Please stop "thinking" then for you obviously have little knowledge on this topic. Apex and Center are private companies so they can't be on the Fortune 500 list.
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^NO sh*t. Did you even read the posts above?by sirshankalot » Tue May 08, 2012 8:49 am
Please stop "thinking" then for you obviously have little knowledge on this topic. Apex and Center are private companies so they can't be on the Fortune 500 list.
You may want to increase your level of reading comprehension before making dumb, snarky comments.
First, see this post clearly listed above:sirshankalot wrote:Please stop "thinking" then for you obviously have little knowledge on this topic. Apex and Center are private companies so they can't be on the Fortune 500 list.
Second, from the 2011 Biz Journals list of largest private cos in StL:by quincunx » Tue May 08, 2012 7:21 am
Wouldn't Edward Jones qualify if it were publicly traded? Would any others?
3 Center Oil Co.
2010 revenue: $4.15 billion +25.8%
A global rise in oil prices, which crept from about $71 a barrel last May to $91 a barrel by the end of the year, boosted 2010 revenue for Center Oil. Oil prices reached $100 a barrel earlier this month and should continue to impact Center Oil in 2011.
The oil trading company, which also distributes gasoline and other refined petroleum products throughout the United States, has 12 terminals with a combined capacity of nearly 2.8 million barrels of oil products. The biggest, in Cleveland, is capable of holding 647,000 barrels. Center Oil also markets out of 36 terminals in 10 states that give the business access to customers from the Dakotas to Oklahoma and east to New York.
The company also owns Center Ethanol LLC, which has been in operation in Sauget, Ill., since 2008.
President and CEO Gary Parker founded Center Oil in 1986. He also is the largest shareholder in Reliance Bancshares, with near 5.5 million shares, or 26 percent of the stock.
I clearly "know nothing about the topic." My apologies.5 Apex Oil Co. Inc.
2010 revenue: $3.6 billion (estimate)
Revenue grew exponentially at Apex behind the sharp increase in oil prices in 2010. The oil trading and distribution business serves customers through terminals spread around the country, including two in the metro area, one in St. Louis and one in Granite City.
Apex is taking responsibility for some environmental cleanup in Hartford, Ill., this year after a long court fight to avoid what is estimated to be a $150 million to $300 million cost. Apex began complying after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Apex’s request to hear the matter. Apex no longer operates a refinery in Hartford.
Apex’s affiliated companies include a tug and barge business and Shanty Creek Resorts, a golf and ski lodge in Bellaire, Mich. Chairman and CEO Tony Novelly is the company’s primary owner, and Ed Wahl is president.
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I read your post as saying that at one time Apex and Center were on the Fortune 500 list. If your post meant that those two companies, owned by Novelly and Gary Parker, respectfully, were once on the list of top private companies, then I misunderstood your post.
I read your post as saying that at one time Apex and Center were on the Fortune 500 list. If your post meant that those two companies, owned by Novelly and Gary Parker, respectfully, were once on the list of top private companies, then I misunderstood your post.
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I *think* Center Oil and Apex Oil have both had years that would have gotten them close in the past,
How exactly did you translate this as "Center Oil and Apex Oil have both been members of the Fortune 500 in years past."?
Yes, you misunderstood the post.
How exactly did you translate this as "Center Oil and Apex Oil have both been members of the Fortune 500 in years past."?
Yes, you misunderstood the post.
Here's the complete 2012 St. Louis Fortune 1000 list. It is already on the RCGA's website.
Panera Bread has cracked the Fortune 1000. Solutia will be taken off next year's list because it was acquired by Eastman Chemical early this year.
Link
Panera Bread has cracked the Fortune 1000. Solutia will be taken off next year's list because it was acquired by Eastman Chemical early this year.
Link
A few Top STL companies almost breaking into the Fortune 500 list:
Arch Coal
Solutia
Enterprise
St. Louis today (2012) actually has more Fortune 500 companies today (2012) at 9 - except in 1999 - when Mercantile Bancorporation broke the 500 as #496 (that year STL had 11 Fortune 500 companies) and the last three years with Smurfitt (STL ranked at 10). Can you imagine if we had not lost others and gained. Well... this isn't exactly unique to STL - almost every city has seen the loss and gains in recent years.
As for how many STL Fortune 500 companies there have been overtime:
2001 (7 companies in the Metro):
Emerson
May
Anheuser Busch
Ralston
Graybar
Charter
TWA
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Arch Coal
Solutia
Enterprise
St. Louis today (2012) actually has more Fortune 500 companies today (2012) at 9 - except in 1999 - when Mercantile Bancorporation broke the 500 as #496 (that year STL had 11 Fortune 500 companies) and the last three years with Smurfitt (STL ranked at 10). Can you imagine if we had not lost others and gained. Well... this isn't exactly unique to STL - almost every city has seen the loss and gains in recent years.
As for how many STL Fortune 500 companies there have been overtime:
2001 (7 companies in the Metro):
Emerson
May
Anheuser Busch
Ralston
Graybar
Charter
TWA
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