Comments on: Visualizing the Fortune 500 in America

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:54 +0000

MichaelGat – good point …
right in there with another point of widget construction – screw Made in (insert GPS cord)

By: MichaelGat

MichaelGat — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:19:25 +0000

This map is incredibly misleading, in that it presumes that a company is “located” in whatever city it’s HQ is located in. This is often far from the truth.

Boeing is “located” in Chicago, based on this map. But really, most of it’s operations are elsewhere. Intel is located in Santa Clara, CA, but it’s biggest site and increasingly the most important pieces of its operations is outside Portland. Berkshire Hathaway is “located” in Omaha, but we all know its presence there is limited to a small building with a handful of employees, while virtually all operations are elsewhere.

We might as well state that most of the Fortune 500 are “located” in Delaware because that’s where most of them incorporate, regardless of any actual presence.

By: Marc P

Marc P — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:08:35 +0000

It is interesting that financial services are not number one on the list. Maybe these numbers aren’t current, but it’s hard to imagine an industry making more money than the top 10 banks these days. Of course, if one considers the bonuses as salary, I suppose there is not much left over for the outside shareholders. On the other hand, if one considers the bonuses as a preferential dividend distribution then we would have an entirely different chart.

By: TRAKR

TRAKR — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:43:02 +0000

Onterestingly – three of the states that have zero Fortune 500 companies, New Mexico(Santa Fe), Wyoming (Jackson Hole) and Montana (Missoula) are high quality of life!

By: CTX

CTX — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:45:29 +0000

BRitholtz, please let us know when you will be making an appearance on tv or on the bloomberg radio network, at times like this it is crucial you are heard