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Company	Sales ($million)	Industry	Employees	Location	CEO
Walt Disney	30,752	Entertainment	129,000	Burbank	Michael Eisner
Northrop Grumman	29,853	Aerospace	125,400	Los Angeles	Ronald D. Sugar
Computer Sciences	14,768	Computer Services	90,000	El Segundo	Van B. Honeycutt
Countrywide Financial	13,835	Lease & Finance	42,140	Calabasas	Angelo R. Mozilo
Health Net	11,646	Health Care	8,560	Woodland Hills	Jay M. Gellert
Occidental Petroleum	11,368	Energy	7,200	Los Angeles	Ray R. Irani
DirecTV Group	11,360	Entertainment	11,800	El Segundo	Chase Carey
Edison International	10,199	Utilities	15,290	Rosemead	John E. Bryson
Unocal	8,003	Energy	6,590	El Segundo	Charles Williamson
KB Home	7,008	Engineering/Construction	6,000	Los Angeles	Bruce E. Karatz
Avery Dennison	5,341	Packaging	21,400	Pasadena	Philip M. Neal
Dole Food	5,316	Food Processing	64,000	Westlake Village	David H. Murdock
Mattel	5,103	Toys	25,000	El Segundo	Robert A. Eckert
Jacobs Engineering Group	4,594	Construction	35,400	Pasadena	Noel G. Watson
Hilton Hotels	3,683	Hotels/Casinos	70,000	Beverly Hills	Stephen Bollenbach
Mercury General	2,668	Insurance	4,300	Los Angeles	George Joseph
DaVita	2,299	Health care	15,300	El Segundo	Kent J. Thiry
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1,725	Entertainment	1,440	Los Angeles	Daniel J. Taylor
Univision Communications	1,787	Entertainment	4,400	Los Angeles	A. Jerrold Perenchio
21st Century Insurance Group	1,383	Insurance	2,800	Woodland Hills	Bruce W. Marlow
IndyMac Bancorp	1,175	Financial Services	5,320	Pasadena	Michael W. Perry
International Rectifier	1,061	Electronics	5,800	El Segundo	Alexander Lidlow
Cheesecake Factory	969	Restaurants	22,200	Calabasas Hills	David Overton
Public Storage	951	Real Estate	4,140	Glendale	Ronald L. Havner Jr.
Activision	948	Computer Software	1,320	Santa Monica	Robert A. Kotick
99 Cents Only Stores	863	Retail	7,620	Commerce	David Gold
City National	787	Banking	2,390	Beverly Hills	Russell Goldsmith
Ticketmaster	743	Entertainment	---	West Hollywood	Terry R. Barnes
Gemstar-TV Guide International	732	Computers/Electronics	2,010	Los Angeles	Rich Battista
Wesco Financial	509	Investments	2,470	Pasadena	Charles T. Munger

Source: Forbes Magazine, Hoovers Online, Fortune Magazine, L.A. Business Journal

Walt Disney ranks 54th among America's largest public corporations and 7th among California companies..

KB Homes was formerly known as Kaufman & Broad.

Mattel, Inc. is the world’s largest toy maker, followed by HASBRO Inc. There are more Barbie Dolls, Mattel’s most successful product, in the United States than there are people.  The name Mattel was derived from combining the first names of partners Elliot Handler and "Matt" Matson. Ruth Handler, wife of Elliot, co-founder of the company and creator of the Barbie Doll, did not contribute her first name to the company name due to "the times."

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