Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue
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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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fortune Global 500 | 8 |
| 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)
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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]
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A.
Fortune 500
Fortune 500 is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine that lists the 500 largest U.S. companies by total revenue.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A.
Fortune 500
Fortune 500 is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine that lists the 500 largest U.S. companies by total revenue.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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annual corporate ranking ⓘ company list ⓘ |
| basedOn | companies’ audited financial statements ⓘ |
| category |
business ranking
ⓘ
economic indicator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataSource |
company annual reports
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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
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public companies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Fortune editorial staff ⓘ |
| notableRelatedList |
Fortune 500
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Fortune Global 2000 ⓘ |
| numberOfRankedCompanies | 500 ⓘ |
| predecessor | 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
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business journalism ⓘ economic analysis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue Description of subject: 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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