Ranking of the 500 largest family businesses globally

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A ranking of the largest 500 family businesses by revenue.

Revenues(3.5 - 648.1 b.)

Founding year(1610 - 2007)

Voting control(32 - 75%)


Rank	Company	Jurisdiction	Revenue (US$ b)	Founding Year	Industry	Type	Employees	Family	Voting control (%)
1	Walmart Inc.	United States	648.13	1962	Retail	Public	2,149,000	Walton	≥32
2	Volkswagen Group	Germany	356.71	1937	Mobility	Public	684,000	Porsche / Piëch	≥50
3	Schwarz Group	Germany	179.09	1930	Retail	Private	575,000	Schwarz	≥75
4	Cargill, Inc.	United States	177.00	1865	Consumer Products	Private	160,000	Cargill-MacMillan	≥75
5	Ford Motor Company	United States	176.19	1903	Mobility	Public	177,000	Ford	≥32
6	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)	Germany	168.12	1916	Mobility	Public	155,000	Quandt	≥32
7	Tata Sons Ltd.	India	165.00	1917	Advanced Manufacturing	Private	1,028,000	Tata	≥75
8	Koch Industries, Inc.	United States	125.00	1940	Oil & Gas	Private	120,000	Koch	≥75
9	Comcast Corporation	United States	121.57	1963	Telecommunications	Public	186,000	Roberts	≥32
10	Reliance Industries Ltd.	India	109.90	1966	Oil & Gas	Public	389,000	Ambani	≥32
11	SK Inc.	South Korea	101.38	1953	Technology	Public	118,000	Chey	≥32
12	Robert Bosch GmbH	Germany	99.99	1886	Advanced Manufacturing	Private	429,000	Bosch	≥75
13	LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton	France	93.14	1987	Retail	Public	213,000	Arnault	≥50
14	MSC Group	Switzerland	92.60	1970	Mobility	Private	213,000	Aponte	≥75
15	ALDI SÜD Group	Germany	91.76	1913	Retail	Private	50,000	Albrecht	≥75
16	JBS S.A.	Brazil	72.92	1953	Consumer Products	Public	270,000	Batista	≥32
17	Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.	Japan	69.88	1911	Oil & Gas	Public	14,000	Idemitsu	≥32
18	ArcelorMittal S.A.	Luxembourg	68.28	1976	Mining & Metals	Public	127,000	Mittal	≥32
19	Koç Holding	Türkiye	67.79	1926	Oil & Gas	Public	119,000	Koç	≥50
20	Roche Holding Ltd.	Switzerland	67.23	1896	Life Sciences	Public	104,000	Hoffmann / Oeri	≥50
21	Aditya Birla Management Corporation	India	66.00	1857	Advanced Manufacturing	Private	187,000	Birla	≥75
22	INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG	Germany	65.67	1946	Mobility	Private	305,000	Schaeffler	≥75
23	LG Corp.	South Korea	64.68	1947	Technology	Public	15,000	Koo	≥32
24	Country Garden Holdings	China	63.96	1992	RE, Hospitality & Construction	Public	70,000	Yang	≥50
25	AnheuserBusch InBev	Belgium	59.38	1852	Consumer Products	Public	155,000	De Spoelberch / De Mévius / Van Damme	≥32
26	Tyson Foods, Inc.	United States	52.88	1935	Consumer Products	Public	139,000	Tyson	≥50
27	PHOENIX Pharma SE	Germany	51.38	1994	Life Sciences	Private	48,000	Merckle	≥75
28	A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S	Denmark	51.07	1904	Mobility	Public	106,000	Maersk	≥50
29	Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.	Netherlands	50.62	1851	Consumer Products	Private	18,000	Dreyfus	≥50
30	Enterprise Products Partners L.P.	United States	49.72	1968	Oil & Gas	Public	6,000	Duncan	≥32
31	Exor Group	Italy	48.37	1899	Banking & Capital Markets	Public	84,000	Agnelli	≥75
32	América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.	Mexico	48.30	2000	Telecommunications	Public	176,000	Slim	≥50
33	Mars, Incorporated	United States	47.00	1911	Consumer Products	Private	125,000	Mars	≥75
34	CMA CGM Group	France	47.00	1978	Mobility	Private	146,000	Saadé	≥50
35	Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd.	China	45.97	1995	Consumer Products	Public	19,000	Li	≥50
36	Meritz Financial Group Inc.	South Korea	44.97	1945	Insurance	Public	<1,000	Cho	≥32
37	George Weston Ltd.	Canada	44.56	1882	Retail	Public	220,000	Weston	≥50
38	L'Oréal Groupe	France	44.53	1909	Consumer Products	Public	95,000	Bettencourt	≥32
39	H.E. Butt Grocery Company (H-E-B)	United States	43.60	1905	Retail	Private	154,000	Butt	≥75
40	Hanwha Corporation	South Korea	40.81	1952	Advanced Manufacturing	Public	5,000	Kim	≥32