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List of companies by revenue
This is a list of the world’s largest public and private businesses by annual sales during fiscal year 2004 ([1]). The list is limited to companies with annual revenues exceeding 1 billion US dollars, there are around 3,000 such companies.
Please try to report revenue according to US GAAP. For example: Do not net interest income for banks and financial institutions, but net transactions for trading companies like the Japanese and Korean ones.
Businesses
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| Exxon Mobil Corp. [2][3] | $298 | 88,300 | United States | Lee Raymond, 65, $27.78M
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| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. [4][5] | $288 | 1,500,000 | United States (NYSE:WMT) | H. Lee Scott, Jr., 55, $12.44M
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| BP PLC [6][7] | $285 | 103,700 | UK United States (NYSE:BP) | John Browne, 56, $4.73M
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| General Motors Corp. [8][9] | $195.6 | 323,000 | United States (NYSE:GM) | G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. , 51, $8.51M
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| DaimlerChrysler AG [10][11] | $185 | 362,063 | Germany United States (NYSE:DCX) | Jürgen Schrempp, 59
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| Toyota Motor Corp. [12][13] | $176 | 264,410 | Japan United States (NYSE:TM) | Fujio Cho , 67
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| Ford Motor Co. [14][15] | $171 | 327,531 | United States (NYSE:F) | William Ford, Jr. , 46, $1.68M
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| Total S.A. [16][17] | $159 | 110,783 | France United States (NYSE:TOT) | Thierry Desmarest , 58
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| Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies [18][19] | $159 | 119,000 | Netherlands (Private) | Jeroen van der Veer , ?
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| ChevronTexaco Corp. [20][21] | $112.9 | 61,533 | United States (NYSE:CVX) | David O'Reilly , 57, $7.82M
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| General Electric Co. [22][23] | $134.2 | 305,000 | United States (NYSE:GE) | Jeffrey Immelt, 48, $7.66M
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| ConocoPhillips [24][25] | $137 | 39,000 | United States (NYSE:COP) | James Mulva , 57, $6.88M
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| Allianz Group [26][27] | $128 | 167,193 | Germany United States (NYSE: AZ) | Michael Diekmann , ?
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| AXA [28][29] | $126 | 74,584 | France United States (NYSE:AXA) | Henri De Castries , 49, $3.08M
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| Samsung Group [30][31] | $116.8 | 175,000 | Korea (Korea Stock Exchange) | Yun Jong-Yong , ?
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| Volkswagen AG [32][33] | $156 | 175,000 | USA () | Bernd Pischetsrieder , ?
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| Citigroup Inc. [34][35] | $108 | 253,000 | United States (NYSE: C) | Charles Prince, 54, $26.81M
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| ING Groep N.V. [36][37] | $106.5 | 115,000 | Netherlands United States (NYSE:ING) | Michel Tilmant , 52, $1.87M
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| International Business Machines Corp. [38][39] | $96 | 319,273 | United States (NYSE:IBM) | Samuel Palmisano , 52, $7.91M
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| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. [40] | $92.0 | 205,288 | Japan (TSE) | Norio Wada , ?
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| Altria Group, Inc. [41] [42] | $96 | 165,000 | United States (NYSE: MO) | Louis C. Camilleri, 49, $23.85M
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| Siemens A.G. [43][44] | $87.0 | 415,000 | Germany United States (NYSE:SI) | Heinrich von Pierer , 63
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| Hitachi, Ltd. [45][46] | $81.4 | 306,876 | Japan United States (NYSE:HIT) | Etsuhiko Shoyama , 68
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| American International Group, Inc. [47][48] | $81.3 | 86,000 | United States (NYSE:AIG) | Maurice Greenberg, 78, $7.59M
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| Sony Corporation [49] | $72.1 | 162,000 | Japan United States (NYSE:SNE) | Nobuyuki Idei, 67
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| Deutsche Telekom AG [50] | $70.2 | 248,519 | GermanyUnited States (NYSE:DT) | Kai-Uwe Ricke , ?, $3.19M
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| Verizon Communications Inc. [51] | $69.2 | 203,100 | United States (NYSE:VZ) | Ivan Seidenberg, 57, $12.84M
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| Home Depot, Inc. [52] | $69.4 | 299,000 | United States (NYSE:HD) | Robert Nardelli , 55, $22.22M
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| United States Postal Service [53][54] | $68.5 | 826,955 | United States (Private) | John E. (Jack) Potter , ?
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| PSA Peugeot Citroën S.A. [55] | $68.3 | 199,910 | France (Euronext Paris) | Jean-Martin Folz , ?
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| Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. [56][57] | $66.2 | 290,493 | Japan United States (NYSE:MC) | Kunio Nakamura , 65
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| Eni S.p.A. [58] | $64.7 | 76,521 | Italy United States (NYSE:E) | Vittorio Mincato , 68
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| Nestlé S.A. [59] [60] | $64.6 | 253,000 | Switzerland (Zürich, Virt-X ) | Peter Brabeck-Letmathe , 60
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| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. [61] | $64.3 | 172,700 | United States (NYSE:BRKa) | Warren Buffett, 73, $308.00K
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| Fiat S.p.A. [62] | $63.3 | 162,237 | Italy United States (NYSE:FIA) | Sergio Marchionne , 52
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| Eon AG [63] [64] | $62.6 | 66,500 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:EOA) | Wulf Bernotat
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| Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft (Munich Re) Aktiengesellschaft [65] | $61.2 | 41,431 | Germany (Deutsche Börse, Xetra) | Hans-Jürgen Schinzler , ?
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| Cargill Incorporated [66] | $59.9 | 98,000 | United States (Private) | Warren R Staley , ?
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| Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. [67] | $57.9 | 60,638 | Italy (Borsa Italiana ) | Sergio Balbinot , ? / Giovanni Perissinotto , ?
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| Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. [68] | $56.9 | 127,625 | Japan (TSE) | Carlos Ghosn, ?
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| Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Holdings PLC [69] | $56.1 | 232,000 | United Kingdon United States (NYSE:HBC) | Stephen Green , 55
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| Credit Suisse Group [70] | $55.0 | 60,477 | SwitzerlandUnited States (NYSE:CSR) | Oswald J. Grübel , ?
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| Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) [71] | $53.8 | 5,055 | United States (NYSE:FNM) | Franklin Raines, 55, $17.06M
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| RWE Aktiengesellschaft [72] | $53.7 | 127,028 | Germany (Deutsche Börse, Xetra) | Harry J. M. Roels , ?
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| Toshiba Corporation [73] | $52.8 | 166,651 | Japan (TSE) | Tadashi Okamura , ?
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| Lucky Group (LG) [74] | $52.4 | 140,000 | Korea (Korea Stock Exchange) | Koo Bon-Moo , ?
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| Bayerische Motoren Werke AG [75] | $52.1 | 104,342 | Germany (Deutsche Börse) | Helmut Panke , ?
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| Deutsche Post AG [76] | $51.7 | 341,572 | Germany (Deutsche Börse) | Klaus Zumwinkel , ?
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| China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation [77] | $51.3 | 400,513 | China United States (NYSE:SNP) | Jiming Wang , 61
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| The Boeing Company [78] | $50.5 | 157,000 | United States (NYSE:BA) | Harry Stonecipher, 67, $1.08M
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| The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC [79] | $44.3 | 120,000 | United Kingdom (FTSE) | Fred A. Goodwin , ?
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| The Tokyo Electric Power Company , Incorporated [80] | $41.0 | 39,619 | Japan (TSE) | Tsunehisa Katsumata , ?
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| Bayer AG [81][82] | $40.2 | 115,000 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:BAY), United States, France (NYSE:BAY) | Werner Wenning
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| Koch Industries, Inc. [83] | $40.0 | 17,000 | United States (Private) | Charles Koch, ?
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| Fujitsu Limited [84] | $39.1 | 157,044 | Japan (TSE) | Hiroaki Kurokawa , ?
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| European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. [85] | $37.8 | 109,135 | Netherlands (Private) | Philippe Camus , ?
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| Microsoft Corporation [86] | $36.8 1 | 57,000 | United States (NASDAQ: MSFT) | Steven A. Ballmer
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| Tyco International Ltd. [87] | $36.8 | 258,600 | United States (NYSE:TYC) | Edward Breen , 47, $3.52M
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| Veolia Environnement SA [88][89] | $36.0 | 309,563 | France (Paris Bourse , Euronext Paris) | Henri Proglio , ?
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| Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft [90][91] | $35.4 | 250,913 | Germany (Private) | Michael Frenzel , ?
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| Morgan Stanley [92] | $34.9 | 51,196 | United States (NYSE:MWD) | Philip Purcell , 60, $12.12M
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| Intel Corporation [93] | $34.21 | 85,000 | United States (NASDAQ:INTC) | Craig R. Barrett
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| BASF AG [94] | $33.9 | 85,124 | United States (NYSE:BF) | Jurgen Hambrecht , 57
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| Petroleo Brasileiro SA [95] | $32.9 | 38,908 | United States (NYSE:PBR) | Jose E De Barros Dutra , ?
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| Mitsubishi Motors Corporation [96] | $32.4 | 45,275 | Japan (TSE) | Yoichiro Okazaki , ?
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| Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank Aktiengesellschaft [97] | $30.0 | 60,214 | Germany (Deutsche Börse, Xetra) | Dieter Rampl , ?
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| Swiss Reinsurance Company [98] | $29.3 | 7,949 | Switzerland (SWX Swiss Exchange, Virt-X :RUKN) | John R. Coomber , ?
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| OAO Gazprom [99][100] | $28.9 | 299,717 | Russia (Private) | Alexei B. Miller , ?
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| Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. [101][102] | $28.7 | 27,900 | Japan (TSE) | Terunobu Maeda , ?
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| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. [103] | $27.7 | 48,100 | United States (NYSE:MER) | Stanley O'Neal , 52, $25.34M
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| Norsk Hydro ASA [104] | $25.8 | 42,911 | United States (NYSE:NHY) | Eivind Reiten , 51
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| Roche Group [105][106] | $25.1 | 65,357 | Switzerland (SWX Swiss Exchange:ROG) | Franz B. Humer , ?
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| Airbus S.A.S. [107] | $24.2 | 50,000 | France (Private) | Noël Forgeard, ?
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| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [108] | $23.6 | 19,476 | United States (NYSE:GS) | Henry Paulson, Jr., 57, $21.40M
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| Almanij NV [109] | $23.0 | 50,948 | Belgium (Euronext Brussels) | May Van Bedts , ?
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| Merck & Co., Inc. [110][111] | $22.5 | 30,828 | United States (NYSE:MRK) | Raymond Gilmartin, 63, $2.97M
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| Bridgestone Corporation [112] | $21.5 | 108,315 | Japan (TSE) | Shigeo Watanabe , ?
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| Deutsche Lufthansa AG [113] [114] | $21.5 | 94,200 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:LHA), United Kingdom | Wolfgang Mayrhuber
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| Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. [115] | $20.6 | 57,500 | Japan (TSE) | Nobuo Kuroyanagi , ?
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| Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin [116] | $19.3 | 127,210 | France (Euronext Paris) | Edouard Michelin , ?
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| Landesbank Baden-Württemberg [117] | $18.5 | 10,342 | Germany (Private) | Hans Dietmar Sauer , ?
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| Mars, Incorporated [118] | $17.0 | 31,000 | United States (Private) | John Franklyn Mars
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| Japan Post [119][120] | $17.4 | 121,489 | Japan (Private) | Masaharu Ikuta
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| Loews Corporation [121] | $16.5 | 22,700 | United States (NYSE:LTR) | James Tisch , 51, $1.41M
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| Halliburton Company [122][123] | $16.3 | 101,000 | United States (NYSE:HAL) | David Lesar , 50, $4.59M
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| Bombardier Inc. [124][125] | $16.0 | 64,600 | Canada (Private) | Laurent Beaudoin
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| Continental AG [126][127] | $15.6 | 68,800 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:CON) | Manfred Wennemer
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| Vattenfall AB [128][129] | $15.4 | 35,296 | Sweden (Private) | Lars G. Josefsson
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| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu [130] | $15.1 | 119,237 | United States (Private) | William G. (Bill) Parrett
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| PricewaterhouseCoopers [131] | $14.7 | 122,820 | United States (Private) | Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr.
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| Fortum Corporation [132][133] | $14.3 | 13,343 | Finland (Helsinki Exchanges, HEX) | Mikael Lilius
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| Ernst & Young International [134] | $13.1 | 103,000 | United States (Private) | James S. (Jim) Turley
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| Henkel KGaA [135] | $12.7 | 51,000 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:HEN3), United Kingdom |
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| Mitsubishi Corporation [136] | $12.3 | 6,307 | Japan (TSE) | Mikio Sasaki , ?
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| Nike, Inc. [137] | $12.3 | 24,667 | United States (NYSE:NKE) | Philip H. Knight , 66, $4.22M
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| Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler International [138] | $12.1 | 100,000 | United States (Private) | Robert W. (Bob) Alspaugh
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| Coop Norden AB [139][140] | $11.9 | 27,087 | Sweden (Private) | Svante Nilsson
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| Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. [141][142] | $11.6 | 60,500 | United States (NYSE:MMC) | Robert W. (Bob) Alspaugh
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| Sun Microsystems, Inc. [143][144] | $11.4 | 35,000 | USA (NASDAQ:SUNW) | Scott G. McNealy, 49, $104.00K
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| Koç Holding A.S. [145] | $11.2 | 53,985 | Turkey (Istanbul Stock Exchange ) | F. Bülend Özaydinli
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| All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. [146] | $10.1 | 29,001 | Japan (TSE) | Yoji Ohashi
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| SAP AG [147] [148] | $10.1 | 29,600 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:SAP), United States (NYSE:SAP), United Kingdom, Australia, Argentina, Switzerland | Henning Kagermann
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| Sanofi-Aventis [149] | $10.1 | 33,086 | United States (NYSE:SNY) | Jean-Francois Dehecq , 64
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| ICA AB [150][151] | $9.9 | 16,836 | Sweden (Private) | Kenneth Bengtsson
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| Adidas-Salomon AG [152][153] | $8.7 | 15,700 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:ADS) | Herbert Hainer
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| Omnicom Group Inc. [154] | $8.6 | 58,500 | United States (NYSE:OMC) | John Wren, 51, $2.11M
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| The Thomson Corporation [155][156] | $7.6 | 39,000 | United States (NYSE:TOC) | Richard Harrington
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| The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. [157] | $7.4 | 10,532 | United States (NYSE:BSC) | James Cayne , 69, $33.92M
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| Merck KGaA [158] [159] | $7.2 | 28,900 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:MRK), United Kingdom, Switzerland | Bernhard Scheuble
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| KB Home [160] | $5.8 | 5,100 | United States (NYSE:KBH) | Bruce Karatz , 58, $18.52M
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| Reuters Group PLC [161][162] | $5.7 | 16,744 | United States (NASDAQ :RTRSY) | Thomas Glocer , 44, $3.51M
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| Neptune Orient Lines Limited [163] | $5.5 | 12,223 | Singapore (Singapore Stock Exchange ) | David Lim
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| ITOCHU Corporation [164] | $4.7 | 4,355 | Japan (TSE) | Uichiro Niwa , ?
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| Altana AG [165][166] | $4.0 | 10,800 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:ALT) | Nikolaus Schweickart
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| Astra International Tbk. [167] | $3.4 | 51,100 | Indonesia (IndoExchange :ASII) | Budi Setiadharma , ?
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| Wendy's International, Inc. [168] | $3.1 | 53,000 | United States (NYSE:WEN) | John Schuessler , 53, $3.06M
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| Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG [169][170] | €3.1 | 29,767 | Austria (Vienna Stock Exchange :BACA) | Gerhard Randa , ?
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| Bloomberg L.P. [171][172] | $3.0 | 8,200 | United States (Private) | Lex Fenwick
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| Stolt-Nielsen S.A. [173] | $3.0 | 13,964 | United States (NASDAQ:SNSA) | Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen , 39
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| Oracle Corporation [174] [175] | $2.7 1 | 42,000 | United States (NASDAQ:ORCL) | Lawrence J. Ellison, 60
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| Lenovo Group Limited [176] | $2.6 | 9,705 | China (Hong Kong Stock Exchange) | Yang Yuanqing , ?
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| Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS [177] | $2.5 | 2,148 | United States (NYSE:TKC) | Muzaffer Akpinar , 42
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| Deutsche Börse AG [178] [179] | $2.0 | 3,000 | Germany (Deutsche Börse:DB1) | Werner G. Seifert
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| Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings Inc. [180] | $1.2 | 6,100 | United States (NASDAQ:DRYR) | T. Gary Rogers , 61, $1.34M
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| Synopsys Inc. [181] | $1.2 | 4,408 | United States (NASDAQ:SNPS) | Chi-Foon Chan
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| Cadence Design Systems Inc. [182] | $1.1 | 4,850 | United States (NYSE:CDN) | Michael J. Fister
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1. data from 2004
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