Global 500

Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations

Movers

These companies made the Global 500 in 2010, but fell off the list in 2011.

Company ▾	2010 Global 500 rank	Country
Acer	487	Taiwan
Akzo Nobel	479	Netherlands
Alcatel-Lucent	461	France
Cathay Life Insurance	259	Taiwan
CEPSA	369	Spain
China Railway Construction	105	China
China State Construction Engineering	147	China
Chrysler Group	205	U.S.
Cie Nationale à Portefeuille	480	Belgium
Cigna	459	U.S.
Co-operative Group	476	Britain
Danske Bank Group	454	Denmark
Doosan	489	South Korea
Evonik Industries	452	Germany
Groupama	420	France
GS Holdings	238	South Korea
Hanwha	321	South Korea
Hartford Financial Services	436	U.S.
Henkel	486	Germany
Hochtief	353	Germany
Kimberly-Clark	494	U.S.
Kirin Holdings	466	Japan
LG Display	440	South Korea
Marathon Oil	99	U.S.
Motorola Solutions	427	U.S.
Old Mutual	246	Britain
Petroplus Holdings	472	Switzerland
PPR	421	France
Premafin Finanziaria	493	Italy
Research In Motion	490	Canada
Samsung C&T	492	South Korea
Samsung Life Insurance	333	South Korea
Shanghai Automotive	151	China
Sinosteel	354	China
Standard Life	330	Britain
Tohoku Electric Power	488	Japan
U.S. Bancorp	477	U.S.
Wolseley	474	Britain

From the July 23, 2012 issue

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Top 3

Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	132
China	73
Japan	68

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Company	2011 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,200,000
China National Petroleum	1,668,072
State Grid	1,583,000

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Company	2011 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$44,459.6
Exxon Mobil	$41,060
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$32,214.1

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