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The European edition of the Fortune 500, ranking companies by revenue.

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The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

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The first-ever European edition of the Fortune 500, ranking companies by revenue. 

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The global healthcare group based in Bad Homburg, Germany employs over 300,000 employees, and comprises four distinct business segments: kidney dialysis (FMC), private hospitals (Helios), services to third party hospitals and clinics (Vamed) and healthcare products (Kabi), which range from transfusion bags to generic pharmaceuticals.   
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 	<li>The group had sales of $43 billion in 2022. Net profit was $1.4 billion, down 32.9% on the previous year, primarily due to supply chain disruption, increased energy costs and inflation.    </li> 
 	<li data-leveltext="●" data-font="Verdana" data-listid="8" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;●&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">In October 2022, Michael Sen became CEO, shortly before it was reported that activist investor Elliott Management had acquired a substantial stake in Fresenius, shares of which have lost two thirds of their value since mid 2017. Sen is focused on slashing costs and simplifying the group’s structure, including de-consolidating FMC, in which Fresenius has a 32% stake, and 77%-owned Vamed into investment companies, rather than operating companies.</li> 
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Just as it dominates our economy, Big Tech now dominates Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation.

World's Most Admired Companies

Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

After a year in which humanity leaned more heavily than ever on tech giants, see which companies topped Fortune's ranking of corporate reputation.

Total revenue for the world’s biggest companies fell 4.8% to $31.7 trillion this year—the first decline in half a decade.

For an astounding 13th straight year, Apple claims the top spot in Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation, based on a survey of almost 3,800 executives, directors, and analysts.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2019 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.7 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2018 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.6 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

Business insiders have spoken: Asked which companies they most admire, more than 4,100 executives, directors, and analysts chose these top 50 All-Stars.

The world's 500 largest companies generated $31.2 trillion in revenues and $1.7 trillion in profits in 2014. Together, this year's Fortune Global 500 employ 65 million people worldwide and are represented by 36 countries.

Global business is back. After limping through a worldwide financial crisis and economic slowdown, the 500 largest companies ranked by revenues shattered all sorts of performance records in 2013: They racked up combined revenues of $31.1 trillion, up 2.5% from 2012, and profits soared 27% to nearly $2 trillion. China’s 95 companies (up from 89 last year) posted $5.8 trillion in revenues. The U.S. has four fewer companies on the list than last year but remains (for now) the country leader, with 128 corporations on the list—including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores—reporting $8.6 trillion in revenues. 

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