If your company made over $5.4 billion last fiscal year, then you’re part of quite an exclusive club: The Fortune 500 – made up of the largest revenue generating companies from across the nation who account for $13.8 trillion in total revenue, $859 billion in total profits + employ 29.1 million people worldwide (0.36% of the Earth’s total population).
This year, 5 Nashville-area companies
in the healthcare, retail, and energy sectors are featured in the rankings. Altogether, the corporations totaled more than $115 billion in revenue and $7 billion in profits + employ nearly 500,000 people.
Here’s who made the list in 2021, which is ranked by revenue for the 2020 fiscal year.
HCA Healthcare — No. 62
Industry: Healthcare
CEO: Samuel N. Hazen
Employees: 235,000
Revenues: $52 billion
Profit: $3.7 billion
Dollar General — No. 91
Industry: Retail
CEO: Todd J. Vasos
Employees: 158,000
Revenues: $33.7 billion
Profit: $2.7 billion
Community Health Systems — No. 259
Industry: Healthcare
CEO: Tim L. Hingtgen
Employees: 62,500
Revenues: $11.8 billion
Profit: $511 million
Tractor Supply — No. 291
Industry: Retail
CEO: Harry A. Lawton III
Employees: 32,000
Revenues: $10.6 billion
Profit: $749 million
Delek US Holdings — No. 397
Industry: Petroleum refining
CEO: Ezra Uzi Yemin
Employees: 3,532
Revenues: $7.3 billion
Profit: -$608 million
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