Wednesday, August 27, 2014

What Companies are the 15 Biggest Employers in the World? ... Give Up?

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is the world's largest publicly traded employer, with approximately 2.2 million employees across the globe, a number greater than the population of cities such as Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix.
In all, nearly 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide employ at least 175,000 workers each. These companies operate in a variety of industries, from fast food to energy to finance. They are also based throughout the world, from the United States to China to Russia to Germany. Based on figures from S&P Capital IQ, these are the largest employers in the world.
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1. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

> Total employees: 2,200,000

> Revenue: $476.3 billion

> Country: United States

> Industry: Retail

2.G4S plc

> Total employees: 618,000

> Revenue: $12.3 billion

> Country: United Kingdom

> Industry: Security services

3. Randstad Holding NV

> Total employees: 595,730

> Revenue: $22.8 billion

> Country: The Netherlands

> Industry: Human resources

4. Volkswagen AG

> Total employees: 555,097

> Revenue: $271.3 billion

> Country: Germany

> Industry: Manufacturing

5. PetroChina Co. Ltd.

> Total employees: 544,083

> Revenue: $373.0 billion

> Country: China

> Industry: Oil & gas

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