# $443 billion in revenue

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**Created:** [April 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/443-billion-in-revenue/28201 "2009-04-19T16:20:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![castlerock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/castlerock/32/1503_2.png) [@castlerock](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/castlerock)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/443-billion-in-revenue/28201/1 "2009-04-19T16:20:41Z")

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Exxon Mobil shoved aside Wal-Mart Stores to retake the top place on the Fortune 500, proving that Big Oil was king of the economy last year.

Exxon Mobil was the top selling-company in 2008, with nearly $443 billion in revenue, a jump of almost 19% from the prior year. The Irving, Texas-based oil giant was also the most profitable, with earnings of $45.2 billion.

[Fortune-500: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106931/Fortune-500)

I wonder how they are doing that??? LOL

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**Author:** ![renny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/renny/32/2104_2.png) [@renny](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/renny)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/443-billion-in-revenue/28201/2 "2009-04-19T16:37:28Z")

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> [@castlerock](#):
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> Exxon Mobil shoved aside Wal-Mart Stores to retake the top place on the Fortune 500, proving that Big Oil was king of the economy last year.
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> Exxon Mobil was the top selling-company in 2008, with nearly $443 billion in revenue, a jump of almost 19% from the prior year. The Irving, Texas-based oil giant was also the most profitable, with earnings of $45.2 billion.
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> [Fortune-500: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106931/Fortune-500)
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> I wonder how they are doing that??? LOL

By making the fuel that powers our “everything right now lifestyle”. It’s mad genius. 😃

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**Author:** ![jankren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jankren](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/jankren)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/443-billion-in-revenue/28201/3 "2009-04-19T20:20:13Z")

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And how much tax do they pay? A LOT!