Noun
(singular only) The list published annually by Fortune magazine of the 500 United States companies with the highest revenue.
(plural only) Collectively, the members of that list.
(by extension, informal, countable) Any one member of that list.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIf I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company. Sela Ward
We need to create brand institutions. In the fortune 500 companies, 5 Indian companies are named while 15 are from China though we have similar kind of populations. Abdul Kalam
The five-hundred-bushelers... were on average five, at most ten, times as rich as the thetes, the lowest grade of citizen. ...Today, the gap between, say, a municipal bus driver and a Fortune 500 CEO approaches infinity. Thomas Cahill
The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach. Carmelo Anthony
Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. Lynda Resnick
China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers. Zhang Jindong