A whole lot of Wind

Houston blows away Chicago in Forbes' world's biggest companies list

Marathon Oil Tower
Sysco Corp. headquarters
Courtesy photo
Schlumberger Solutions Center headquarters
Enterprise Plaza houses the headquarters for Enterprise GP Holdings.
The entrance to ConocoPhillips headquarters

Forbes released its annual list of the word's 500 largest companies, and Houston has a clear win over our arch-rival Chicago. There are six Bayou City corporations on the list compared to the Windy City's lousy two.

ConocoPhillips was No. 6 in the country; Marathon Oil Corp. ranked 43; Sysco Corp. was No. 57; Enterprise GP Holdings ranked 94; Schlumberger, also based in Paris, ranked 111; and Plains All American Pipeline ranked 131st.

Chicago, on the other hand, can claim only Boeing (No. 91) and Exelon, a dismally low number 491.

What's to be learned from this? Houston fuels the world, while Chicago just supplies the airline industry it's trying and failing to take over.

Houston, win.

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