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The 1959 Fortune 500 List

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Rank: 1            Company:  General Motors
Rank: 2            Company:  Exxon Mobil
Rank: 3            Company:  Ford Motor
Rank: 4            Company:  General Electric
Rank: 5            Company:  U.S. Steel
Rank: 6            Company:  Mobil
Rank: 7            Company:  Gulf Oil
Rank: 8            Company:  Esmark
Rank: 9            Company:  Texaco
Rank: 10            Company:  AT&T Technologies
Rank: 11            Company:  Chrysler
Rank: 12            Company:  Bethlehem Steel
Rank: 13            Company:  CBS
Rank: 14            Company:  Amoco
Rank: 15            Company:  Armour
Rank: 16            Company:  DuPont
Rank: 17            Company:  Boeing
Rank: 18            Company:  Shell Oil
Rank: 19            Company:  ChevronTexaco
Rank: 20            Company:  General Dynamics
Rank: 21            Company:  Kraft
Rank: 22            Company:  Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Rank: 23            Company:  Union Carbide
Rank: 24            Company:  Procter & Gamble
Rank: 25            Company:  Douglas Aircraft
Rank: 26            Company:  United Technologies
Rank: 27            Company:  Sinclair Oil
Rank: 28            Company:  Intl. Business Machines
Rank: 29            Company:  RCA
Rank: 30            Company:  Navistar International
Rank: 31            Company:  Continental Group
Rank: 32            Company:  ConocoPhillips
Rank: 33            Company:  Firestone Tire & Rubber
Rank: 34            Company:  American Can
Rank: 35            Company:  Citgo Petroleum
Rank: 36            Company:  General Foods
Rank: 37            Company:  Lockheed Martin
Rank: 38            Company:  International Paper
Rank: 39            Company:  Borden Chemical
Rank: 40            Company:  Republic Steel
Rank: 41            Company:  Rockwell Automation
Rank: 42            Company:  Uniroyal
Rank: 43            Company:  ARMCO
Rank: 44            Company:  Sperry
Rank: 45            Company:  Eastman Kodak
Rank: 46            Company:  Alcoa
Rank: 47            Company:  Sunoco
Rank: 48            Company:  Goodrich
Rank: 49            Company:  ITT Industries
Rank: 50            Company:  Wilson
Rank: 51            Company:  Ryerson Tull
Rank: 52            Company:  Jones & Laughlin Steel
Rank: 53            Company:  Burlington Industries Equity
Rank: 54            Company:  Nabisco Group Holdings
Rank: 55            Company:  Fortune Brands
Rank: 56            Company:  Dow Chemical
Rank: 57            Company:  Honeywell Intl.
Rank: 58            Company:  Bendix
Rank: 59            Company:  Olin
Rank: 60            Company:  Conoco
Rank: 61            Company:  Caterpillar
Rank: 62            Company:  Tidewater Oil
Rank: 63            Company:  Monsanto
Rank: 64            Company:  National Intergroup
Rank: 65            Company:  Atlantic Richfield
Rank: 66            Company:  AMAX
Rank: 67            Company:  Colgate-Palmolive
Rank: 68            Company:  BorgWarner
Rank: 69            Company:  Allis-Chalmers
Rank: 70            Company:  General Mills
Rank: 71            Company:  American Cyanamid
Rank: 72            Company:  Anaconda
Rank: 73            Company:  Standard Brands
Rank: 74            Company:  PPG Industries
Rank: 75            Company:  Owens-Illinois
Rank: 76            Company:  Campbell Soup
Rank: 77            Company:  Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Rank: 78            Company:  Ralston Purina
Rank: 79            Company:  Martin Marietta
Rank: 80            Company:  Pure Oil
Rank: 81            Company:  Deere
Rank: 82            Company:  Bestfoods
Rank: 83            Company:  American Motors
Rank: 84            Company:  GenCorp
Rank: 85            Company:  Crown Zellerbach
Rank: 86            Company:  NL Industries
Rank: 87            Company:  Reynolds Metals
Rank: 88            Company:  McDonnell Douglas
Rank: 89            Company:  Sealed Air
Rank: 90            Company:  Asarco
Rank: 91            Company:  Foremost Dairies
Rank: 92            Company:  Nabisco Brands
Rank: 93            Company:  Hygrade Food Products
Rank: 94            Company:  Weyerhaeuser
Rank: 95            Company:  Kaisertech
Rank: 96            Company:  Unocal
Rank: 97            Company:  Whirlpool
Rank: 98            Company:  Morrell (John)
Rank: 99            Company:  Kennecott
Rank: 100            Company:  NCR
Rank: 101            Company:  Curtiss-Wright
Rank: 102            Company:  BP America
Rank: 103            Company:  J.P. Stevens
Rank: 104            Company:  Lever Brothers
Rank: 105            Company:  Merritt-Chapman & Scott
Rank: 106            Company:  United Merchants & Mfrs.
Rank: 107            Company:  Carnation
Rank: 108            Company:  IPL
Rank: 109            Company:  St. Regis
Rank: 110            Company:  3M
Rank: 111            Company:  Raytheon
Rank: 112            Company:  Wyeth
Rank: 113            Company:  Sunray DX Oil
Rank: 114            Company:  Cudahy
Rank: 115            Company:  Babcock & Wilcox
Rank: 116            Company:  Combustion Engineering
Rank: 117            Company:  Singer
Rank: 118            Company:  Hormel Foods
Rank: 119            Company:  Pullman
Rank: 120            Company:  Beatrice
Rank: 121            Company:  American Standard
Rank: 122            Company:  Pillsbury
Rank: 123            Company:  Philco
Rank: 124            Company:  TRW
Rank: 125            Company:  Crane
Rank: 126            Company:  Sylvania Electric Products
Rank: 127            Company:  Chance Vought
Rank: 128            Company:  Kimberly-Clark
Rank: 129            Company:  Honeywell
Rank: 130            Company:  Continental Baking
Rank: 131            Company:  Del Monte Foods
Rank: 132            Company:  Amstar
Rank: 133            Company:  FMC
Rank: 134            Company:  Liggett Group
Rank: 135            Company:  Quaker Oats
Rank: 136            Company:  Coca-Cola
Rank: 137            Company:  Manville
Rank: 138            Company:  Rath Packing
Rank: 139            Company:  Libby, McNeill & Libby
Rank: 140            Company:  ACF Industries
Rank: 141            Company:  H.J. Heinz
Rank: 142            Company:  Unisys
Rank: 143            Company:  Scott Paper
Rank: 144            Company:  Avco
Rank: 145            Company:  Consolidation Coal
Rank: 146            Company:  Ashland
Rank: 147            Company:  Altria Group
Rank: 148            Company:  CF&I Steel
Rank: 149            Company:  Marathon Oil
Rank: 150            Company:  Lorillard
Rank: 151            Company:  Phelps Dodge
Rank: 152            Company:  White Motor
Rank: 153            Company:  USG
Rank: 154            Company:  Johnson & Johnson
Rank: 155            Company:  Oscar Mayer
Rank: 156            Company:  Container Corp. of America
Rank: 157            Company:  Koppers
Rank: 158            Company:  Richfield Oil
Rank: 159            Company:  Anheuser-Busch
Rank: 160            Company:  Northrop Grumman
Rank: 161            Company:  Mead
Rank: 162            Company:  M. Lowenstein
Rank: 163            Company:  Sherwin-Williams
Rank: 164            Company:  Skelly Oil
Rank: 165            Company:  Mack Trucks
Rank: 166            Company:  Carrier
Rank: 167            Company:  A.O. Smith
Rank: 168            Company:  J.E. Seagram
Rank: 169            Company:  American-Marietta
Rank: 170            Company:  Kaiser Industries
Rank: 171            Company:  Armstrong Holdings
Rank: 172            Company:  Pet
Rank: 173            Company:  Furniture Brands Intl.
Rank: 174            Company:  Textron
Rank: 175            Company:  McGraw-Edison
Rank: 176            Company:  Brown Shoe
Rank: 177            Company:  Hercules
Rank: 178            Company:  Quantum Chemical
Rank: 179            Company:  AMF
Rank: 180            Company:  Otis Elevator
Rank: 181            Company:  Central Soya
Rank: 182            Company:  Dresser Industries
Rank: 183            Company:  Grumman
Rank: 184            Company:  Celanese
Rank: 185            Company:  Pfizer
Rank: 186            Company:  Kellogg
Rank: 187            Company:  Republic Aviation
Rank: 188            Company:  Wheeling Pittsburgh
Rank: 189            Company:  Genesco
Rank: 190            Company:  Glidden
Rank: 191            Company:  American Viscose
Rank: 192            Company:  Aeroquip-Vickers
Rank: 193            Company:  Motorola
Rank: 194            Company:  Archer Daniels Midland
Rank: 195            Company:  Fruehauf
Rank: 196            Company:  Westvaco
Rank: 197            Company:  Merck
Rank: 198            Company:  Westinghouse Air Brake
Rank: 199            Company:  GATX
Rank: 200            Company:  Rockwell-Standard
Rank: 201            Company:  Champion International
Rank: 202            Company:  Allegheny International
Rank: 203            Company:  Schenley Industries
Rank: 204            Company:  Eaton
Rank: 205            Company:  Sterling Drug
Rank: 206            Company:  Budd
Rank: 207            Company:  Gillette
Rank: 208            Company:  Cannon Mills
Rank: 209            Company:  Brunswick
Rank: 210            Company:  Crucible Steel
Rank: 211            Company:  Hearst Consolidated Publicatio
Rank: 212            Company:  Studebaker-Worthington
Rank: 213            Company:  National Sugar Refining
Rank: 214            Company:  Bell Intercontinental
Rank: 215            Company:  Dart Industries
Rank: 216            Company:  Walter Industries
Rank: 217            Company:  Revere Copper & Brass
Rank: 218            Company:  Kaiser Steel
Rank: 219            Company:  Sunshine Biscuits
Rank: 220            Company:  Studebaker
Rank: 221            Company:  Zenith Electronics
Rank: 222            Company:  Eli Lilly
Rank: 223            Company:  Grinnell
Rank: 224            Company:  Foster Wheeler
Rank: 225            Company:  Owens Corning
Rank: 226            Company:  Rohm & Haas
Rank: 227            Company:  BOC
Rank: 228            Company:  Chemstrand
Rank: 229            Company:  Parke, Davis
Rank: 230            Company:  Newport News Shipbuilding
Rank: 231            Company:  McLouth Steel
Rank: 232            Company:  Ingersoll-Rand
Rank: 233            Company:  Case
Rank: 234            Company:  Garrett
Rank: 235            Company:  Kelsey-Hayes
Rank: 236            Company:  Warner-Lambert
Rank: 237            Company:  Champion Papers
Rank: 238            Company:  Electric Autolite
Rank: 239            Company:  Diamond International
Rank: 240            Company:  Dana
Rank: 241            Company:  General Precision Equipment
Rank: 242            Company:  Blaw-Knox
Rank: 243            Company:  General Host
Rank: 244            Company:  Cone Mills
Rank: 245            Company:  Hershey Foods
Rank: 246            Company:  Wesson Oil & Snowdrift
Rank: 247            Company:  National Gypsum
Rank: 248            Company:  Springs Industries
Rank: 249            Company:  Campbell Taggart
Rank: 250            Company:  Curtis Publishing
Rank: 251            Company:  Dan River
Rank: 252            Company:  Admiral
Rank: 253            Company:  Stauffer Chemical
Rank: 254            Company:  Corning
Rank: 255            Company:  Outboard Marine
Rank: 256            Company:  Stokely-Van Camp
Rank: 257            Company:  Staley Continental
Rank: 258            Company:  Union Camp
Rank: 259            Company:  Flintkote
Rank: 260            Company:  Timken
Rank: 261            Company:  Georgia-Pacific
Rank: 262            Company:  American Bakeries
Rank: 263            Company:  Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Rank: 264            Company:  Rheem Manufacturing
Rank: 265            Company:  Norton
Rank: 266            Company:  Fairchild Engine & Airplane
Rank: 267            Company:  Rohr
Rank: 268            Company:  Pharmacia
Rank: 269            Company:  GAF
Rank: 270            Company:  Clark Equipment
Rank: 271            Company:  Tecumseh Products
Rank: 272            Company:  Link-Belt
Rank: 273            Company:  Alco Products
Rank: 274            Company:  Abex
Rank: 275            Company:  Kerr-McGee
Rank: 276            Company:  PepsiCo
Rank: 277            Company:  H.K. Porter
Rank: 278            Company:  Keebler
Rank: 279            Company:  Bridgeport Brass
Rank: 280            Company:  Endicott Johnson
Rank: 281            Company:  Pittsburgh Steel
Rank: 282            Company:  Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
Rank: 283            Company:  Anchor Hocking
Rank: 284            Company:  Continental Motors
Rank: 285            Company:  GK Technologies
Rank: 286            Company:  Farmland Industries
Rank: 287            Company:  Interlake
Rank: 288            Company:  Spencer Kellogg & Sons
Rank: 289            Company:  Southern States Cooperative
Rank: 290            Company:  Signal Companies
Rank: 291            Company:  Hooker Chemical
Rank: 292            Company:  ESB
Rank: 293            Company:  Granite City Steel
Rank: 294            Company:  US Pharmaceuticals
Rank: 295            Company:  Ex-Cell-O
Rank: 296            Company:  Bemis
Rank: 297            Company:  Norton Simon
Rank: 298            Company:  Scovill
Rank: 299            Company:  Avon Products
Rank: 300            Company:  LTV
Rank: 301            Company:  Gerber Products
Rank: 302            Company:  AM International
Rank: 303            Company:  R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Rank: 304            Company:  Simmons
Rank: 305            Company:  Interstate Brands
Rank: 306            Company:  Abbott Laboratories
Rank: 307            Company:  Crown Holdings
Rank: 308            Company:  WestPoint Stevens
Rank: 309            Company:  American Bosch Arma
Rank: 310            Company:  Yale & Towne Manufacturing
Rank: 311            Company:  Squibb
Rank: 312            Company:  Fibreboard
Rank: 313            Company:  Material Service
Rank: 314            Company:  Chemetron
Rank: 315            Company:  Maxus Energy
Rank: 316            Company:  Bristol-Myers Squibb
Rank: 317            Company:  Cletrac
Rank: 318            Company:  I-T-E Imperial
Rank: 319            Company:  Revlon
Rank: 320            Company:  Superior Oil
Rank: 321            Company:  Inmont
Rank: 322            Company:  Cummins
Rank: 323            Company:  ITT Rayonier
Rank: 324            Company:  Collins Radio
Rank: 325            Company:  Rockwell Manufacturing
Rank: 326            Company:  Richardson-Vicks
Rank: 327            Company:  Maytag
Rank: 328            Company:  Thomas J. Lipton
Rank: 329            Company:  Sunbeam/Oster
Rank: 330            Company:  U.S. Pipe & Foundry
Rank: 331            Company:  Ward Foods
Rank: 332            Company:  Cincinnati Milacron
Rank: 333            Company:  Imcera Group
Rank: 334            Company:  Fairmont Foods
Rank: 335            Company:  Cerro
Rank: 336            Company:  Colorado Milling & Elevator
Rank: 337            Company:  Kendall
Rank: 338            Company:  Amerada Hess
Rank: 339            Company:  Falstaff Brewing
Rank: 340            Company:  American Chain & Cable
Rank: 341            Company:  Anaconda Wire & Cable
Rank: 342            Company:  Vulcan Materials
Rank: 343            Company:  National Can
Rank: 344            Company:  Lone Star Industries
Rank: 345            Company:  Minute Maid
Rank: 346            Company:  Sharon Steel
Rank: 347            Company:  Beaunit
Rank: 348            Company:  Lukens Steel
Rank: 349            Company:  City Products
Rank: 350            Company:  Federal-Mogul
Rank: 351            Company:  Eagle-Picher Industries
Rank: 352            Company:  Allied Mills
Rank: 353            Company:  Keystone Consolidated Industri
Rank: 354            Company:  Cluett Peabody
Rank: 355            Company:  McGraw-Hill
Rank: 356            Company:  Beech Aircraft
Rank: 357            Company:  Botany Industries
Rank: 358            Company:  Carborundum
Rank: 359            Company:  Royal McBee
Rank: 360            Company:  Potlatch
Rank: 361            Company:  Amsted Industries
Rank: 362            Company:  Champion Spark Plug
Rank: 363            Company:  Copperweld Steel
Rank: 364            Company:  Todd Shipyards
Rank: 365            Company:  Peabody Coal
Rank: 366            Company:  Texas Instruments
Rank: 367            Company:  Cosden Petroleum
Rank: 368            Company:  Ideal Basic Industries
Rank: 369            Company:  Stewart-Warner
Rank: 370            Company:  Wm. Wrigley Jr.
Rank: 371            Company:  Square D
Rank: 372            Company:  Stanley Works
Rank: 373            Company:  United Engineering & Foundry
Rank: 374            Company:  Island Creek Coal
Rank: 375            Company:  Mohasco
Rank: 376            Company:  Fairbanks, Morse
Rank: 377            Company:  Joy Technologies
Rank: 378            Company:  Thiokol
Rank: 379            Company:  Certainteed
Rank: 380            Company:  USM
Rank: 381            Company:  Safety-Kleen
Rank: 382            Company:  Eastern States Farmers` Exch.
Rank: 383            Company:  Dole
Rank: 384            Company:  Pabst Brewing
Rank: 385            Company:  U.S. Industries
Rank: 386            Company:  Great Western Sugar
Rank: 387            Company:  Cessna Aircraft
Rank: 388            Company:  Plymouth Oil
Rank: 389            Company:  Dayco
Rank: 390            Company:  New York Times
Rank: 391            Company:  Wagner Electric
Rank: 392            Company:  Western Publishing Group
Rank: 393            Company:  Cyclops Industries
Rank: 394            Company:  Interlake Iron
Rank: 395            Company:  Litton Industries
Rank: 396            Company:  Ruberoid
Rank: 397            Company:  Magnavox
Rank: 398            Company:  Wyandotte Chemicals
Rank: 399            Company:  Lily-Tulip Cup
Rank: 400            Company:  Kroehler Manufacturing
Rank: 401            Company:  Daystrom
Rank: 402            Company:  Trane
Rank: 403            Company:  Armstrong Rubber
Rank: 404            Company:  Cutler-Hammer
Rank: 405            Company:  Riegel Textile
Rank: 406            Company:  Pepperell Manufacturing
Rank: 407            Company:  Pacific Vegetable Oil
Rank: 408            Company:  American Agricultural Chemical
Rank: 409            Company:  Sundstrand
Rank: 410            Company:  Minnesota & Ontario Paper
Rank: 411            Company:  American Optical
Rank: 412            Company:  Harbison-Walker Refractories
Rank: 413            Company:  Solar Aircraft
Rank: 414            Company:  Mesta Machine
Rank: 415            Company:  Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply
Rank: 416            Company:  Pennwalt Corp
Rank: 417            Company:  Tobin Packing
Rank: 418            Company:  Hanna Mining
Rank: 419            Company:  Walworth
Rank: 420            Company:  Harsco
Rank: 421            Company:  Consolidated Papers
Rank: 422            Company:  Paccar
Rank: 423            Company:  Midland-Ross
Rank: 424            Company:  Philadelphia & Reading
Rank: 425            Company:  Canada Dry
Rank: 426            Company:  Hartmarx
Rank: 427            Company:  Lehigh Portland Cement
Rank: 428            Company:  St. Joseph Lead
Rank: 429            Company:  Premcor
Rank: 430            Company:  Ceco Industries
Rank: 431            Company:  Schering-Plough
Rank: 432            Company:  Reichhold Chemicals
Rank: 433            Company:  Ryan Aeronautical
Rank: 434            Company:  Chicago Pneumatic Tool
Rank: 435            Company:  Akzona
Rank: 436            Company:  Federal Paper Board
Rank: 437            Company:  Crown Central
Rank: 438            Company:  Lear Siegler
Rank: 439            Company:  OfficeMax
Rank: 440            Company:  Consolidated Cigar
Rank: 441            Company:  Butler Manufacturing
Rank: 442            Company:  Fuller (W.P.)
Rank: 443            Company:  Raybestos-Manhattan
Rank: 444            Company:  Emerson Electric
Rank: 445            Company:  Olivetti Underwood
Rank: 446            Company:  Briggs & Stratton
Rank: 447            Company:  Cleveland-Cliffs
Rank: 448            Company:  American Petrofina
Rank: 449            Company:  Reliance Electric
Rank: 450            Company:  Coltec Industries
Rank: 451            Company:  Handy & Harman
Rank: 452            Company:  Langendorf United Bakeries
Rank: 453            Company:  American Forest Products
Rank: 454            Company:  Standard Kollsman Industries
Rank: 455            Company:  Anderson-Prichard Oil
Rank: 456            Company:  Times Mirror
Rank: 457            Company:  Joy Global
Rank: 458            Company:  Robertshaw Controls
Rank: 459            Company:  P.R. Mallory
Rank: 460            Company:  Champlin Oil & Refining
Rank: 461            Company:  Lees (James) & Sons
Rank: 462            Company:  Delhi-Taylor Oil
Rank: 463            Company:  Celotex
Rank: 464            Company:  Savannah Sugar Refining
Rank: 465            Company:  Bibb Manufacturing
Rank: 466            Company:  Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Rank: 467            Company:  Permanente Cement
Rank: 468            Company:  Holly Sugar
Rank: 469            Company:  Evans Products
Rank: 470            Company:  McCall
Rank: 471            Company:  U.S. Hoffman Machinery
Rank: 472            Company:  Carey (Philip) Manufacturing
Rank: 473            Company:  Remington Arms
Rank: 474            Company:  Gould-National Batteries
Rank: 475            Company:  Fuller Brush
Rank: 476            Company:  Columbian Carbon
Rank: 477            Company:  Atlas Powder
Rank: 478            Company:  Tennessee Corp.
Rank: 479            Company:  Vitro Corp. of America
Rank: 480            Company:  Polaroid
Rank: 481            Company:  Grolier Society
Rank: 482            Company:  Standard Pressed Steel
Rank: 483            Company:  Commercial Solvents
Rank: 484            Company:  American Chicle
Rank: 485            Company:  Bulova Watch
Rank: 486            Company:  Mansfield Tire & Rubber
Rank: 487            Company:  Lear
Rank: 488            Company:  Gardner-Denver
Rank: 489            Company:  Clevite
Rank: 490            Company:  Bigelow-Sanford
Rank: 491            Company:  Laclede Steel
Rank: 492            Company:  Suntide Refining
Rank: 493            Company:  Oxford Paper
Rank: 494            Company:  Hudson Pulp & Paper
Rank: 495            Company:  Miles Laboratories
Rank: 496            Company:  Standard Packaging
Rank: 497            Company:  Riegel Paper
Rank: 498            Company:  Sutherland Paper
Rank: 499            Company:  Berkshire Hathaway
Rank: 500            Company:  Blue Bell

 

 

 

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