10 of the Biggest Employers in the World

Mcdonald's

Have you ever wondered what companies provide the most number of jobs, both in the United States and worldwide? Here is a list of the largest publicly traded companies by number of employees.

  • Mcdonalds Corp. is the largest fast food company in the world, with 465,000 employees.
  • Petrochina Co. is the huge China-based petroleum and natural gas company, with over 463,000 employees.
  • Siemens A G is the large German-based electronic conglomerate, with almost 400,000 employees.
  • Target Corp. is the Minneapolis-based operator of general merchandise stores, with over 350,000 employees.
  • Sears Holdings Corp. is the Illinois-based holding company which operates Sears and Kmart department stores, and has over 350,000 employees.
  • Hitachi Ltd. is the Tokyo-based conglomerate of electronic and telecommunications businesses, with 350,000 employees.
  • China Petro & Chemical is the China-based integrated oil and gas company.
  • Arcelor Mittal is the Luxembourg-based producer of steel.
  • Kroger Co. is the large Cincinnati-based food retailer.
  • Matsushita Electric Ind. is the large Japan-based electronic products company.

 Information courtesy from Stockerblog

3 Comments so far

  1. mf on February 21, 2008

    maybe we shd talk to Mr Bott, see if he needs pple! hahha

  2. Kelly on March 18, 2008

    Okie…I am interested in the 10 worst bosses in Singapore! >,< How about those not yet listed (or publicly traded)? Hmmm…okie…forget I asked. X)

  3. jim c on April 22, 2008

    You missed:

    Wal-Mart Stores, United States, 1,800,000 employees
    Deutsche Post, Germany, 500,000 employees

    Both bigger than anything on your list

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