Global 500 
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Top industries
Assets per Employee
1 Securities 19,838,035
2 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) 11,386,461
3 Banks: Commercial and Savings 8,459,974
4 Insurance: P&C (stock) 4,459,933
5 Diversified Financials 2,185,702
6 Energy 2,081,259
7 Utilities 1,682,698
8 Petroleum Refining 1,584,814
9 Trading 1,306,126
10 Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care 1,232,376
11 Mining, Crude-oil production 1,125,710
12 Entertainment 824,383
13 Wholesalers: Health Care 752,925
14 Telecommunications 725,723
15 Railroads 719,663
16 Chemicals 695,289
17 Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services 683,772
18 Pharmaceuticals 634,943
19 Tobacco 613,358
20 Network and Other Communications Equipment 584,742
21 Industrial and Farm Equipment 513,823
22 Household and Personal Products 438,673
23 Motor vehicles and Parts 432,004
24 Beverages 413,124
25 Building materials, Glass 412,470
26 Metals 367,174
27 Airlines 344,502
28 Aerospace and Defense 318,638
29 Computers, Office Equipment 290,174
30 Engineering, Construction 268,553
31 Food Consumer Products 252,226
32 Electronics, Electrical Equip. 244,465
33 Mail, Package, Freight Delivery 171,946
34 Specialty Retailers 169,696
35 Food and Drug Stores 142,790
36 General Merchandisers 131,988
From the July 23, 2007 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 162
Japan 67
France 38
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Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,900,000
State Grid 1,504,000
China National Petroleum 1,086,966
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 39,500.0
Royal Dutch Shell 25,442.0
UAL 22,876.0
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Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 204,746.4
Sinopec 131,636.0
China National Petroleum 110,520.2
State Grid 107,185.5
Honda Motor 94,790.5
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