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498. Kirin Holdings

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Rank: 498 (Previous rank: N.A.)
CEO: Kazuyasu Kato
Employees: 36,554
Address: 2-10-1 Shinkawa
Tokyo, 104-8288
Country: Japan
Website: www.kirinholdings.co.jp

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	18,603.6	56.4
Profits	775.8	36.9
Assets	28,898.1	—
Stockholders' equity	10,852.4	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	4.2
Assets	2.7

Industry: Beverages

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Coca-Cola	259	31,944.0
2	Anheuser-Busch InBev	387	23,568.3
3	Coca-Cola Enterprises	422	21,807.0


4	Heineken Holding	442	21,005.3
5	Kirin Holdings	498	18,603.6

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