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This is a list of the world's largest non-governmental privately held companies by revenue.This list does not include state-owned enterprises like Sinopec, State Grid, China National Petroleum, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Pemex, Petrobras, PDVSA and others.
Private companies may be called corporations, limited companies, limited liability companies, unlimited companies, or other names, depending on where and how they are organized and structured. In the United States but not generally in the United Kingdom , the term is also extended to partnerships , sole proprietorships or business trusts .
The main law regulating Private Limited Companies is the Companies Act 2013. [21] Prior to 2015, the shareholders (known as members) had to pay a minimum of ₹ 1 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 1.5 lakh or US$1,700 in 2023) as a subscription amount to incorporate a private limited company. [22] A private limited company can have at most 200 members.
Single Member Company – Private company limited by shares or a guarantee company having a share capital, which is incorporated with one member, or whose membership is reduced to one person. Must have at least two directors and one secretary. Sole member can dispense with holding General Meetings including Annual General Meetings.
Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years. [1] In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained the top spot from KKR. [2]
A conglomerate is a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Conglomerates are typically large and multinational corporations that manage diverse business operations across various sectors.
This list comprises the largest companies currently in the United States by revenue as of 2024, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes. The Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies. There are also corporations having foundation in the United States, such as ...
This category is for companies headquartered in the United States that do not have stock that trades on a stock market and are not subsidiaries or joint ventures of companies that are publicly-traded.