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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.

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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.

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

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The Polish energy company serves customers in Europe and elsewhere through its oil, gas, electricity, petrochemicals and green energy products. Aided by energy price volatility, revenue rose 83.2% year on year to $62.3 billion in 2022, while profits rose 161% to $7.5 billion. Gains continued into 2023, as first half revenue rose 79%.    
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Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

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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Orlen is a leading oil and gas producer, refiner, liquefied natural gas importer, power generator (gas and renewables-based), and distributor. Orlen is part-owned by the Polish state and is headquartered in Płock, Poland. The group is expanding into renewables and hydrogen, with the aim of deploying small nuclear reactors by 2035.

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