
Japan
70
Britain, France (tied)
38
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Biggest employers
Company
2005 number of employees
Wal-Mart Stores
1,800,000
China National Petroleum
1,090,232
State Grid
844,031
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Top 5 in Asia
Company
2005 Revenues ($ millions)
Toyota Motor
185,805
Sinopec
98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
94,869
Honda Motor
87,510
State Grid
86,984
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