Global 500

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Country Rank ▾	Company	Global 500 rank	City	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Samsung Electronics	20	Seoul	148,944
2	SK Holdings	65	Seoul	100,394
3	Hyundai Motor	117	Seoul	70,227
4	POSCO	146	Seoul	62,230
5	LG Electronics	196	Seoul	48,977
6	Hyundai Heavy Industries	203	Ulsan	48,485
7	GS Caltex	235	Seoul	43,280
8	Korea Electric Power	264	Seoul	39,296
9	Kia Motors	266	Seoul	38,988
10	S-Oil	383	Seoul	28,808
11	Korea Gas	429	Seongnam	25,721
12	Woori Finance Holdings	449	Seoul	24,435
13	Hyundai Mobis	465	Seoul	23,736

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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