Some factoids from the 63rd listing
Combined total revenue of all 500 companies reaches $12.1 trillion, 65 percent of the U.S. GDP. They report $890 billion in profits, $19 trillion in market value, and employ 28.2 million people worldwide.
Walmart is No. 1 when measured by revenues and employee count, Apple by profitability and market value, Fannie Mae by asset value, Charter Communications by growth in revenue.
There’s 43 tech companies accounting for 10.4% in total revenues. The percent of revenue has nearly doubled over the last two decade.
There were 15 newcomers to this year’s list including Tesla
The number of women CEOs on the Fortune 500 is up to a record of 32.
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