The Fortune 500 provides a list of the largest companies in the U.S.

It is issued annually and is considered an important benchmark of the

country's economic health as well as an indicator of where industry is
heading.
The list is produced by Fortune Magazine, a New York-based financial
magazine that is one of the most respected economic publications in the
world.
 Total
Return to
  REVENUE Profits $ millions EPS Investors   Employees  

1999-
% 2009 % Market
change Annual change Assests value $
$ from profits $ % change from growth 1999-2009 2009 from $ millions
Company Fortune 500 rank millions 2008 millions 2008 (%) Annual rate (%) (%) Number 2008 millions

28,063.0 - 43,539.0 11,389.2

Delta Air Lines 84 0 23.6 1,237.00 N.A. N.A. N.A. -0.7 81,106 -3.8 0 0

19,917.0 - 25,438.0
AMR 120 0 -16.2 1,468.00 N.A. N.A. -13 -27.6 78,900 -6.2 0 3,053.40

16,335.0 18,684.0
UAL 140 0 -19.1 -651 N.A. N.A. N.A. 17.2 47,000 -5.1 0 3,334.00

Continental 12,586.0 12,781.0

Airlines 183 0 -17.4 -282 N.A. N.A. -8.7 -0.8 39,640 -2 0 3,094.00

US Airways 10,458.0
Group 222 0 -13.7 -205 N.A. N.A. N.A. -37.4 31,300 -4.2 7,454.00 1,176.20

Southwest 10,350.0 14,269.0

Airlines 229 0 -6.1 99 -44.4 -14.1 0.7 32.9 34,726 -2.2 0 9,699.60
 PHARMA
Fortune 500 % change % change
Rank Company rank $ millions from 2008 $ millions from 2008

1 Johnson & Johnson 33 61,897.0 -2.9 12,266.0 -5.3

2 Pfizer 40 50,009.0 3.5 8,635.0 6.6

3 Abbott Laboratories 75 30,764.7 4.2 5,745.8 17.7

4 Merck 85 27,428.3 15.0 12,901.3 65.2

5 Eli Lilly 112 21,836.0 7.2 4,328.8 N.A.

6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 114 21,634.0 1.3 10,612.0 102.2

7 Amgen 159 14,642.0 -2.4 4,605.0 9.7

8 Gilead Sciences 324 7,011.4 31.4 2,635.8 31.1
9 Mylan 412 5,092.8 -0.9 232.6 N.A.
10 Genzyme 458 4,515.5 -1.9 422.3 0.3
11 Allergan 459 4,503.6 2.3 621.3 7.4
12 Biogen Idec 471 4,377.3 6.8 970.1 23.9
 Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson manufactures & sells personal care, hygienic &
pharmaceutical products and surgical equipment. The company operates in
consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices & diagnostics segments.

Products:-

Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Neutrogena, RoC, Lubriderm.

Pfizer
Pfizer, Inc. engages in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of
prescription medicines for humans and animals.

Products:-

Viagra, Celebrex, Zoloft and Lipitor.

 Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories manufactures and sells healthcare products. The company
discovers, develops, manufactures and sells a broad range of pharmaceutical,
diagnostic, nutritional and hospital products and services.

The operates through 4 segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Nutritional

Products, Diagnostic Products and Vascular Products.
 BEVERAGES
Revenues Profits

Fortune % change % change

Rank Company 500rank $ millions from 2008 $ millions from 2008

1 Coca-Cola 72 30,990.0 -3.0 6,824.0 17.5

Coca-Cola
2 113 21,645.0 -0.7 731.0 N.A.
Enterprises

3 Pepsi Bottling 174 13,219.0 -4.2 612.0 277.8

Dr Pepper
4 378 5,531.0 -3.1 555.0 N.A.
Snapple Group

5 PepsiAmericas 464 4,421.3 -10.4 181.2 -20.0

 Coca-Cola Co.
The Coca-Cola Co. manufactures, distributes and markets nonalcoholic beverage
concentrates and syrups. The company manufactures beverage concentrates and
syrups as well as some finished beverages which are sold to bottling and canning
operations, distributors, fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers. The
company also produces markets and distributes juices and juice drinks and certain
water products.

Coca-Cola Enterprises
Coca-Cola Enterprises, produces, markets and distributes non-alcoholic beverages. It
manufactures most of its finished products from syrups and concentrates purchased
from Coca-Cola Co. It is the exclusive distributor of Coca-Cola products in the U.S.,
Canada, and Caribbean territories in which it operates.

Products:- Coca-Cola Classic, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dasani, PowerAde, Fanta and
Capri-Sun
 PEPSI BOTTLING

On February 26, 2010, PepsiCo completed its mergers with The Pepsi

Bottling Group and Pepsi Americas, further strengthening PepsiCo’s
beverage business. PepsiCo's new operating unit, Pepsi Beverages Company,
now serves the United States, Canada and Mexico.
 ENTERTAINMENT
Revenues Profits

Fortune 500 % change

Company $ millions $ millions % change
rank from 2008
from 2008

1 Walt Disney 57 36,149.0 -4.5 3,307.0 -25.3

2 News Corp. 76 30,423.0 -7.8 -3,378.0 -162.7

3 Time Warner 82 28,842.0 -38.6 2,468.0 N.A.

4 Viacom 170 13,619.0 -6.9 1,611.0 28.8

5 CBS 177 13,014.6 -6.7 226.5 N.A.

6 CC Media Holdings 376 5,551.9 -17.9 -4,034.1 N.A.

Live Nation
7 490 4,232.0 -2.2 -60.2 N.A.
Entertainment
 The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the
world. Founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the
Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney
Productions in 1929.

Products:-

Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Disney Music Group, ABC Television Group
Walt Disney Theatrical, Radio Disney, ESPN , Disney Interactive Media Group
Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
 News Corporation
News Corporation, is the world's third-largest media conglomerate as of 2008, and
the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009.

Products:-

Films, Television, Cable Programming, Satellite Television, Magazines,

Newspapers, Books, Sporting Events, Websites.

Time Warner
Time Warner is the world's second largest entertainment conglomerate in terms of
revenue as well as the world's largest media conglomerate.

Products:-

New Line Cinema, Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW
Television Network, TheWB.com, Warner Bros, Kids' WB, Cartoon Network,
Boomerang, Adult Swim, CNN, DC Comics, and Castle Rock Entertainment
 Hotels, Casinos, Resorts
Revenues Profits

Fortune 500 % change from % change

Rank Company $ millions $ millions
rank 2008 from 2008

1 Marriott International 213 10,908.0 -15.3 -346.0 -195.6

2 Harrah's Entertainment 264 8,907.4 -12.0 827.6 N.A.

3 MGM Mirage 360 5,978.6 -17.1 -1,291.7 N.A.

Starwood Hotels &

4 438 4,712.0 -20.2 73.0 -77.8
Resorts

5 Las Vegas Sands 456 4,563.1 3.9 -354.5 N.A.

6 Host Hotels & Resorts 492 4,216.0 -20.4 -252.0 -159.0

 Marriott International
Marriott International is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of
hotels and related lodging facilities. Founded by J. Willard Marriott. Today, Marriott
International has about 3,150 lodging properties located in the United States and 67
other countries and territories.

Products:- Hotels, Resorts

Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is a private gaming corporation that owns and
operates over 50 casinos, hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands. The
company, based in Paradise, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world,
with yearly revenues around $10.8 billion.

Products:- World Series of Poker, Total Rewards

 MGM Resorts International

MGM Resorts International is a Paradise, Nevada based corporation that

brands itself as a global hospitality company. It is the second largest gaming
company in the world by revenue - about US$6 billion in 2009. It owns and
operates 15 properties in Nevada, Mississippi and Michigan, and has 50%
investments in four other properties in Nevada, Illinois and Macau, China.

Products:- Casino, Hotels

 TELECOMMUNICATION
Revenues Profits
Fortune % change % change
Rank Company 500 rank $ millions from 2008 $ millions from 2008
1 AT&T 7 123,018.0 -0.8 12,535.0 -2.6

Verizon
2 13 107,808.0 10.7 3,651.0 -43.2
Communications

3 Comcast 59 35,756.0 4.4 3,638.0 42.8

4 Sprint Nextel 67 32,260.0 -9.5 -2,436.0 N.A.

5 DirecTV Group 116 21,565.0 9.5 942.0 -38.1

6 Time Warner Cable 131 17,868.0 N.A. 1,070.0 N.A.

7 Qwest Communications 188 12,311.0 -8.6 662.0 -2.8

8 DISH Network 200 11,664.2 0.4 635.5 -29.6

9 Liberty Global 210 11,110.4 5.2 -412.1 N.A.

10 Cablevision Systems 292 7,773.3 7.5 285.6 N.A.

Charter
11 332 6,755.0 4.3 N.A. N.A.
Communications

12 Virgin Media 359 6,013.6 -19.2 -559.8 N.A.

Telephone & Data
13 416 5,020.7 -1.4 193.9 107.3
Systems
14 CenturyTel 423 4,974.2 91.3 647.2 77.0
15 NII Holdings 468 4,397.6 3.0 381.5 3.4
 AT & T

AT&T's mission is to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work,
and do it better than anyone else. AT&T is recognized as one of the leading worldwide
providers of IP-based communications services to businesses. They also have the
nation's fastest 3G network and the largest international coverage of any U.S. wireless
carrier, offering the most phones that work in the most countries; the largest Wi-Fi
network in the United States; and the largest number of high speed Internet access
subscribers in the United States.

PRODUCTS:
wired services- including broadband, long distance and local voice to millions of
customers
 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS

It provides broadband and other wireless and wire line communications services to
mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon
Communications operates in two segments Domestic Wireless, which provides
wireless voice and data services and Domestic Wire line, which provides voice,
Internet access, broadband video and data, next generation Internet protocol
network services, network access, long distance and other services. The company
was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
 
 
PRODUCTS:
Wired and wireless telecommunication services
 
 COMCAST

Comcast Corp. owns and operates cable TV systems. The company operates in
cable and programming segments. The cable segment manages and operates cable
systems, including video, Internet, phone services, and regional sports & news
networks. The programming segment operates consolidated national programming
networks consisting of PBS KIDS Sprout, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, and
Style. Comcast was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.
 
PRODUCTS:
Consumer entertainment, information, and communication products & services.
 AIRLINES

Fortune 500 Profits Revenues

Rank Company rank $ millions $ millions

1 Delta Air Lines 84 28,063.0 -1,237.0

2 AMR 120 19,917.0 -1,468.0

3 UAL 140 16,335.0 -651.0

4 Continental Airlin 183 12,586.0 -282.0

es

5 US Airways Grou 222 10,458.0 -205.0

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6 Southwest Airline 229 10,350.0 99.0

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ces to shippers. It operates as a holding company of American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Investment Services, Inc. AMR provides connectin

Delata Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled passenger and cargo air transportation
services. It provides air service to over 300 destinations in more than 50 countries,
primarily in North American and trans-Atlantic flights. Delta was founded by C. E.
Woolman in 1928 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA
s transportation of passengers and cargo. The company operates 3,400 flights and 200 United States domestic and international destinat
 Fortune 500 Revenues Profits
Rank Company rank $ millions $ millions
1 Microsoft 36 58,437.0 14,569.0
2 Oracle 105 23,252.0 5,593.0
3 Symantec 353 6,149.9 -6,728.9
4 CA 482 4,271.0 694.0

5 Electronic Arts 494 4,212.0 -1,088.0

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nstant messaging. The Microsoft Business Division offers the Microsoft Office system and Microsoft Dynamics business solutions. The En
racle Fusion Middleware product family. It also has a diversified selection of applications software available in multiple languages. Oracle
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