The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

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The Fortune 500, in its 70th year in 2024, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

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The 200 companies on this list are transforming industries from the inside out.

America's Most Innovative Companies

The 26th edition of the list shows how much esteem Big Tech giants command among other business leaders.

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World's Most Admired Companies

The 25th Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list suggests that tech giants’ peers respect them as much as ever.

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The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

The 300 companies on this list are transforming industries from the inside out.

The Fortune 500, in its 69th year in 2023, ranks the biggest U.S. companies by revenue.

Just as it dominates our economy, Big Tech now dominates Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation.

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Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

Fortune collaborated with the Diligent Institute to rank the most innovative boards of directors among S&P 500.

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The company founded as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company makes the list with an impressive and diverse group of directors. 3M’s board scored highly in gender equality, senior independent nonexecutive director representation, and board expertise. While recent results for the company have been impacted by supply-chain constraints and rising inflation, long-term prospects look good.  
 
Patricia A. Woertz, former chairman and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, is one of six 3M board members (out of 13 total) to have held a CEO post. The others include Gregory R. Page (Cargill), Muhtar Kent (Coca-Cola), Herbert L. Henkel (Ingersoll-Rand), Michael L. Eskew (UPS), and David B. Dillon (Kroger). 3M CEO Michael Roman also serves as the board’s chairman. Dow CEO James R. Fitterling is the other currently active CEO on the board.  
 
Roman has <a href="https://fortune.com/2021/03/09/the-pandemic-was-an-awakening-for-3m-ceo-daily/">called the pandemic</a> an “awakening” for 3M. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, Roman told Fortune in 2021, the Minneapolis-based company increased its focus on the well-being of employees and the economic health of the Twin Cities area. He said that business leaders can “use the same lessons and abilities you have built in business success and apply them more broadly to whatever is most important to your stakeholders—and that includes your employees.” 
 
The former CFOs of Microsoft and Accenture are 3M directors, as is Dambisa Moyo, former global economist at Goldman Sachs and director at Chevron and Condé Nast. 3M’s board also includes Susan Kereere, the head of global business solutions at Fiserv, and Thomas K. Brown, the former group vice president of global purchasing at Ford. These two offer the perspective of the company’s customers, an increasingly important voice to have on any corporate board.

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This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 68th running of the list.

After a year in which humanity leaned more heavily than ever on tech giants, see which companies topped Fortune's ranking of corporate reputation.

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Total revenue for the world’s biggest companies fell 4.8% to $31.7 trillion this year—the first decline in half a decade.

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Conglomerate 3M weathered 2020 thanks to its diverse slate of businesses. While sales in many segments tumbled because of the pandemic, they rose in others. In the positive column were home improvement products (credit all those renovations during lockdown); personal safety items (production of N95 respirators tripled); and filters for biotech labs (as pharma companies pushed to create COVID-19 vaccines). But some of 3M’s other big businesses suffered, including industrial products and office supplies. That’s partly because corporate customers slowed their manufacturing and consumers switched to remote work and therefore didn’t need as many Post-it notes. The result: flat revenue of $32.2 billion in 2020 and profits of $5.38 billion, up nearly 18%.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:12673,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12}">Conglomerate 3M weathered 2020 thanks to its diverse slate of businesses. While sales in many segments tumbled because of the pandemic, they rose in others. In the positive column were home improvement products (credit all those renovations during lockdown); personal safety items (production of N95 respirators tripled); and filters for biotech labs (as pharma companies pushed to create COVID-19 vaccines). But some of 3M’s other big businesses suffered, including industrial products and office supplies. That’s partly because corporate customers slowed their manufacturing and consumers switched to remote work and therefore didn’t need as many Post-it notes. The result: flat revenue of $32.2 billion in 2020 and profits of $5.38 billion, up nearly 18%.

Companies on this year's list earned recognition based on surveys of 19.8 million employees worldwide.

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This year’s Fortune 500 marks the 67th running of the list.

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For an astounding 13th straight year, Apple claims the top spot in Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation, based on a survey of almost 3,800 executives, directors, and analysts.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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Based in St. Paul, Minn, and with corporate operations in 70 countries, 3M makes a wide range of products covering areas from health care to office supplies. The company has been in spotlight throughout the coronavirus pandemic, ramping up its production of N95 respirator masks and partnering with MIT in an attempt to develop a rapid COVID-19 test.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 66th running of the list.

The St. Paul, Minn.-based company, with corporate operations in 70 countries, makes a wide range of products covering areas from health care to office supplies.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2019 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.7 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 65th running of the list.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2018 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 64th running of the list.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2017 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 63rd running of the list.

Here are the World's Most Admired Companies for 2016 as ranked in their industries. See who made the list.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.6 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 62nd running of the list.

Business insiders have spoken: Asked which companies they most admire, more than 4,100 executives, directors, and analysts chose these top 50 All-Stars.

The world's 500 largest companies generated $31.2 trillion in revenues and $1.7 trillion in profits in 2014. Together, this year's Fortune Global 500 employ 65 million people worldwide and are represented by 36 countries.

This year's Fortune 500 marks the 61st running of the list. Wal-Mart claims the top spot again. See who made the list.

Global business is back. After limping through a worldwide financial crisis and economic slowdown, the 500 largest companies ranked by revenues shattered all sorts of performance records in 2013: They racked up combined revenues of $31.1 trillion, up 2.5% from 2012, and profits soared 27% to nearly $2 trillion. China’s 95 companies (up from 89 last year) posted $5.8 trillion in revenues. The U.S. has four fewer companies on the list than last year but remains (for now) the country leader, with 128 corporations on the list—including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores—reporting $8.6 trillion in revenues. 

Wal-Mart stayed on top as its sales crept closer to half-a-trillion dollars. Apple moved into the top five. And UnitedHealth Group continued its steady climb. 

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