“Big pharma” and “biotech” are in the news these days. Politicians attack the industry and the price of drugs. At the same time, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and others hurry along to develop a COVID vaccine. These companies have been among the world’s most inventive, saving millions of lives with their products. Due to their […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
In our last article, we presented a history and chart on the most valuable companies in America over the past three decades. In this issue, we take a look at another interesting measure, the twenty American companies that made the highest annual dollar profits in each year over the same time span, based on the […] The post Highest Profit American Companies: 1994-2024 appeared first on Business History - The American Business History Center.| Business History – The American Business History Center
In our last article, we presented a history and chart on the largest companies in America over the past three decades. In this issue, we take a look at another interesting measure, the twenty most valuable American companies over the same time span, based on the annual Fortune 500 list. In the paragraphs below, we […] The post Most Valuable American Companies over 30 Years: 1995-2025 appeared first on Business History - The American Business History Center.| Business History – The American Business History Center
In the paragraphs below, we take a visual tour of the evolution of the largest American companies over the past thirty years. We’ve posted updates of our annual charts of America’s biggest companies from the recently published Fortune 500. The first chart shows the 25 US public companies with the largest annual revenues (sales) from 1994 […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Here we continue with our series of annual updates on America’s biggest companies from the recently published Fortune 500. This chart shows the 20 US public companies with the largest market capitalizations from 1995 through 2024. You can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. (There is also a video with sound […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Here we continue with our series of annual updates on America’s biggest companies. This chart shows the 20 biggest employers among US public companies from 1994 through 2023. You can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. (There is also a video with sound on YouTube.) Studying the chart is an education […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
“Last week we brought you an unprecedented animated chart of the Fortune 500 list since 1994. Here we go back another 40 years, when steel companies and meatpackers were still giants. Taken together, you can learn a lot from 65 years of history.” Last week, we produced an animated chart of the Fortune 500 top […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
Here we continue with our series of annual updates on America’s biggest companies. This chart shows the 20 highest profit US public companies from 1994 through 2023. You can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. (There is also a video with sound on YouTube.) embed code: Studying the chart is an […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
We’re delighted to present our annual update of our charts on the largest American companies, ranked by revenue, reflecting full year results for 2023. Here are two charts which you can pause and move to any year between 1994 and 2023. One chart is the top 25 companies, which can be seen on one screen; […]| Business History - The American Business History Center
