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(Top) 1 Africa. Toggle Africa subsection. 1.1 Angola. 1.2 Nigeria. 1.3 ... This is a list of notable private security companies. Africa. Angola. Alfa 5; Teleservice;
A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government.Products typically include military or civilian aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems, while services can include logistics, technical support and training, communications support, and engineering support in cooperation ...
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.
Prosegur was founded in 1976 by Herberto Gut. It began as a private security company, with a particular focus on power plants, industrial facilities and shopping centres. [1] In 1987, it became the first security company to list on the Madrid Stock Exchange, [2] and remains the largest company in the private security industry in Spain ...
G4S is the world's largest security company measured by revenues. It has operations in more than 85 countries. [4] With over 533,000 employees, [2] by 2012 it was the largest European and African private employer. [5] [6] The company has been criticised and involved in numerous controversies.
This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 2024 rankings and other sources. [2] American retail corporation Walmart has been the world's largest company by revenue since 2014. [1] The list is limited to the largest 50 companies, all of which have annual revenues exceeding US ...
A security guard (also known as a security inspector, security officer, factory guard, or protective agent) is a person employed by a government or private party to protect the employing party's assets (property, people, equipment, money, etc.) from a variety of hazards (such as crime, waste, damages, unsafe worker behavior, etc.) by enforcing preventative measures.
The private security industry in South Africa is the largest in the world, [2] with over 10,380 registered companies and over 2.5 million registered security guards of which 556,000 active and a further 2 million reserves; [3] many times more than the available personnel of the South African Police Service and South African Army, combined [4 ...