Global 500 
CEOs in alphabetical order
GALLERY
Top 25
Wal-Mart retakes the lead as the world's biggest company. See which other companies top our list.
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Most profitable
Exxon Mobil leads our list of top earners this year. Which other companies are among the most profitable on the planet?
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Money losers
Which automaker lost a whopping $12.6 billion last year? And just how far into the red are stalwarts like Coca-Cola and Tyson Foods?
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Machida, Katsuhiko Sharp
Mack, John J. Morgan Stanley
Maeda, Terunobu Mizuho Financial Group
Maozhen, Yuan China Southern Power Grid
Marchant, Ian Scottish & Southern Energy
Marchionne, Sergio Fiat
Marican, Mohamed Hassan Petronas
Masuko, Osamu Mitsubishi Motors
Matsumoto, Masayoshi Sumitomo Electric Industries
Matsuo, Kenji Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance
Matthäus-Maier, Ingrid KFW Bankengruppe
Mayrhuber, Wolfgang Lufthansa Group
McCallister, Michael B. Humana
McCaughey, Gerald T. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
McFarlane, John Australia & New Zealand Banking
McNamara, Michael M. Flextronics International
McNerney Jr., W. James Boeing
Mehdorn, Hartmut Deutsche Bahn
Mestrallet, Gérard Suez
Meyrowitz, Carol M. TJX
Middlehoff, Thomas Arcandor
Milhaud, Charles Groupe Caisse d'épargne
Miller, Axel Dexia Group
Miller, Alexei B. Gazprom
Miller, Stuart A. Lennar
Mimura, Akio Nippon Steel
Min, Keh-Sik Hyundai Heavy Industries
Mingsheng, Yang Agricultural Bank of China
Mita, Toshio Chubu Electric Power
Mitarai, Fujio Canon
Mittal, Lakshmi N. Mittal Steel
Miyahara, Koji Nippon Yusen
Miyato, Naoteru T&D Holdings
Montgomery, R. Lawrence Kohl's
Morgan, David R. Westpac Banking
Mori, Shosuke Kansai Electric Power
Moss, Andrew Aviva
Mozilo, Angelo R. Countrywide Financial
Mulally, Alan R. Ford Motor
Mulcahy, Anne M. Xerox
Mulva, James J. ConocoPhillips
Murdoch, Keith Rupert News Corp.
Murphy, Gerry Kingfisher
Müller, Werner RAG
Müller, Klaus-Peter Commerzbank
From the July 23, 2007 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 162
Japan 67
France 38
Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,900,000
State Grid 1,504,000
China National Petroleum 1,086,966
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 39,500.0
Royal Dutch Shell 25,442.0
UAL 22,876.0
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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