Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exceeding Apple

Re:Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exce... by boldslogan on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:26PM (#19547853)

Inter IKEA. iirc they own, among the largest furniture company in the world, a bank, real estate...and so on. And they are very private...

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Re:Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exce... by GCA10 on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:09PM (#19548829)

Ikea's annual revenue is about 38 billion Euros. That would rank it about #200 on the Fortune 500 global list, in terms of revenue. By Fortune's tally, at least, all of the top 10 are either state-controlled energy companies, auto companies, WalMart or Berkshire Hathaway.

Big, fully private companies are quite fascinating. (I think we're settling on a definition that involves a tight inner circle of ownership, with no stock-market listing and no government control). But they are pretty lightly represented in revenue/size-based lists like the Fortune 500.

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Re:Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exce... by shmed on Monday April 01, 2019 @05:40PM (#19548595)

I have a hard time believing IKEA is worth anywhere close to what the big tech giants are worth.

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Re:Saudi Aramco Is World’s Most Profitable Company, Far Exce... by dmitriid on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:39PM (#19547976)

IKEA us also Sweden’s largest food exporter (or so I’m told).

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