| Company |
Sales ($million) |
Industry |
Employees |
Location |
CEO |
| Walt Disney |
22,976 |
Entertainment |
117,000 |
Burbank |
Michael D. Eisner |
| Atlantic Richfield* |
13,195 |
Energy |
18,400 |
Los Angeles |
Michael R. Bowlin |
| Edison
International |
10,208 |
Utilities |
18,302 |
Rosemead |
John E. Bryson |
| Northrop Grumman |
8,902 |
Aerospace |
49,600 |
Los Angeles |
Kent Kresa |
| Foundation Health
Systems |
8,896 |
Health Care |
15,000 |
Woodland Hills |
Jay M. Gellert |
| Computer Sciences |
6,601 |
Computer Services |
45,000 |
El Segundo |
Van B. Honeycutt |
| Occidental Petroleum |
6,596 |
Energy |
9,190 |
Los Angeles |
Ray R. Irani |
| Unocal |
5,379 |
Mining/Oil |
7,880 |
El Segundo |
Roger C. Beach |
| Mattel |
4,782 |
Toys |
29,000 |
El Segundo |
Jill E. Barad |
| Merisel |
4,553 |
Computer Hardware |
2,700 |
El Segundo |
Dwight A. Steffensen |
| Dole Food |
4,424 |
Food Processing |
53,500 |
Westlake Village |
David H. Murdock |
| Litton
Industries |
4,400 |
Aerospace |
34,900 |
Woodland Hills |
Michael R. Brown |
| Hilton Hotels |
4,064 |
Hotels/Casinos |
38,000 |
Beverly Hills |
Stephen Bollenbach |
| Avery Dennison |
3,460 |
Packaging |
16,100 |
Pasadena |
Philip M. Neal |
| Times Mirror |
3,292 |
Publishing |
17,703 |
Los Angeles |
Mark H. Willis |
| Company |
Sales ($million) |
Industry |
Employees |
Location |
CEO |
| WellPoint Health
Networks |
5,826 |
Health Care |
8,400 |
Woodland Hills |
Leonard D. Schaeffer |
| SunAmerica |
2,287 |
Investments |
1,800 |
Los Angeles |
Eli Broad |
| Countrywide
Credit Industries |
2,205 |
Lease & Finance |
7,100 |
Calabasas |
Angelo R. Mozilo |
| Mercury
General |
1,128 |
Insurance |
2,000 |
Los Angeles |
George Joseph |
| Fremont General |
974 |
Insurance |
2,300 |
Santa Monica |
James A. McIntyre |
| City National |
410 |
Banking |
1,400 |
Beverly Hills |
Russell Goldsmith |
| Imperial
Bancorp |
365 |
Banking |
900 |
Los Angeles |
George L. Graziadio Jr. |
*Entered into merger discussions in 1999 with
London-based BP.
Source: Forbes Magazine.
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