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The Fortune 500, launched in 1955 as a \u201cBox Score of Business Bigness,\u201d ranks companies by annual revenue in the past fiscal year. Some Fortune 500 covers feature a person whose impact on the business world is undeniable, as was the case with Microsoft\u2019s Satya Nadella in 2024.<\/p>\n

But historically, the cover has portrayed this bigness artistically, with fittingly ambitious designs. In 1964, for example, art director Walter Allner arranged for dozens of windows across 20 floors of the Time & Life Building in New York City to be lit up at night so they spelled \u201c500.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more My wrist injury derailed my college plans. It\u2019s why I\u2019m a CEO today<\/a><\/p>\n

Often the covers conveyed the zeitgeist of the time, as in 1983 when a tangle of wires evoked the age of electronics. Some were odes to companies on the list, as in 2016, when illustrator Pawel Nolbert squeezed a 500 from a tube of Procter & Gamble\u2019s Crest toothpaste.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more This viral recruiter says Gen Z isn\u2019t lazy. Corporate America is just mad they\u2019re harder to manipulate<\/a><\/p>\n

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In this, the 72nd year of the Fortune 500, the list\u2019s members brought in record combined revenue of $21 trillion. That\u2019s undeniable bigness.<\/p>\n

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