18 CT Companies Make Fortune 500 List For 2017

Fortune Magazine is out with its coveted Fortune 500 list for 2017 and of the companies on the list, which represent two-thirds of the United States GDP with $12 trillion in revenues, 18 of them are based in Connecticut. Companies are ranked by total revenues and topping the list nationally is Walmart, followed by Berkshire Hathaway and Apple. Walmart is also the biggest employer on the list with 2.3 million employees while Apple is the most profitable company on the list.

While 15 companies dropped off the list, there were 20 newcomers on the list, including Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla. Other than clearing the bar of at least $5.1 billion in annual revenue, Fortune explains how newcomers make it on the list.

The 2017 list also includes 32 female CEOs, which Fortune says it the highest number of female CEOs to ever make the list. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

The Connecticut companies that made the list are:

• Aetna (43)
• United Technologies (50)
• Cigna (70)
• Charter Communications (96)
• Hartford Financial Services Group (153)
• Xerox (162)
• Synchrony Financial (185)
• XPO Logistics (191)
• Stanley Black & Decker (250)
• Priceline Group (268)
• Praxair (275)
• Frontier Communications (313)
• W.R. Bexley (354)
• EMCOR Group (360)
• Harman International Industries (386)
• Amphenol (424)
• Terex (445)
• United Rentals (452)

Click here to see all 500 companies and to explore the list in further detail.

To see if any of the Connecticut companies are currently hiring visit ZipRecruiter.com here and search.

Story by Feroze Dhanoa. Image via Shutterstock