Largest Publicly-Owned Companies
Based in Los Angeles
County
Ranked by Sales, 2005
Previous Years:
2004
2003 2002 2001 2000
1999
1998
|
Company |
Sales
($million) |
Industry |
Employees |
Location |
CEO |
|
Walt Disney |
31,944 |
Entertainment |
133,000 |
Burbank |
Robert A. Iger |
|
Northrop Grumman |
30,721 |
Aerospace |
123,400 |
Los Angeles |
Ronald D. Sugar |
|
Countrywide
Financial |
18,537 |
Lease & Finance |
54,450 |
Calabasas |
Angelo R. Mozilo |
| Occidental Petroleum |
16,286 |
Energy |
8,010 |
Los Angeles |
Ray R. Irani |
|
Computer Sciences |
15,849 |
Computer Services |
79,000 |
El Segundo |
Van B. Honeycutt |
|
DIRECTV Group |
13,165 |
Entertainment |
9,200 |
El Segundo |
Chase Carey |
|
Health Net |
11,941 |
Health Care |
9,280 |
Woodland Hills |
Jay M. Gellert |
| Edison
International |
11,852 |
Utilities |
15,830 |
Rosemead |
John E. Bryson |
|
KB Home |
9,443 |
Engineering/Construction |
6,700 |
Los Angeles |
Bruce E. Karatz |
|
Dole Food |
5,871 |
Food Processing |
72,000 |
Westlake Village |
David H. Murdock |
|
Jacobs Engineering Group |
5,635 |
Construction |
38,600 |
Pasadena |
Craig L. Martin |
|
Avery Dennison |
5,496 |
Packaging |
22,600 |
Pasadena |
Dean A. Scarborough |
|
Mattel |
5,179 |
Toys |
26,000 |
El Segundo |
Robert A. Eckert |
|
Ryland Group |
4,818 |
Construction |
3,210 |
Calabasas |
R. Chad Dreier |
|
Hilton Hotels |
4,437 |
Hotels/Casinos |
61,000 |
Beverly Hills |
Stephen Bollenbach |
|
Reliance Steel & Aluminum |
3,371 |
Metals/Mining |
5,600 |
Los Angeles |
David H. Hannah |
|
DaVita |
3,072 |
Health care |
28,000 |
El Segundo |
Kent J. Thiry |
| Mercury
General |
2,992 |
Insurance |
5,000 |
Los Angeles |
George Joseph |
|
CB Richard Ellis Group |
2,911 |
Real
Estate |
14,500 |
El Segundo |
W. Brett White |
| Univision
Communications* |
1,953 |
Entertainment |
4,210 |
Los Angeles |
A. Jerrold Perenchio |
|
Guitar Center |
1,783 |
Retail |
8,150 |
Westlake Village |
Marty P. Albertson |
|
IndyMac Bancorp |
1,765 |
Financial Services |
6,440 |
Pasadena |
Michael W. Perry |
|
Molina Healthcare |
1,650 |
Health
Care |
1,500 |
Long
Beach |
J. Mario Molina |
|
Activision |
1,468 |
Computer Software |
2,140 |
Santa
Monica |
Robert A. Kotick |
|
21st
Century Insurance Group |
1,419 |
Insurance |
2,600 |
Woodland Hills |
Bruce W. Marlow |
Source:
Fortune Magazine, Hoovers
Online
* UPDATE: Univision Communications
was sold in 2006 to a consortium of private equity firms lead by
Saban
Capital Group for about $13.7 billion. Its headquarters was moved
from Los Angeles to New York.
Walt Disney
ranks 63rd among America's largest public corporations and 7th among
California companies.
Unocal
Corporation merged with Chevron in 2005. The company was
originally incorporated in Santa Paula, California,
in 1890 and
moved its headquarters to Los Angeles in 1901. In 2005, after Unocal
agreed to a buy-out merger with Chevron,
the China
National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), a Chinese state-backed
company, offered a competitive bid of
$18.5 billion. Intense
political concerns in Congress, however, over national security
concerns, compelled the Chinese to
drop their bid and allow Unocal
to proceed with its merger with Chevron.
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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