Most Profitable Companies

Most profitable companies in the United States (Fortune 500 2014)
We have fact boxes on the 20 most profitable US companies according to the 2014 Fortune 500 on this page. Information on revenues, profits, employees and etc are sourced mainly from the companies themselves. The companies are listed in order by total net income (profit). Because of different dates of statistics, the companies may not appear to be entirely in order by revenue or profit. They are listed in the order that the 2014 Fortune 500 listed them in.

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Federal National Mortgage Association

1. 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)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

2. Freddie Mac
Founded in 1970
Headquarters- Tysons Corner, Virginia
CEO- Donald Layton
Revenue (2014) $81.221 billion
Operating income (2011) NA
Net income (2014) $48.668 billion
Total assets (2014) $1,966.061 billion
Total equity (2014) $2.651 billion
Employees (2014) 4,957
Traded as FMCC

Apple

3. 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

Exxon Mobil

4. 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

Pfizer

5. Pfizer
Founded in 1849
Headquarters- New York, New York
CEO- Ian Read
Revenue (2014) $53.785 billion
Operating Income (2013) $15.716 billion
Net Income (2014) $22.003 billion
Total Assets (2014) $172.101 billion
Total Equity (2014) $76.307 billion
Employees (2013) 78,000
Traded as PFE

Wells Fargo

6. Wells Fargo
Founded in 1852
Headquarters- San Francisco, California
CEO- John G. Stumpf
Revenue (2014) $84.3 billion
Operating income (2014) $33.9 billion
Net income (2014) $23.0 billion
Total assets (2014) $1.69 trillion
Total equity (2014) $184.3 billion
Employees (2014) 263,900
Traded as WFC

Microsoft

7. Microsoft
Founded in 1975
Headquarters- Redmond, Washington
CEO- Sayta Nadella
Revenue (2014) $86.83 billion
Operating income (2014) $27.76 billion
Net income (2014) $22.07 billion
Total assets (2014) $172.38 billion
Total equity (2014) $89.78 billion
Employees (2014) 128,076
Traded as MSFT

Chevron

8. 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

9. 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

AT&T

10. 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

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

11. 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

International Business Machines

12. 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

Wal-Mart Stores

13. 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

Johnson & Johnson

14. Johnson & Johnson
Founded in 1886
Headquarters- New Brunswick, New Jersey
CEO- Alex Gorsky
Revenue (2014) $74.331 billion
Operating income (2014) $20.563 billion
Net income (2014) $16.323 billion
Total assets (2014) $131.119 billion
Total equity (2014) $69.752 billion
Employees (2014) 126,500
Traded as JNJ

Citigroup

15. 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

General Electric

16. 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

Google

17. Google
Founded in 1998
Headquarters- Mountain View, California
CEO- Larry Page
Revenue (2014) $66.001 billion
Operating Income (2014) $16.496 billion
Net Income (2014) $14.444 billion
Total Assets (2014) $131.133 billion
Total Equity (2014) $104.5 billion
Employees (2014) 55,419
Traded as GOOGL

Verizon Communications

18. 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

Bank of America

19. 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

Proctor & Gamble

20. Proctor & Gamble
Founded in 1837
Headquarters- Cincinnati, Ohio
CEO- A.G. Lafley
Revenue (2014) $83.06 billion
Operating income (2014) $15.29 billion
Net income (2014) $11.64 billion
Total assets (2013) $139.26 billion
Total equity (2013) $68.06 billion
Employees (2013) 121,000
Traded as PG
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