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Top companies
Highest Profits
Rank
Company
Global 500
revenues rank
2006 Profits
($ millions)
Profits % change
from 2005
1
Exxon Mobil
2
39,500.0
9.3
2
Royal Dutch Shell
3
25,442.0
0.5
3
UAL
*
366
22,876.0
N.A.
4
BP
4
22,000.0
-1.5
5
Citigroup
14
21,538.0
-12.4
6
Bank of America Corp.
21
21,133.0
28.4
7
General Electric
11
20,829.0
27.4
8
Gazprom
52
20,321.3
36.7
9
Pfizer
115
19,337.0
139.2
10
Chevron
7
17,138.0
21.6
11
HSBC Holdings
22
15,789.0
4.7
12
ConocoPhillips
9
15,550.0
14.9
13
Total
10
14,764.7
-3.2
14
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
31
14,444.0
70.3
15
Toyota Motor
6
14,055.8
16.0
16
American International Group
23
14,048.0
34.1
17
China National Petroleum
24
13,265.3
2.4
18
Petronas
121
12,862.8
11.2
19
Petrobras
65
12,826.0
24.0
20
Microsoft
139
12,599.0
2.8
21
Altria Group
71
12,022.0
15.2
22
Royal Bank of Scotland
54
11,762.2
17.6
23
ENI
26
11,564.1
5.9
24
Wal-Mart Stores
1
11,284.0
0.5
25
Johnson & Johnson
112
11,053.0
6.2
26
Berkshire Hathaway
33
11,015.0
29.2
27
BHP Billiton
205
10,450.0
63.3
28
GlaxoSmithKline
147
9,915.0
13.3
29
UBS
27
9,776.6
-13.2
30
ING Group
13
9,650.8
7.7
31
Goldman Sachs Group
72
9,537.0
69.5
32
Santander Central Hispano Group
75
9,530.3
23.3
33
International Business Machines
42
9,492.0
19.6
34
BNP Paribas
25
9,169.0
26.1
35
Credit Suisse
47
9,034.8
92.5
36
Crédit Agricole
18
8,975.8
20.7
37
Allianz
19
8,808.9
61.9
38
Procter & Gamble
74
8,684.0
19.7
39
Wells Fargo
126
8,482.0
10.6
40
Barclays
83
8,410.0
34.2
41
Samsung Electronics
46
8,301.9
11.3
42
Telefónica
77
7,820.2
41.6
43
Wachovia Corp.
131
7,791.0
17.3
44
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
118
7,532.2
10.6
45
Deutsche Bank
35
7,510.3
71.3
46
Merrill Lynch
70
7,499.0
46.6
47
Lukoil
110
7,484.0
16.2
48
Morgan Stanley
61
7,472.0
51.3
49
Rio Tinto Group
313
7,438.0
42.6
50
AT&T
86
7,356.0
53.7
From the July 23, 2007 issue
*Company emerged from bankruptcy, Feb. 1, 2006. Net income includes a large credit from bankruptcy reorganization.
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Number of Global 500 Companies
United States
162
Japan
67
France
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Biggest employers
Company
2006 number of employees
Wal-Mart Stores
1,900,000
State Grid
1,504,000
China National Petroleum
1,086,966
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Company
2006 Revenues ($ millions)
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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