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A comment on Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exceeding Apple. Parent comment

Re:Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exce... by dmix on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:02PM (#19546189)
Cargill

> Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue. If it were a public company, it would rank, as of 2015, number 15 on the Fortune 500, behind McKesson and ahead of AT&T.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill

The OP's claim about the "largest companies being private" isn't exactly true...

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Re:Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exce... by refurb on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:19PM (#19547753)
Just a caveat, that’s in term of revenue.

McKesson is a drug wholesaler, so if they buy a case of an expensive drug for $999K and sell it for $1M, that’s $1M in revenue.

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