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The companies on the Global 500 employ 70.2 million people, and their revenue represents more than one-third of the world’s GDP.

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The corporations on our annual list of the world's 500 largest companies combined to generate $41.7 trillion in revenue over the past year.

The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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JBS is a Brazilian multinational food company and one of the largest global producers of protein-based foods, including beef, pork, lamb, chicken and plant-based products. In 2025, JBS transferred its corporate seat from São Paulo to the Netherlands.

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Billionaire beef boss says Americans crave so much protein the country is outpacing its own production and turning to imports

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Critics urge the New York Stock Exchange to reject listing JBS, one of the world’s largest meat companies, claiming it’s illegally profiting from deforested land in Brazil

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Billionaire beef boss says Americans crave so much protein the country is outpacing its own production and turning to imports

Critics urge the New York Stock Exchange to reject listing JBS, one of the world’s largest meat companies, claiming it’s illegally profiting from deforested land in Brazil

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