The Brazilian business weekly magazine, Exame , published its annual list of Brazil's top 20 companies. Results are based on a survey of 500 of the largest enterprises. A separate study, done by the Getulio Vargas Foundation , also evaluates the composition by origin of capital of the largest 500 enterprises. Third was Petrobras Distribuidora, involved with fuels distribution.
Most private capital disappears when stockholders equity is examined.
Please share your insights about this on the Bulletin Boards . Six were multinationals. Six were government-owned companies. The remaining were Brazilian private companies. According to the FGV study, the composition of the 500 largest companies by origin of capital in relation to the number of firms, assets and sales, shows that the public sector, with only 71 companies of the 500, continues to play a dominant role in the Brazilian economy.