2007-05-21 01:35:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Who donated $36M to microsoft Robert? Just wanna know.
2007-05-21 01:43:44 · update #1
i meant $36Billion
2007-05-21 01:46:32 · update #2
According to the Fortune 500 list, the top ten are, in order:
1 Walmart
2 Exxon Mobile
3 General Motors
4 Chevron
5 ConocoPhillips
6 General Electric
7 Ford Motor Company
8 Citigroup
9 Bank of America
10 American Intl. Group
However, if you are looking for world companies, and not just American companies, here is the top ten: [This lists in order: Position, Company name, Revenue (US$ Billions), Year to, Employees, What exchange/country it is traded in, CEO, compensation]
1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. $351.1 2006 1,500,000 United States (NYSE: WMT) H. Lee Scott, Jr., $12.44M
2. ExxonMobil Corp. $347.2 2006 88,300 United States (NYSE: XOM) Rex W. Tillerson, $4.12M
3. Royal Dutch Shell plc $318.8 2006 112,000 UK, Netherlands, Jeroen van der Veer, € 7.509.244
4. BP $253.6 2005 103,700 UK,(LSE: BP), (NYSE: BP) John Browne, $4.73M
5. Chevron Corp. $198.2 2005 61,533 United States (NYSE: CVX) David O'Reilly, $7.82M
6. DaimlerChrysler AG $193.0 2005 362,063 Germany (FWB: DCX), United States (NYSE: DCX), Singapore, Canada, Argentina, Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, UK Dieter Zetsche
7. General Motors Corp. $192.6 2005 323,000 United States, 32 other countries (list omitted) (NYSE: GM) G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., $8.51M
8. ConocoPhillips $183.3 2005 39,000 United States (NYSE: COP) James Mulva, $6.88M
9. Toyota Motor Corp. $179.0 2006 285,977 Japan, United States WORLDWIDE(NYSE: TM) Fujio Cho
10. Total S.A. $178.3 2005 111,401 France, United States (NYSE: TOT) Thierry Desmarest, $3.79M
[note: this list is based upon revenue, not market capitalization, or total assets, which would produce a wholy different list!]
By the way, Microsoft is #62, Coca-Cola is #96, Haliburton is #104
2007-05-21 05:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by Schaufel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And the winners are…
See the full list of the world's largest corporations, including detailed company profiles and contact information. (more)
1. Exxon Mobil 6. Chevron
2. Wal-Mart Stores 7. DaimlerChrysler
3. Royal Dutch Shell 8. Toyota Motor
4. BP 9. Ford Motor
5. General Motors 10. ConocoPhillips
(updated 2006)
2007-05-21 01:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sanjiv 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Oh my goodness... so many people who answer without knowing what they're talking about. The answer is Wal-Mart. They are #1 on the 2007 Fortune 500 list. ExxonMobil was #1 in 2006, but no more.
And I believe it was Larry Ellis of Oracle that donated billions to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
P.S. This shows how ridiculous Yahoo Answers is: you thumb the correct answer down, even when it comes with a source. You guys are something else.
And Randy: "Micro slop"? Oh my goodness, are you 12? Not to mention, Microsoft isn't the answer to any of the questions presented.
2007-05-21 01:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Microsoft
2007-05-21 01:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by ann t 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Microsoft
2007-05-21 01:37:13 · answer #5 · answered by Josh 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I know this always comes somewhere one way or another but...it depends.
Some companies are rich in candy items, some are rich in a certain type of market, some are big in a certain part of the world....
Just think...Apple is a HUGE company, but its computer buisness? Weeny...compared to Microsoft, but its media devices buisness? Weeny...compared to Apple.
2007-05-21 02:28:39 · answer #6 · answered by Gertrude McFuzz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft
2007-05-21 03:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
ExxonMobil. This oil company posted the largest quarterly profits ever for any company in history. Twice. In the past twelve months.
2007-05-21 01:39:26 · answer #8 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
base on revenue Exxon around 360 billion (2006 est)
base on assets citigroup around 1.5 trillion (2006 est)
2007-05-21 09:10:55 · answer #9 · answered by Sam L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
#1 Catholic church is the richest legally registered
" corporation "
#2 The walden family ( 4 of them ) who own the walmart corporation who claim modest personal income taxes on a mere106+ billion per year and growing, yet still scam the welfare system to insure their employees with out having to contribute any corp profits
#3 Bill Gates and micro Slop corp..
2007-05-21 01:44:08 · answer #10 · answered by The Thinker 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋