What is the biggest company in the world?

Friar Tuck

Wal-Mart according to http://detnews.com/2002/business/0204/01/-454476.htm Jul 23 02, 6:49 AM

Son of The Household Cavalry

I am taking bets on who will be the first to question what Sam means by biggest. Jul 23 02, 7:16 AM

mibmob

What does Sam mean by the Biggest? (did you win your bet SOTHC?!) Jul 23 02, 11:44 AM

Sam	Employees. Jul 23 02, 11:54 AM

Son of The Household Cavalry

I was only taking bets and did not place one. I broke even as there were a few joint favourites. If you search using 'biggest employer in the world' you get quite a few: - The Indian Railway Company claims to be the biggest employer in the world - 1.65 million people work there. members.tripod.co.uk/uditpatidar/first.html China Petro-Chemical Corporation is the biggest employer in the world according to www.smartregion.com.au/redlands/smart_business/ smart_business.asp The US Federal government is the single biggest employer in the world according to www.smarttech.com/company/mediacenter/ press/releases/woffice.asp Jul 23 02, 12:50 PM

Barrow boy

I did a lot of research on this once in order to answer a question. As I remember it, Wal-mart's US employees number around 900,000 - more than twice as much as the next US company (which I think was IBM). But furthermore, they employ around 400,000 more in their foreign subsidiaries, making them the largest US employer of non-US employees. Sorry, I can't quote a source but I really don't feel like doing it all over again! Jul 23 02, 4:28 PM