Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue

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Fortune magazine ranking annual corporate ranking company list

The Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue is an annual ranking that catalogs and compares the world’s biggest companies based on their total revenues for the preceding fiscal year.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Fortune Global 500	5
Fortune 500 international list	1
Fortune Global 500 companies	1
Fortune Global 500 list	1
Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue canonical	1
Global 500	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue
Context triple: [Fortune, producesRanking, Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue]

A. Fortune 500
Fortune 500 is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine that lists the 500 largest U.S. companies by total revenue.
B. Fortune 1000
Fortune 1000 is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine that lists the 1,000 largest U.S. companies based on their revenues.
C. Best Companies to Work For
Best Companies to Work For is an annual list that highlights organizations recognized for exceptional workplace culture, employee satisfaction, and overall employment practices.
D. Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women
The Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women is an annual ranking by Forbes magazine that highlights the most influential women across politics, business, technology, media, and philanthropy worldwide.
E. Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company based in the United States, best known for its diverse portfolio of wholly owned businesses and large equity investments overseen by Warren Buffett.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue
Target entity description: The Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue is an annual ranking that catalogs and compares the world’s biggest companies based on their total revenues for the preceding fiscal year.

A. Fortune 500
Fortune 500 is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine that lists the 500 largest U.S. companies by total revenue.
B. Fortune 1000
Fortune 1000 is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine that lists the 1,000 largest U.S. companies based on their revenues.
C. Best Companies to Work For
Best Companies to Work For is an annual list that highlights organizations recognized for exceptional workplace culture, employee satisfaction, and overall employment practices.
D. Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women
The Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women is an annual ranking by Forbes magazine that highlights the most influential women across politics, business, technology, media, and philanthropy worldwide.
E. Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company based in the United States, best known for its diverse portfolio of wholly owned businesses and large equity investments overseen by Warren Buffett.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fortune magazine ranking ⓘ annual corporate ranking ⓘ company list ⓘ
basedOn	companies’ audited financial statements ⓘ
category	business ranking ⓘ economic indicator ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataSource	company annual reports ⓘ company financial filings ⓘ public financial disclosures ⓘ
dataUnit	millions of US dollars ⓘ
excludes	companies without reliable revenue data ⓘ
focus	largest corporations by revenue ⓘ
geographicCoverage	companies worldwide ⓘ
hasEdition	annual print edition ⓘ online edition ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	corporate reputation ⓘ investment perception ⓘ media coverage of companies ⓘ
includes	private companies with publicly available financials ⓘ public companies ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
maintainedBy	Fortune editorial staff ⓘ
notableRelatedList	Fortune 500 ⓘ Fortune Global 2000 ⓘ
numberOfRankedCompanies	500 ⓘ
predecessor	Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortune 500 international list
primaryMetric	annual revenue in US dollars ⓘ
publishedBy	Fortune ⓘ
publisher	Fortune magazine ⓘ
rankingCriterion	preceding fiscal year revenue ⓘ total revenue ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
secondaryMetric	assets ⓘ number of employees ⓘ profits ⓘ
sectorCoverage	all major industries ⓘ
selectionBasis	consolidated corporate revenue ⓘ
startPeriod	1990 ⓘ
timeReference	preceding fiscal year ⓘ
typicalPublicationMonth	July ⓘ
updateFrequency	annual ⓘ
usedFor	benchmarking corporate size ⓘ business journalism ⓘ economic analysis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fortune → producesRanking → Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue ⓘ

Fortune 500 → relatedList → Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global 500

Fortune Media IP Limited → publishes → Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fortune Global 500 list

Most Powerful Women in Business → relatedTo → Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue ⓘ