Fortune 500

company

Commercial enterprise or guests

• corporationLegally separate business entity
• conglomerateCorporation spanning many industries
• multinationalOperating across multiple countries

enterprise · giant · behemoth · powerhouse · titan · firm · blue chip · headquartered · American · domestic

revenue

Business income total

• profitsFinancial surplus after costs
• earningsMoney gained from work
• growthIncrease in size

market cap · valuation · stock price · shareholder value · dividends · quarterly · fiscal year · balance sheet · IPO · assets

list

Sequence of recorded items

• magazineBound periodical with articles
• rankingOrdered position assignment
• annualOccurring every year

largest · top · revenue · placement · methodology · threshold · cutoff · debut · dropped · climbed

CEO

Top corporate officer

• executiveSenior organizational leader
• boardroomCorporate decision venue
• C-suiteTop executive positions

chairman · founder · management · succession · compensation · golden parachute · corner office · leadership · decision-maker · visionary

lobbying

Advocating to decision-makers

• policyAdopted principle of action
• regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
• legislationOfficial enactment of statutes

corporate power · clout · dominance · market share · monopoly · antitrust · political donations · networking · elite · Washington

retail

Sales to end users

• technologyApplied scientific methods
• energyPower to do work
• healthcareOrganized provision of treatment

financial services · automotive · telecommunications · aerospace · pharmaceutical · insurance · banking · manufacturing · oil · consumer goods

• business rankingstop 100, industry leaders, market leaders, Forbes list, global rankings
• corporatecorporation, CEO, office, CFO, cubicle
• business typesbig business, business, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership
• rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
• Corporate Termssubsidiary, CFO, affiliate, division, merger
• corporate historyincorporation, chartered companies, limited liability, corporate law, mergers