FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
CEOs in alphabetical order
Palmisano, Samuel J. Intl. Business Machines 10 91,134.0
Papa, Mark G. EOG Resources 528 3,620.2
Park, Chong Sup Maxtor 507 3,890.2
Parker, Mark Nike 163 13,739.7
Parker, William Douglas US Airways Group 424 5,077.0
Parkinson, Robert L. Jr. Baxter International 240 9,849.0
Parks, J. Michael Alliance Data Systems 946 1,552.4
Parsons, Eric E. StanCorp Financial 731 2,337.2
Parsons, Richard D. Time Warner 40 43,652.0
Patrick, Thomas M. Peoples Energy 669 2,599.6
Paul, Gerald Vishay Intertechnology 740 2,296.5
Paulson, Henry M. Jr. Goldman Sachs Group 41 43,391.0
Paxton, Gary Dollar Thrifty Automotive 961 1,522.5
Payne, Timothy MPS Group 902 1,684.7
Paz, George Express Scripts 134 16,266.0
Peek, Jeffrey M. CIT Group 384 5,652.6
Penske, Roger S. United Auto Group 214 10,985.0
Perdue, David A. Dollar General 268 8,582.2
Perenchio, A. Jerrold Univision Communications 821 1,952.5
Perez de la Mesa, Manuel J. SCP Pool 945 1,552.7
Perez, Antonio Eastman Kodak 155 14,268.0
Perlegos, George Atmel 905 1,675.7
Perry, Barry W. Engelhard 454 4,618.1
Perry, Michael W. Indymac Bancorp 869 1,765.3
Peterson, Donald K. Avaya 434 4,902.0
Peterson, Ralph R. CH2M Hill 591 3,152.2
Phillips, Robert G. Enterprise Products 183 12,257.0
Pien, Howard Chiron 828 1,919.7
Pierce, Harvey R. American Family Ins. Grp. 323 6,864.0
Pigott, Mark C. Paccar 157 14,057.4
Pileggi, Dominic J. Thomas & Betts 899 1,695.4
Plamann, Alfred A. Unified Western Grocers 634 2,866.9
Plant, John C. TRW Automotive Holdings 179 12,643.0
Pohlad, Robert C. PepsiAmericas 520 3,726.0
Policinski, Chris Land O'Lakes 301 7,567.4
Pollock, Robert B. Assurant 306 7,497.7
Poses, Frederic M. American Standard 230 10,264.4
Post, Glen F. III CenturyTel 697 2,479.3
Post, Jeff CUNA Mutual Group 644 2,731.4
Post, William J. Pinnacle West Capital 600 3,092.0
Powers, Timothy H. Hubbell 777 2,104.9
Prabhu, Krish A. Tellabs 838 1,883.4
Pressler, Paul S. Gap 139 16,023.0
Prince, Charles Citigroup 8 131,045.0
Probst, Lawrence F. III Electronic Arts 594 3,129.0
Pugh, David L. Applied Ind. Technologies 888 1,717.1
Puzder, Andrew F. CKE Restaurants 952 1,531.7
Pyott, David E. I. Allergan 734 2,319.2
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
FedEx 212,241
Intel 48,655
Starbucks 91,056
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Petroleum Refining 60.7%
Mining, Crude-Oil Production 53.6%
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 51.6%
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies
Andrea JungThere are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more)

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