Cities

City Rank	City	Country	No. of Global 500 companies	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Tokyo	Japan	51	2,237,560
2	Paris	France	27	1,399,172
3	Beijing	China	26	1,361,407
4	New York	U.S.	18	869,150
5	London	Britain	15	994,772
6	Seoul	South Korea	11	519,351
7	Madrid	Spain	9	434,393
8	Toronto	Canada	7	195,510
8	Zurich	Switzerland	7	242,595
8	Osaka	Japan	7	291,492
8	Moscow	Russia	7	380,530
8	Munich	Germany	7	485,386
9	Houston	U.S.	6	434,484
10	Mumbai	India	5	146,624
10	Atlanta	U.S.	5	199,222
10	Amsterdam	Netherlands	5	349,068
11	Shanghai	China	4	101,056
11	Stockholm	Sweden	4	106,070
11	Calgary	Canada	4	106,961
11	Taipei	Taiwan	4	141,339
11	Melbourne	Australia	4	146,453
11	Essen	Germany	4	153,593
11	Frankfurt	Germany	4	188,991
11	Rome	Italy	4	298,519
11	D�sseldorf	Germany	4	329,388

From the July 20, 2009 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	9
Austria	2
Belgium	5
Brazil	6
Britain	26
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	14
China	37
Denmark	2

Finland	2
France	40
Germany	39
Hungary	1
India	7
Ireland	2
Israel	1
Italy	10

Japan	68
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	1
Mexico	4
Netherlands	12
Norway	1
Poland	1
Portugal	1
Russia	8

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	14
Spain	12
Sweden	6
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	140
Venezuela	1

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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

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Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
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Exxon Mobil	$45,220
Gazprom	$29,864
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