Contents.History The Fortune 500 was first published in 1955; created by Edgar P. The original top ten companies were,. Methodology The original Fortune 500 was limited to companies whose revenues were derived from manufacturing, mining, and energy exploration. At the same time, Fortune published companion 'Fortune 50' lists of the 50 largest commercial banks (ranked by assets), utilities (ranked by assets), life insurance companies (ranked by assets), retailers (ranked by gross revenues) and transportation companies (ranked by revenues).
May 20, 2019 FLORIDA — Fortune Magazine has released its annual list of the 500 top companies in America, which represent two-thirds of the U.S. GDP and have a total of $13.7 trillion in revenue, the.
Fortune magazine changed its methodology in 1994 to include service companies. With the change came 291 new entrants to the famous list including three in the Top 10. There is a lag in creating the list, so for example, the 2019 Fortune 500 is based on each company's financial years ending in late 2018 (most commonly, on December 31), or early 2019.Influence As of 2019, the Fortune 500 companies represent approximately two-thirds of the with approximately $13.7 trillion in revenue, $1.1 trillion in profits, and $22.6 trillion in total market value. These numbers also account for approximately 17% of the. The companies collectively employ a total of 28.7 million people worldwide, or 0.4% of the.
As of May 2019, only 24 of the Fortune 500 companies were led by female CEOs. Retrieved May 22, 2017. ^.
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