Greater Washington lands another company on the Fortune 500

Fortune has unveiled its 2020 list of the 500 largest publicly traded American companies, and just like it did in 2019, Fairfax County has a new entrant. Reston’s Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) enters the Fortune 500 at No. 466 with $6.38 billion in 2019 revenue, up 37% from the previous year, and $226 million in profits, up 65% from 2018. It is one of 11 Fairfax County companies in Fortune’s top 500, of which four are in the top 100: Freddie Mac at No. 41, General Dynamics… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

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