Fortune Global 500
Fortune Global 500 is an annual list of the 500 largest companies in the world. It will be published by the U.S. business magazine Fortune. The companies listed here are almost exclusively listed.
Overview
The first Fortune Global 500 was published on 30 July 1990 the information for the financial year 1989. Until 1989 the list recorded under the name " International 500 " only non-American industrial companies. 1990 U.S. companies were added to create a truly global list of the largest industrial companies. Since 1995, the list has its present form and also listed banks, insurance companies and financial service providers according to their turnover.
According to the definitions and explanations of Fortune unlisted companies are only included in the Fortune 500 Global list if they publish a so-called Form 10- K Annual Report. Are not listed For this reason, in the list Cargill and Koch Industries, which were the two largest privately held U.S. company with an estimated annual turnover of 109.6 billion U.S. dollars, or 100 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2010. For the same reason also missing a number of large international companies, including Saudi Aramco in the Middle East. With an estimated annual turnover of 182.4 billion U.S. dollars, the state oil company of Saudi Arabia was in the 2009 financial year to the ten largest companies in the world. Since the rankings mainly considered only listed companies and thus missing a whole bunch of non-listed companies, it is of limited significance.
Since 1990, three companies from the United States ( ExxonMobil, General Motors, Walmart ), a group from Japan (Mitsubishi Corporation), and a group from the Netherlands ( Royal Dutch Shell), the world 's largest companies. The best placement of a German company DaimlerChrysler reached 1999., With revenues of 154.6 billion U.S. dollars, the Group was ranked 2nd worldwide and in Europe on Tier 1
There is no globally recognized evaluation standards for the size of a company. Possible sizes are the sales, the market capitalization or the number of employees. Fortune has chosen to sales. Fortune Global 500 is in competition with the lists Forbes Global 2000 and the Financial Times Global 500
Top 20 of the Fortune Global 500
1990
The list was published on 30 July 1990 the information for the financial year 1989.
1991
The list was published on 29 July 1991, the figures for the financial year 1990.
1992
The list was published on 27 July 1992 the information for the financial year 1991.
1993
The list was published on 26 July 1993 with the data for the year 1992.
1994
The list was published on 25 July 1994 with the data for the year 1993.
1995
The list was published on 7 August 1995 with the data for the year 1994.
1996
The list was published on 5 August 1996 with the data for the year 1995.
1997
The list was published on 4 August 1997 with the data for the year 1996.
1998
The list was published on 3 August 1998 with the data for the year 1997.
1999
The list appeared on 2 August 1999 with the data for the year 1998.
2000
The list was published on 24 July 2000 with the figures for the 1999 financial year.
2001
The list was published on 23 July 2001 with the figures for the 2000 financial year.
2002
The list was published on 22 July 2002 with the figures for the 2001 financial year.
2003
The list was published on 21 July 2003 with the figures for the 2002 financial year.
2004
The list was published on 26 July 2004 with the figures for the 2003 financial year.
2005
The list was published on 25 July 2005 with the figures for the 2004 financial year.
2006
The list was published on 24 July 2006 with the figures for the 2005 financial year.
2007
The list was published on 23 July 2007 with the figures for the 2006 financial year.
2008
The list was published on 21 July 2008 with the figures for the 2007 financial year.
2009
The list was published on 20 July 2009 with the figures for the 2008 financial year.
2010
The list was published on 26 July 2010, the figures for the 2009 financial year.
2011
The list was published on 25 July 2011, the figures for the 2010 financial year.
2012
The list was published on 23 July 2012, the figures for the 2011 financial year.