Cargill

Cargill is the world's largest privately held corporation, with 2004 revenues of $62.9 billion. Were it a publicly held company, it would rank in the top 20 companies in the Fortune 500. Cargill's business activities include financial services, the sale of seed and fertilizer to farmers, purchasing, processing, and distributing grain and other agricultural commodities, and the manufacture and sale of livestock feed and ingredients for processed foods and pharmaceuticals.