Industries

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Nestl�	48	101,565	13.3	16,670	87.8
2	Unilever	121	59,313	7.8	7,358	38.3
3	PepsiCo	175	43,251	9.6	5,142	-9.1
4	Kraft Foods	177	42,867	15.1	2,901	12.0
5	Groupe Danone	413	22,277	10.7	1,922	-66.4

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Nestl�	16.4	16.7
2	Unilever	12.4	14.6
3	PepsiCo	11.9	14.3
4	Kraft Foods	6.8	4.6
5	Groupe Danone	8.6	5.1

From the July 20, 2009 issue

Top 3

Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

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Company	2008 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
China National Petroleum	1,618,393
State Grid	1,537,000

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Company	2008 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$45,220
Gazprom	$29,864
Royal Dutch Shell	$26,277

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