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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 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. These corporations have revenues of at least US$10 billion.
Examples of bank holding companies include JPMorgan Chase & Co., U.S. Bancorp and Citicorp. A bank holding company is a corporate entity that owns a controlling interest in one or more banks.
A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. [1] A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own stock of other companies to form a corporate group. In some jurisdictions around the world, holding companies are called ...
In the United States, some of the examples are The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery and The Trump Organization (see below). In Canada, one of the examples is Hudson's Bay Company. Another such conglomerate is J.D. Irving, Limited, which controls a large portion of the economic activities as well as media in the Province of New Brunswick.
The following list contains the world's 50 largest family businesses by revenue. All data comes from the Family Business Index 500 report by the British auditing firm Ernst & Young and the University of St. Gallen, which lists the 500 largest family businesses in the world. All 500 companies on the list had a combined turnover of $7.3 trillion ...
Walmart holds a 68.5% stake in the combined company. Central American Retail Holding Company (CARHCO) - formed as a joint venture in 2001 with three equal partners: Royal Ahold NV and two Central American groups: the Paiz family, the major shareholders of La Fragua; and Corporación de Supermercados Unidos (CSU). In September 2005, Walmart ...