Corporate Wealth Consolidation — 1978 vs. 2015

Source: Harvard Business Review Published: January 2019

Source: Harvard Business Review
Published: January 2019

Corporate Wreath Consolidation in the U.S.

Circulated: January 30, 2019

Industry consolidation is increasingly common in the developed world. In 1978, the 100 most profitable U.S. firms earned 48% of the profits of all publicly traded companies combined, but by 2015 the figure was an incredible 84%.