Amazon cracks top 5 in Fortune's top 500 largest companies as Walmart keeps top spot

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Walmart tops Fortune's list of the United States' 500 largest corporations by revenue for the seventh year in a row.

Walmart topped Fortune's list of the United States' 500 largest corporations by revenue for the seventh year in a row, as online rival Amazon cracked the top five for the first time."FORTUNE 500 companies represent two-thirds of the U.S. GDP with $13.7 trillion in revenues, $1.1 trillion in profits, $22.6 trillion in market value, and employ 28.7 million people worldwide," the company said in a statement.

In fact, five of the six most valuable companies were tech giants, with Microsoft, Apple and Amazon each reaching valuations of $1 trillion in the past year. Also, for the first time, there were 33 female-led companies on the list — the highest number of women CEOs ever. Last year there were 24 on the list.1. Walmart 2. Exxon Mobil 3. Apple 4. Berkshire Hathaway 5. Amazon.com 6. UnitedHealth Group 7. McKesson 8. CVS Health 9. AT&T 10. AmerisourceBergenFor the complete list, click here.

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yet many working there....said to B lowest paid n the nation. Pin that n a Wall if true.

Thank you American tax payers for supporting Walmart employees with living expenses.

Yeaaaaaaa, chinese human right violating patent stealing crap, low welfare wages, toxic profit, they lobby to keep ur wages ultra low... corps at their worst.

'Revenue...' Does that include the Corporate Welfare that they receive?

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Walmart-- Great American company.

They can pay their employees more and they DON'T

And this is news?

Amazing what paying workers an unrealistic wage and limiting their hours so they can’t get insurance can do for your bottom line

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