Fortune 500 for 2006 out...

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:36 pm

Five NE companies (Berkshire (#13), ConAgra, UP, Kiewit, Mutual):

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ ... tes/N.html

Three more in top 1000 (Wener, Cabela's, West Corp).

Seven of eight in Omaha! Yay.

-Big E

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:54 pm

It's good to see Kiewit back in the F500 fold..

Omaha is back to having 5 F500 companies..

Not bad for a metro of 850,000

..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:18 pm

Omaha represents .8% of the country's Fortune 500 with only roughly .33% of the country's population. Not a bad ROI!

-Big E

loyalomahan · Post by **loyalomahan** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:33 pm

Compare that with kc which has more than twice omaha's population, but yet has only 2 f500.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:34 pm

I knew PK was only a matter of time before they broke the top once again. GO BIG O

loyalomahan · Post by **loyalomahan** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:42 pm

And big E, that's actually a full 1% or 1 of every 100 f500 companies with our propulation made up of less than 1 of every *300* .

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:50 pm

That has to be the biggest % in the country right?
I also thin KC is losing one of those.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:55 pm

Sprint is leaving KC (actually in Kansas though) for DC. H&R Block is the only one they have left.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:57 pm

I thought it was Sprint Togethere with Nextel but I wasn’t for sure if they where still relocating.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:09 pm

Oops... don't ask me where I came up with that bad math.

-Big E

jsheets · Post by **jsheets** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:09 pm

MTO wrote:That has to be the biggest % in the country right?
I also thin KC is losing one of those.

I believe that Omaha is second behind Bethesda, MD, who also has 5, IIRC... Of course they are in the DC metro, so we probably have the best % on a metro (not city) basis...

jsheets · Post by **jsheets** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:10 pm

And is this the first time that West is in the Fortune 1000?

Post by **Brad** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:51 pm

1 Berkshire Hathaway 13 81,663.0 Omaha
2 ConAgra Foods 143 15,515.7 Omaha
3 Union Pacific 164 13,578.0 Omaha
4 Peter Kiewit Sons' 483 4,145.0 Omaha
5 Mutual of Omaha Ins. 491 4,051.2 Omaha
6 Werner Enterprises 816 1,971.8 Omaha
7 Cabela's 860 1,799.7 Sidney
8 West 957 1,523.9 Omaha

I never even though of Cabella's even though they are the "Worlds Formost Outfitter"

Also, West... and they worried about the do not call list?

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:02 pm

That’s not bad for a little old cow town.

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:09 pm

This great news. We can boast our 5 fortune companies again. I hated saying we should have 5, but lost one. Well, we got it back!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:10 pm

You hear that PacLife you should come join the party!

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:44 pm

Good grief Mutual! That's right on the edge. I hope it doesn't go back to 4 F500s. I think I know the reason we slipped so far but I can't tell you all.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:47 pm

Then why even mention you know?, JERK!

jsheets · Post by **jsheets** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:39 pm

Brad wrote:Also, West... and they worried about the do not call list?

They're almost solely an inbound company, meaning they write the systems and hire people to answer phones for companies, but do very little (if any) outbound AFAIK...

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:51 pm

When I toured their NOC they came off and presented themselves as a Telecom.

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:14 pm

They better go back and change the promotional video they played at the game last night, bc it said 4.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:44 pm

Yeah how embarrassing that is.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:46 pm

Omaha is in good company. Check this list of cities with at least 5 F500 companies:

New York - 44 Fortune 500 company HQ's
Houston - 23
Atlanta - 14
Dallas - 11
Chicago - 10
Charlotte - 7
Cincinnati - 7
Minneapolis - 7
Philadelphia - 7
Richmond - 7
St Louis - 7
Milwaukee - 6
Pittsburgh - 6
San Francisco - 6
Cleveland - 5
Columbus - 5
Denver - 5
Omaha - 5
San Antonio - 5
Seattle - 5..

Like I said before, not bad for a metro of 850,000! ..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:49 pm

Ya, not bad. Good for us. I thought Chicago would have more though.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:00 am

adam186 wrote:Ya, not bad. Good for us. I thought Chicago would have more though.

Yeah, but the Windy City is right up there adam..Did you notice no Los Angeles in the F500 5+ list?..Now that is a bit interesting..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:11 am

Keeping in mind... that list is ignoring a significant number of F500 companies which are in those cities respective metropolitan areas (example: Denver metro actually has 10).

That said, it's impressive that Omaha has so many in it's core.

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:12 am

That's true. I didn't even notice LA wasn't on the list, thanks for pointing that.

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:47 am

Anyone see that Berkshire has climbed 5th most since 1996 where it was at 292. It has climbed an amazing 272 places in 10 years!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:33 am

It wouldn’t shock me if there was more F500s in OC than LA.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:00 pm

Fortune 500 for 2008 includes four Nebraska companies:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ ... es/NE.html

11. Berkshire Hathaway (less than $700 million separating them from the Top 10)
154. UP
210. ConAgra
385. Kiewit

525. MofO (dropped out of Top 500)

TD Ameritrade, Cabela's, Nelnet, West, and Werner make appearances in the Top 1000.

Myth and Urban Wine Company missed the list, although I'm certainly doing my part to get them on there.

-Big E

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:29 pm

Big E wrote:Fortune 500 for 2008 includes four Nebraska companies:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ ... es/NE.html

11. Berkshire Hathaway (less than $700 million separating them from the Top 10)
154. UP
210. ConAgra
385. Kiewit

525. MofO (dropped out of Top 500)

TD Ameritrade, Cabela's, Nelnet, West, and Werner make appearances in the Top 1000.

Myth and Urban Wine Company missed the list, although I'm certainly doing my part to get them on there.

-Big E

Losing DTO must have killed Mutual...

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:37 pm

OmahaJaysCU wrote:
Big E wrote:Fortune 500 for 2008 includes four Nebraska companies:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ ... es/NE.html

11. Berkshire Hathaway (less than $700 million separating them from the Top 10)
154. UP
210. ConAgra
385. Kiewit

525. MofO (dropped out of Top 500)

TD Ameritrade, Cabela's, Nelnet, West, and Werner make appearances in the Top 1000.

Myth and Urban Wine Company missed the list, although I'm certainly doing my part to get them on there.

-Big E
Losing DTO must have killed Mutual...

Yes, all that money they pay me now to NOT work there is really killing them.

I certainly did my part at Myth last Friday to get them into the F500 range.

jjjjhskr · Post by **jjjjhskr** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:25 pm

DTO Luv wrote:
OmahaJaysCU wrote:
Big E wrote:Fortune 500 for 2008 includes four Nebraska companies:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/ ... es/NE.html

11. Berkshire Hathaway (less than $700 million separating them from the Top 10)
154. UP
210. ConAgra
385. Kiewit

525. MofO (dropped out of Top 500)

TD Ameritrade, Cabela's, Nelnet, West, and Werner make appearances in the Top 1000.

Myth and Urban Wine Company missed the list, although I'm certainly doing my part to get them on there.

-Big E
Losing DTO must have killed Mutual...

Yes, all that money they pay me now to NOT work there is really killing them.

certainly did my part at Myth last Friday to get them into the F500 range.

My goal is to assist Big E in getting Urban and Myth (and Nomad) in the top 1000

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:00 pm

Like I said at Birthday Party #1 us 3 pay a few rents in the OM.