Areas of Activity
The Corporation’s companies operate in four different areas: Finance, Industry, Retail, and Knowledge, with the latter distinguishing Mondragon from other business groups. In 2010, the Corporation posted a Total Turnover (total revenue) of 14.8 billion euros, roughly 20 billion USD, and employed 100,000 workers, making it Spain's fourth largest industrial and seventh largest financial group.
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