2024 Fortune 500 – Here's the list's newcomers and repeat winners

The June/July 2024 issue of Fortune, featuring the 2024 Fortune 500.
The June/July 2024 issue of Fortune, featuring the 2024 Fortune 500. Photo credit Fortune

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- And so it is written, the financial bible has spoken: Walmart has snagged the top spot of the 2024 Fortune 500 (complete list), an honor it has had for the past 12 years.

This year's list -- released Tuesday morning and celebrating its 70th year -- ranks the largest U.S. corporations by revenue for the 2023 fiscal year. Amazon, Apple, UnitedHealth Group and Berkshire Hathaway followed Walmart to round out the top five.

Walmart kept its corporate crown this year, continuing for a twelfth year in a row to snag the number-one spot on the Fortune 500. Here, a Walmart on May 14, 2024 in Miami.
Walmart kept its corporate crown this year, continuing for a twelfth year in a row to snag the number-one spot on the Fortune 500. Here, a Walmart on May 14, 2024 in Miami. Photo credit Joe Raedle/Getty Images

There are 49 companies that have been on the Fortune 500 for all of its 70 years, Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell points out in her editor's note in the June/July 2024 issue. "Staying big and successful for 70 years is no easy feat," she writes. "The lifespan of most large companies is only a few decades.”

2024 Fortune 500 top 10

1. Walmart
2. Amazon
3. Apple
4. UnitedHealth Group
5. Berkshire Hathaway
6. CVS Health
7. Exxon Mobil
8. Alphabet
9. McKesson
10. Cencora

CVS announced staff reductions and store closures this year, but it still remains one of the country's largest corporations, occupying the number-six spot. Here, a CVS in Times Square on March 1, 2024.
CVS announced staff reductions and store closures this year, but it still remains one of the country's largest corporations, occupying the number-six spot. Here, a CVS in Times Square on March 1, 2024. Photo credit Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, Fortune’s chief executive officer said the Fortune 500 "tells the incredible story of American business, from tough times to fantastic heights, always based on facts and research, and surrounded by Fortune’s outstanding journalism and amazing stories about the business world."

People visit the booth for GE Healthcare -- which made its Fortune 500 debut this year -- during the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on November 6, 2023 in Shanghai, China.
People visit the booth for GE Healthcare -- which made its Fortune 500 debut this year -- during the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on November 6, 2023 in Shanghai, China. Photo credit Long Wei/VCG via Getty Images

Companies making Fortune 500 debut in 2024 Fortune 500

1. BrightSpring Health Services
2. Concentrix
3. DoorDash
4. EchoStar
5. First Citizens BancShares
6. GE HealthCare Technologies
7. Interactive Brokers Group
8. Intuitive Surgical
9. Microchip Technology
10. Monster Beverage Corporation,
11. New York Community Bancorp
12. Super Micro Computer
13. Workday
14. Xylem

The June/July 2024 issue with the Fortune 500 is on sale June 18.

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