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Posted on May 30, 2026 by Dmitri O'Bannon
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Question: What were America’s 10 largest companies in 1970?

The 10 largest companies on the 1970 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:

  1. General Motors
  2. Exxon
  3. Ford
  4. General Electric
  5. International Business Machinges
  6. Chrysler
  7. Mobile
  8. Texaco
  9. ITT Industries
  10. Gulf Oil

Between 1960 and 1970 – two companies dropped out of the top 10: U.S. Steel and Esmark.

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