Fortune Global 500

The Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by "Fortune" magazine.

Until 1989 it listed only non-US "industrial" corporations under the title "International 500", while the Fortune 500 contained and still contains exclusively US corporations. In 1990, US companies were added to compile a truly global list of top "industrial" corporations as ranked by sales. In 2005, more than 450 of them were headquartered in the United States (176), Europe (195), and Japan (80). [cite web|url=http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Ruggie-survey-Govts-and-Fortune-500.pdf|title=PDF-Human Rights Policies and Management Practices: Results from questionnaire surveys of Governments and Fortune Global 500 firms|accessdate=2008-03-06]

Since 1995, the list has had its current form, listing also top financial corporations and service providers by revenue.

2008 list

This is the top 10 as published in July 2008. It is based on the companies' fiscal year ended on or before 31 March 2008. [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/]

#Wal Mart - United States (retail)
#ExxonMobil Corporation - United States (oil)
#Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands [ While "Fortune" lists Shell as a Dutch company, the company itself asserts that it is both Dutch and British. [http://www.shell.com/home/content2/investor-en/contact.html Source] ] (oil)
#BP - United Kingdom (oil)
#Toyota Motor - Japan (automobiles)
#Chevron - United States (oil)
#ING Group - Netherlands (banking)
#Total - France (oil)
#General Motors - United States (automobiles)
#ConocoPhillips - United States (oil)

The top ten includes six oil companies, two automobile manufacturers, one retailer, and one banking corporation. The complete list is available online.

2008 breakdown by country

Only countries with five or more Global 500 companies are listed.
1 United States (153)
2 Japan (64)
3 France (39)
4 Germany (37)
5 United Kingdom (34)
6 China (29)
7 South Korea (15)
8 Canada (14)
8 Switzerland (14)
10 The Netherlands (13)
11 Spain (11)
12 Italy (10)
13 Australia (8)
14 India (7)
15 Sweden (6)
15 Taiwan (6)
16 Belgium (5)
16 Brazil (5)
16 Mexico (5)
16 Russia (5)

2008 breakdown by city

Breakdown by cities proper (not metropolitan areas) as provided by Fortune Magazine ( [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/cities/] ). Only cities with five Global 500 companies or more are listed.

Notes

ee also

*Forbes Global 2000
*Fortune 500
*List of companies by revenue
*List of companies by employees %282006%29

External links

* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/ Official site]