全球TOP200家族企业排行榜.doc

全球TOP200家族企业排行榜*Wal-Mart Stores Walton family Discount retail chain/Bentonville, Ark. Founded: 1962 Revenues: $217.8 billion Employees: 1.38 million  From single store in Arkansas in 1962, founder Sam Walton (d. 1992) and younger brother James L. (Bud) built Wal-Mart into world’s largest retailer, with about 4,400 stores today (bigger than Sears, Kmart and J.C. Penney combined). Sam’s descendants own about 38%. Sam’s son Robson, 58, is now chairman. 2. *Ford Motor Co. Ford family Auto manufacturer/Dearborn, Mich. Founded: 1903 Revenues: $162.4 billion Employees: 354,431  Pioneering auto firm now in its fourth generation. Henry Ford (1863-1947) introduced mass production and dominated early auto market with the Model T. His grandson Henry II (1917-1987) rebuilt the company as CEO, 1960-1980, with younger brother William (retired 1995) as finance committee chairman. William’s son William Jr., chairman since 1999, acquired Volvo Cars. Ford family still owns about 40% of voting stock. 3. *Samsung Group Lee family Conglomerate/Seoul, South Korea Founded: 1938 Revenues: $98.7 billion Employees: 175,000  Thanks to recent turnaround, now the largest chaebol (family conglomerate) in South Korea. Flagship Samsung Electronics division is one of world’s largest makers of computer memory chips; also makes home electronics equipment, mobile phones, microwave ovens, etc. Other divisions deal in life insurance, securities, trading. 4. LG Group Koo family Conglomerate/Seoul, South Korea Revenues: $81 billion Employees: 130,000 www.lg.co.kr LG Group (formerly Lucky Goldstar) is one of the five largest chaebols (family-run industrial groups) in South Korea. With operations in more than 120 countries, the group organizes its principal activities into chemicals and energy (LG Chemical, Korea’s largest chemical company), electronics and telecommunications (LG Electronics, one of the largest consumer electronics firms in Korea), financial services (LG Inve