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.
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Mcdonalds Corp. is the largest fast food company in the world, with 465,000 employees.
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Petrochina Co. is the huge China-based petroleum and natural gas company, with over 463,000 employees.
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Siemens A G is the large German-based electronic conglomerate, with almost 400,000 employees.
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Target Corp. is the Minneapolis-based operator of general merchandise stores, with over 350,000 employees.
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Sears Holdings Corp. is the Illinois-based holding company which operates Sears and Kmart department stores, and has over 350,000 employees.
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Hitachi Ltd. is the Tokyo-based conglomerate of electronic and telecommunications businesses, with 350,000 employees.
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China Petro & Chemical is the China-based integrated oil and gas company.
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Arcelor Mittal is the Luxembourg-based producer of steel.
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Kroger Co. is the large Cincinnati-based food retailer.
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Matsushita Electric Ind. is the large Japan-based electronic products company.
Information courtesy from Stockerblog
February 21st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
maybe we shd talk to Mr Bott, see if he needs pple! hahha
March 18th, 2008 at 1:59 am
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)
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
You missed:
Wal-Mart Stores, United States, 1,800,000 employees
Deutsche Post, Germany, 500,000 employees
Both bigger than anything on your list
November 21st, 2008 at 8:09 pm
You forgot Indian Railways 12Million
Chinese Army (i know its a lot)
British NHS 1.5 million