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