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218. Noble Group

Rank: 218 (Previous rank: 349)
CEO: Richard Samuel Elman
Employees: 4,800
Address: 38 Gloucester Rd.
Hong Kong,
Country: China
Website: www.thisisnoble.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	36,090.2	53.6
Profits	577.3	123.6
Assets	8,152.6	—
Stockholders' equity	1,851.1	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	1.6
Assets	7.1

Industry: Trading

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Mitsubishi	114	61,181.6
2	Mitsui	131	55,097.9
3	Sinochem	170	44,457.2


4	Marubeni	189	39,839.1
5	Noble Group	218	36,090.2
6	Sumitomo	229	34,954.4
7	Itochu	238	34,033.5
8	COFCO	335	26,445.6
9	Samsung C&T	495	18,635.2

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From the July 20, 2009 issue

Figures prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards.

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