Major American Companies

Largest companies in the United States (Fortune 500 2014)
We have fact boxes on the 50 largest US companies according to the 2014 Fortune 500. Information on revenues, profits, employees and etc are sourced mainly from the companies themselves. The companies are listed in order by revenue.Because of differences between the Fortune 500 and the statistics from the companies, as well as the different dates of statistics for different companies, they may not appear exactly by their revenues. They are listed in the order that the 2014 Fortune 500 was listed in.

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Wal-Mart Stores

1. Wal-Mart Stores
Founded in 1962
Headquarters- Bentonville, Arkansas
CEO- Doug McMillon
Revenue (2015) $485.651 billion
Operating income (2015) $27.147 billion
Net income (2015) $16.363 billion
Total assets (2015) $203.706 billion
Total equity (2015) $81.394 billion
Employees (2014) 2.2 million
Traded as WMT

Exxon Mobil

2. Exxon Mobil
Founded in 1999 (merger between Exxon and Mobil)
Headquarters- Irving, Texas
CEO- Rex Tillerson
Revenue (2014) $394.105 billion
Operating income (2014) $34.082 billion
Net income (2014) $32.520 billion
Total assets (2014) $349.493 billion
Total equity (2014) $174.399 billion
Employees (2015) 75,300
Traded as XOM

Chevron

3. Chevron


Founded in 1879
Headquarters- San Ramon, California
CEO- John S. Watson
Revenue (2014) $211.97 billion
Operating income (2014) $31.202 billion
Net income (2014) $19.241 billion
Total assets (2013) $253.753 billion
Total equity (2013) $149.113 billion
Employees (2013) 64,600
Traded as CVX

Berkshire Hathaway

4. Berkshire Hathaway
Founded in 1839
Headquarters- Omaha, Nebraska
CEO- Warren Buffett
Revenue (2014) $194.673 billion
Operating income (2014) $28.105 billion
Net income (2014) $19.872 billion
Total assets (2014) $526.186 billion
Total equity (2014) $240.170 billion
Employees (2014) 316,000
Traded as BRK.A and BRK.B

Apple Inc

5. Apple Inc.
Founded in 1976
Headquarters- Cupertino, California
CEO- Tim Cook
Revenue (2014) $182.795 billion
Operating income (2014) $52.503 billion
Net income (2014) $39.510 billion
Total assets (2014) $231.839 billion
Total equity (2014) $111.547 billion
Employees (2014) 98,000
Traded as AAPL

Conoco Phillips

6. Phillips 66
Founded in 1917
Headquarters- Houston, Texas
CEO- Greg C. Garland
Revenue (2014) $161.21 billion
Operating income (2014) $4.06 billion
Net income (2014) $4.762 billion
Total assets (2014) $48.74 billion
Total equity (2014) $22.04 billion
Employees (2014) 14,000
Traded as PSX

General Motors

7. General Motors
Founded in 1908
Headquarters- Detroit, Michigan
CEO- Mary Barra
Revenue (2014) $155.929 billion
Operating income (2014) $3.141 billion
Net income (2014) $3.949 billion
Total assets (2014) $177.677 billion
Total equity (2014) $36.024 billion
Employees (2014) 216,000
Traded as GM

Ford Motor Company

8. Ford Motor Company

Founded in 1903
Headquarters- Dearborn, Michigan
CEO- Mark Fields
Revenue (2014) $144.1 billion
Operating income (2014) $4.342 billion
Net income (2014) $3.187 billion
Total assets (2014) $208.5 billion
Total equity (2014) $24.83 billion
Employees (2014) 187,000
Traded as F

General Electric

9. General Electric

Founded in 1892
Headquarters- Fairfield, Connecticut
CEO- Jeffrey Immelt
Revenue (2013) $146.045 billion
Operating income (2013) $26.267 billion
Net income (2013) $13.057 billion
Total assets (2013) $656.285 billion
Total equity (2013) $136.783 billion
Employees (2014) 307,000
Traded as GE

Valero Energy

10. Valero Energy
Founded in 1980
Headquarters- San Antonio, Texas
CEO- Joe Gorder
Revenue (2013) $138.07 billion
Operating income (2013) $3.96 billion
Net income (2013) $2.72 billion
Total assets (2013) $47.26 billion
Total equity (2011) $16.445 billion
Employees (2012) 22,000
Traded as VLO

AT&T

11. AT&T
Founded in 1983
Headquarters- Dallas, Texas
CEO- Randall L. Stephenson
Revenue (2014) $132.447 billion
Operating income (2014) $13.866 billion
Net income (2014) $6.224 billion
Total assets (2014) $292.829 billion
Total equity (2014) $86.924 billion
Employees (2015) 243,620
Traded as T

CVS Caremark

12. CVS Caremark
Founded in 2007 (merger of CVS Pharmacy and Caremark)
Headquarters- Woonsocket, Rhode Island
CEO- Larry J. Merlo
Revenue (2013) $126.761 billion
Operating income (2013) $8.037 billion
Net income (2013) $4.592 billion
Total assets (2013) $71.526 billion
Total equity (2013) $37.938 billion
Employees (2013) 208,000
Traded as CVS

Federal National Mortgage Organization

13. Fannie Mae
Founded in 1938
Headquarters- Washington, D.C.
CEO- Tim Mayopolous
Revenue (2014) $125.696 billion
Operating income (2014) NA
Net income (2014) $14.2 billion
Total assets (2014) $3,248.1 billion
Total equity (2014) $3.7 billion
Employees (2013) 7,200
Delisted (formerly traded as FNMA)

UnitedHealth Group

14. UnitedHealth Group

Founded in 1977
Headquarters- Minnetonka, Minnesota
CEO- Stephen Hemsley
Revenue (2013) $122.489 billion
Operating income (2009) NA
Net income (2013) $5.625 billion
Total assets (2011) $67.88 billion
Total equity (2011) $28.29 billion
Employees (2013) 165,000
Traded as UNH

McKesson

15. McKesson

Founded in 1833
Headquarters- San Francisco, California
CEO- John Hammergren
Revenue (2013) $122.455 billion
Operating income (2013) $2.315 billion
Net income (2013) $1.338 billion
Total assets (2013) $34.786 billion
Total equity (2013) $7.070 billion
Employees (2013) 43,500
Traded as MCK

Verizon Communications

16. Verizon Communications

Founded in 1983
Headquarters- New York City, New York
CEO- Lowell McAdam
Revenue (2014) $127.079 billion
Operating income (2014) $19.599 billion
Net income (2014) $9.625 billion
Total assets (2014) $232.708 billion
Total equity (2014) $13.676 billion
Employees (2014) 177,300
Traded as VZ

Hewlett-Packard

17. Hewlett-Packard

Founded in 1939
Headquarters- Palo Alto, California
CEO- Meg Whitman
Revenue (2014) $111.454 billion
Operating income (2014) $7.185 billion
Net income (2014) $5.013 billion
Total assets (2014) $103.206 billion
Total equity (2014) $26.731 billion
Employees (2014) 317,500
Traded as HPQ

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

18. JPMorgan Chase and Co.
Founded in 2000 (merger between Chase Manhattan and J.P. Morgan and Co.)
Headquarters- New York City, New York
CEO- Jamie Dimon
Revenue (2014) $94.20 billion
Operating income (2014) $29.79 billion
Net income (2014) $21.76 billion
Total assets (2014) $2.6 trillion
Total equity (2014) $232 billion
Employees (2015) 265,359
Traded as JPM

Costco Wholesale

19. Costco Wholesale

Founded in 1983
Headquarters- Issaquah, Washington
CEO- W. Craig Jelinek
Revenue (2014) $112.64 billion
Operating income (2014) $3.22 billion
Net income (2014) $2.058 billion
Total assets (2014) $33.024 billion
Total equity (2014) $12.303 billion
Employees (2014) 186,000
Traded as COST

Express Scripts Holding

20. Express Scripts
Founded in 1986
Headquarters- St. Louis, Missouri
CEO- George Paz
Revenue (2013) $104.62 billion
Operating Income NA
Net Income (2013) $1.845 billion
Total Assets (2013) $53.548 billion
Total Equity (2013) $21.837 billion
Employees (2012) 30,215
Traded as ESRX

Bank of America

21. Bank of America

Founded in 1998
Headquarters- Charlotte, North Carolina
CEO- Brian Moynihan
Revenue (2014) $85.11 billion
Operating income (2014) $6.85 billion
Net income (2014) $4.83 billion
Total assets (2014) $2.10 trillion
Total equity (2014) $243.4 billion
Employees (2014) 233,000
Traded as BAC

Cardinal Health

22. Cardinal Health
Founded in 1971
Headquarters- Dublin, Ohio
CEO- George S. Barrett
Revenue (2010) $98.5 billion
Operating income (2010) $1.27 billion
Net income (2010) $642 million
Total assets (2010) $19.99 billion
Total equity (2010) $5.28 billion
Employees (2013) 34,000
Traded as CAH

International Business Machines

23. International Business Machines
Founded in 1911
Headquarters- Armonk, New York
CEO- Ginni Rometty
Revenue (2014) $92.793 billion
Operating income (2014) $19.986 billion
Net income (2014) $12.023 billion
Total assets (2014) $117.53 billion
Total equity (2014) $11.868 billion
Employees (2014) 379,592
Traded as IBM

Kroger

24. Kroger

Founded in 1883
Headquarters- Cincinnati, Ohio
CEO- David Dillon
Revenue (2014) $108.5 billion
Operating income (2013) $2.763 billion
Net income (2014) $1.73 billion
Total assets (2013) $24.652 billion
Total equity (2013) $4.207 billion
Employees (2013) 343,000
Traded as KR

Marathon Petroleum

25. Marathon Petroleum
Founded in 2005
Headquarters- Findlay, Ohio
CEO- Gary R. Heminger
Revenue (2012) $84.24 billion
Operating Income (2012) $5.09 billion
Net Income (2012) $3.4 billion
Total Assets (2012) $27.2 billion
Total Equity (2012) $11.69 billion
Employees (2012) 25,985
Traded as MPC

Citigroup

26. Citigroup
Founded in 1812
Headquarters- New York City, New York
CEO- Michael Corbat
Revenue (2014) $76.88 billion
Operating income (2014) $14.36 billion
Net income (2014) $7.31 billion
Total assets (2014) $1.89 trillion
Total equity (2014) $210.5 billion
Employees (2014) 243,000
Traded as C

Archer Daniels Midland

27. Archer Daniels Midland
Founded in 1902
Headquarters- Chicago, Illinois
CEO- Patricia Woertz
Revenue (2014) $81.201 billion
Operating income (2012) $4.021 billion
Net income (2012) $1.223 billion
Total assets (2012) $41.553 billion
Total equity (2012) $18.169 billion
Employees (2013) 33,000
Traded as ADM

AmerisourceBergen

28. AmerisourceBergen
Founded in 2001
Headquarters- Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
CEO- Steven H. Collis
Revenue (2012) $79.49 billion
Operating Income (2012) $1.253 billion
Net Income (2012) $719.0 million
Total Assets (2012) $15.44 billion
Total Equity (2012) $2.457 billion
Traded as ABC
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