Global 500

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Countries

Country Rank ▾	Company	Global 500 rank	City	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Royal Dutch Shell	1	The Hague	484,489
2	ING Group	18	Amsterdam	150,571
3	EADS	125	Leiden	68,310
4	LyondellBasell Industries	185	Rotterdam	51,035
5	Aegon	228	The Hague	44,197
6	Royal Ahold	243	Amsterdam	42,090
7	Rabobank Group	281	Utrecht	37,577
8	Royal Philips Electronics	307	Amsterdam	35,152
9	GasTerra	375	Groningen	29,332
10	SHV Holdings	459	Utrecht	24,141
11	Heineken Holding	464	Amsterdam	23,898
12	Randstad Holding	489	Diemen	22,560

From the July 23, 2012 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	9
Austria	1
Belgium	4
Brazil	8
Britain	26
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	11
China	73
Colombia	1
Denmark	1

Finland	1
France	32
Germany	32
Hungary	1
India	8
Ireland	2
Italy	9

Japan	68
Luxembourg	2
Malaysia	1
Mexico	3
Netherlands	12
Norway	1
Poland	1
Russia	7

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	13
Spain	8
Sweden	4
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	132
United Arab Emirates	1
Venezuela	1

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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	132
China	73
Japan	68

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Company	2011 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,200,000
China National Petroleum	1,668,072
State Grid	1,583,000

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Company	2011 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$44,459.6
Exxon Mobil	$41,060
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$32,214.1

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