The Largest Employers in the World Top 10

You might be surprised to learn what the largest employer in the world is. Want to take a guess? 

1. Chinese Army, also known as the Peoples Liberation Army, at 2.3 million employees.
2.  WalMart (WMT) is in second place with 2.1 million employees, 
3. The Indian Railway at 1.6 million, With approximately 1.6 million employees, Indian Railways is the worlds single largest employer(.The railways traverse the length and breadth of the country and carry over 25 million passengers and 2.5 million tons of freight daily)
4. National Health Service in the United Kingdom at 1.33 million.
5. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SNP) also known as Sinopec Corp. with 639,690 employees. 
6.  G4S, a private security company in England in sixth place at 585,000 employees. 
7. PetroChina (PTR), China's biggest oil producer which trades on the NYSE, with 539,168 employees. 
8. Deutsche Post (DPSGY.PK), is another publicly traded big employer. This mail and package delivery company has 436,650 employees.
9. The engineering conglomerate Siemens (SI), also publicly traded and trades on the New York Stock Exchange, has 420,800 employees. 
10. McDonalds (MCD), the fast food company, has around 400,000 employees.

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Disclosure: Author owned SI and MCD at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com