Tory Gattis over at Houston Strategies has the lowdown on this year’s Fortune Global 500 corporate rankings and, as usual, Houston fares quite well, ranking 10th globally with over $326 billion in Global 500 revenues.
Interestingly, the top four cities — Tokyo, Paris, London, and New York — have over a trillion dollars in Global 500 revenues. Houston ranks third in the U.S. with six Global 500 companies headquartered here. A quick glance at the list indicates that the DFW metroplex has five, although both Ft. Worth and Irving have more Global 500 companies (two) than Dallas (one).
Update: Tory follows his first post up with this one about Houston leading the list of cities with the fastest-growing companies.
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Ft. Worth has less traffic, a better cost of living, and better cultural amenities than Dallas, too. And yes, I’m from Ft. Worth.