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Ok, I just had to... I got the data from here: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/full_list/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global5
by iamelgringo 17y ago
Ok, I just had to... I got the data from here: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/full_list/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/full_l...
And, I pseudo-randomly sampled companies that interested me.
Walmart
Revenue: $378 B
Profit: $12 B
Employees: 2055 K
Revenue per employee: $183 K
Profit per employee: $5 K
Exxon
Revenue: $372 B
Profit: $40 B
Employees: 107 K
Revenue per employee: $3476 K
Profit per employee: $373 K
ING Group
Revenue: $201 B
Profit: $12 B
Employees: 120 K
Revenue per employee: $1675 K
Profit per employee: $100 K
GM
Revenue: $182 B
Profit: $-38 B
Employees: 266 K
Revenue per employee: $684 K
Profit per employee: $-143 K
Ford
Revenue: $172 B
Profit: $-2 B
Employees: 246 K
Revenue per employee: $699 K
Profit per employee: $-9 K
Citigroup
Revenue: $159 B
Profit: $3 B
Employees: 380 K
Revenue per employee: $418 K
Profit per employee: $7 K
At&T
Revenue: $118 B
Profit: $11 B
Employees: 309 K
Revenue per employee: $381 K
Profit per employee: $35 K
Samsung
Revenue: $106 B
Profit: $7.9 B
Employees: 144 K
Revenue per employee: $736 K
Profit per employee: $55 K
IBM
Revenue: $98 B
Profit: $10 B
Employees: 386 K
Revenue per employee: $253 K
Profit per employee: $25 K
Nestle
Revenue: $89 B
Profit: $8 B
Employees: 276 K
Revenue per employee: $322 K
Profit per employee: $28 K
Cardinal Health
Revenue: $88 B
Profit: $1.9 B
Employees: 43 K
Revenue per employee: $2046 K
Profit per employee: $44 K
Sony
Revenue: $77 B
Profit: $3.2 B
Employees: 180 K
Revenue per employee: $427 K
Profit per employee: $18 K
Costco
Revenue: $64 B
Profit: $1 B
Employees: 98.5 K
Revenue per employee: $650 K
Profit per employee: $10 K
Microsoft
Revenue: $51 B
Profit: $14 B
Employees: 79 K
Revenue per employee: $645 K
Profit per employee: $177 K
Oracle
Revenue: $17.9 B
Profit: $4 B
Employees: 64.6 K
Revenue per employee: $277 K
Profit per employee: $62 K
Cisco
Revenue: $34.9 B
Profit: $7.3 B
Employees: 61 K
Revenue per employee: $572 K
Profit per employee: $120 K
Coca Cola
Revenue: $28.8 B
Profit: $5.9 B
Employees: 90 K
Revenue per employee: $320 K
Profit per employee: $66 K
TIAA-CREF
Revenue: $27.5 B
Profit: $1.4 B
Employees: 7.5 K
Revenue per employee: $3667 K
Profit per employee: $187 K
Apple
Revenue: $24 B
Profit: $3.4 B
Employees: 22.6 K
Revenue per employee: $1062 K
Profit per employee: $150 K
- Hexstream 17y agoYou could make a nicely aligned table. Start a line with 2 spaces, then this line and each consecutive line that starts with a space will be formatted as code.
- davidw 17y agoOr simply put it in a google spreadsheet...
- brc 17y agoSoftware or Oil. Those are the two businesses to be in - that's what the table says. Personally, I would like my own country/principality (like Monaco or San Marino, maybe in the Caribbean) where everyone was involved in a software company, or services supporting software companies. I'd have a zero tax policy for software companies but the government automatically got 3% equity for all companies based there. Everyone would have free high speed internet and there'd be a free research university for students who passed the entrance exams. Now, who wants to come and live in my country?
- Dilpil 17y agoOnly cause finance wasn't listed.
- iamelgringo 17y agoActually, there were plenty of finance companies that I glossed over. Most of them took a beating this past year, so I didn't include them.