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57. Électricité de France

Rank: 57 (Previous rank: 68)
CEO: Pierre Gadonneix
Employees: 155,931
Address: 22-30 Ave. de Wagram
Paris, 75008
Country: France
Website: www.edf.fr

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	94,084.2	15.3
Profits	4,976.5	-35.3
Assets	278,400.3	—
Stockholders' equity	32,050.6	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	5.3
Assets	1.8

Industry: Utilities

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	State Grid	15	164,135.9
2	Électricité de France	57	94,084.2
3	Enel	62	90,004.9


4	Tokyo Electric Power	124	58,605.2
5	Veolia Environnement	135	53,901.1
6	Scottish & Southern Energy	178	42,855.1
7	China Southern Power Grid	185	41,083.0
8	Centrica	193	39,140.1
9	Iberdrola	208	36,879.3
10	Korea Electric Power	305	28,712.5
11	Kansai Electric Power	324	27,767.6
12	National Grid	333	26,605.6
13	Chubu Electric Power	356	24,984.5
14	Vattenfall	357	24,957.2
15	CFE	370	24,196.1
16	Energie Baden-Württemberg	377	23,866.0
17	China Huaneng Group	425	21,780.7
18	EDP-Energias de Portugal	457	20,336.6
19	Exelon	489	18,859.0

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