Latin America's top 100 companies.

The 2001 Latin CEO 100 is a compilation of the top publicly traded companies based in Latin America, ranked by 2000 revenue. Firms must be listed on their home exchange or through an ADR to be considered for this listing. They may be majority state-owned, but not entirely state-owned. As it might be expected, companies from Brazil and Mexico dominate the list, with 42 and 40 mentions respectively. The No. 3 country in Chile, with nine firms represented on the list. Argentina has seven, while Venezuela and Peru have one each. Curiously absent is Colombia. The fastest growing companies (in terms of percent growth of revenue) were, in order: Grupo Sanborns (Mexico), Brasil Telecom, Grupo Carso (Mexico), Group Mexico, America Movil (Mexico), Ultraper (Brazil), Petrobras (Brazil), Telesp (Brazil), and Embraer (Brazil). Brazil again dominates, with six of the 10 fastest-growing companies. But in terms of sheer concentration of power, the prize would go to the Slim family of Mexico, which alone controls three of the fastest-growing companies.

 
TOP 100 COMPANIES 
 
                                                Revenue        Percent 
          Company Name                       In US Millions     Change 
Rank      Top Executive                      2000       1999  From '99 
 
  1)      Petrobras                       $26,955    $16,358       65% 
          Henri Philippe Reichstul 
 
  2)      Carso Global Telecom            $12,919    $10,242       26% 
          Carlos Slim Helu 
 
  3)      Telmex - Telefonos de Mexico    $10,645     $9,789        9% 
          Jaime Chico Pardo 
 
  4)      Grupo Carso                      $9,174     $4,066      126% 
          Patrick Slim Domit 
 
  5)      Itausa-Investimentos Itau        $8,891     $8,885         - 
          Olavo Setubal 
 
  6)      Petrobras Distribuidora          $7,924     $7,390        7% 
          Orlando Galvao Filho 
 
  7)      Walmex - Wal-Mart de Mexico      $7,685     $6,394       20% 
          Cesareo Fernandez Gonzalez 
 
  8)      Banco Bradesco                   $6,200     $5,300       17% 
          Marcio A. Laurelli Cypriano 
 
  9)      Electrobras-Centrais Eletricas   $5,758     $5,171       11% 
          Brasileiras 
          Firmino Ferreira Sampaio Neto 
 
 10)      Grupo Sanborns Hermanos          $5,707     $1,301      339% 
          Carlos Slim Domit 
 
 11)      Cemex                            $5,620     $4,843       16% 
          Lorenzo Zambrano 
 
 12)      Unibanco                         $5,412     $6,173      -12% 
          Fernando Barreira Sotelino 
 
 13)      Companhia Vale do Rio Doce       $5,034     $3,964       27% 
          Gabriel Stoliar 
 
 14)      Femsa Ubd Fomento Economico      $4,724     $4,064       16% 
          Mexicano 
          Jose Antonio Fernandez 
          Carbajal 
 
 15)      Banco Itau                       $4,626     $4,550        2% 
          Roberto Setubal 
 
 16)      Alfa                             $4,620     $4,034       15% 
          Dionisio Garza Medina 
 
 17)      Enersis                          $4,513     $4,290        5% 
          Enrique Garcia Alvarez 
 
 18)      Telesp - Telecommunicacoes       $4,466     $3,091       45% 
          de Sao Paulo 
          Fernando Xavier Ferreira 
 
 19)      Telemar - Tele Norte Leste       $4,168     $3,459       20% 
          Manoel Horacio Francisco 
          da Silva 
 
 20)      Companhia Brasileira             $3,913     $3,084       27% 
          de Distribuicao Grupo Pao 
          de Acucar 
          Abilio dos Santos Diniz 
 
 21)      Ipiranga Petroleo                $3,645     $2,842       28% 
          Antonio Mary Ulrich 
 
 22)      Nueva Grupo Mexico (1)           $3,621     $1,810      100% 
          German Larrea Mota-Velasco 
 
 23)      Telefonica de Argentina          $3,565     $3,399        5% 
          Carlos Fernandez-Prida 
 
 24)      Embratel                         $3,443     $2,882       19% 
          Dilio Serquio Penedo 
 
 25)      Controladora Comerical           $3,285     $2,858       15% 
          Mexicana 
          Carlos Gonzalez Zabalegui 
 
 26)      Grupo Bimbo                      $3,271     $3,028        8% 
          Daniel Servitje Montull 
 
 27)      Nortel Inversora                 $3,227     $3,183        1% 
          Maria Elvira Cosentino 
 
 28)      Telecom Argentina                $3,226     $3,183        1% 
          Juan Carlos Masjoan 
 
 29)      Cintra                           $3,212     $2,738       17% 
          Ernesto Martens Rebolledo 
 
 30)      Savia                            $3,211     $2,669       20% 
          Alfonso Romo Garza 
 
 31)      Banacci - Grupo Financiero       $3,067     $3,192       -4% 
          Banamex-Accival 
          Manuel Medina Mora 
 
 32)      Grupo Modelo                     $3,048     $2,592       18% 
          Carlos Fernandez Gonzalez 
 
 33)      America Movil ADS                $3,008     $1,504      100% 
          Daniel Hajj Aboumrad 
 
 34)      Vitro                            $2,870     $2,583       11% 
          Federico Sada Gonzalez 
 
 35)      Grupo Gigante                    $2,842     $2,414       18% 
          Roberto Salvo Horvilleur 
 
 36)      CANTV - Compania Anonima         $2,781     $2,642        5% 
          Nacional Telefonos de 
          Venezuela 
          Gustavo Roosen 
 
 37)      Varig                            $2,728     $2,461       11% 
          Ozires Silva 
 
 38)      Ambev (2)                        $2,692     $2,563        5% 
          Marcel Hermann Telles 
 
 39)      Organizacion Soriana             $2,636     $2,179       21% 
          Ricardo Martin Bringas 
 
 40)      Panamco                          $2,599     $2,416        8% 
          Francisco Sanchez-Loaeza 
 
 41)      Embraer                          $2,538     $1,790       42% 
          Mauricio Novis Botelho 
 
 42)      Grupo Financiero                 $2,511     $2,099       20% 
          BBVA - Bancomer 
          Bitalino Nafria 
 
 43)      Desc                             $2,406     $2,319        4% 
          Fernando Senderos Mestre 
 
 44)      EletroPaulo Metropolitana        $2,377     $2,154       10% 
          Eduardo Bernini 
 
 45)      Gerdau                           $2,246     $1,840       22% 
          Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter 
 
 46)      IMSA                             $2,206     $1,824       21% 
          Eugenio Clariond Reyes Retana 
 
 47)      Grupo Televisa                   $2,162     $1,890       14% 
          Emilio Azcarraga Jean 
 
 48)      Brasil Telecom                   $1,948       $546      257% 
          Participacoes (3) 
          Henrique Sutton de Sousa Neves 
 
 49)      Copec - Compania de Petroleos    $1,935     $1,620       19% 
          de Chile 
          Felipe A. Lamarca Claro 
 
 50)      Gruma                            $1,891     $1,643       15% 
          Ricardo Alvarez-Tostado 
          Penella 
 
 51)      Ultrapar Participacoes           $1,878       $947       98% 
          Paulo G. Aguiar Cunha 
 
 52)      Companhia Energetica de          $1,860     $1,597       16% 
          Minas Gerais 
          Dialma Bastos de Morais 
 
 53)      Bunge Alimentos (4)              $1,765     $1,554       14% 
          Vilmar de Oliveria Schurmann 
 
 54)      Coca-Cola Femsa                  $1,724     $1,495       15% 
          Carlos Salazar Lomelin 
 
 55)      SABESP - Companhia de            $1,720     $1,804       -5% 
          Saneamento Basico do 
          Estado de Sao Paulo 
          Ariovaldo Carmignani 
 
 56)      Companhia Siderurgica            $1,657     $1,569        6% 
          Nacional 
          Maria Silvia Bostos Marques 
 
 57)      El Puerto de Liverpool           $1,639     $1,279       28% 
          Jose Calderon 
 
 58)      Kimberly-Clark de Mexico         $1,829     $1,385       18% 
          Claudio X Gonzalez Laporte 
 
 59)      Grupo Casa Saba                  $1,627     $1,382       18% 
          Manuel …