53 Best Fortune 500 Companies To Work For In California

Cisco Systems, Inc., established in 1984, designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. The company's technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education, and other markets. Cisco System's core development areas are routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Today, the company has more than 71,000 employees worldwide. Its headquarters are located in San Jose, CA.

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is an American multinational enterprise information technology company based in San Jose, California, founded on 1 November 2015 as part of splitting of the Hewlett-Packard company.

Adobe, established in 1982, is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Tools and services by Adobe enable its customers to create digital content, deploy it across media and devices, and then continually measure and optimize it based on user data. Adobe's mission is to change the world through digital experiences. The company has over 10,000 employees and has its headquarters in San Jose, CA.

eBay, established in 1995, is a global commerce platform leader. The company's Marketplace platforms include its online marketplace at ebay. Com and the eBay mobile apps; and StubHub platforms comprise its online ticket platform at stubhub. Com. eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers around the globe. They equip sellers with the tools, solutions and support they need to grow their businesses and thrive. The company has over 14,000 employees and is based in San Jose, CA.

Nvidia Corporation, more commonly referred to as Nvidia, is an American technology company incorporated in Delaware and based in Santa Clara, California. It designs graphics processing units for the gaming and professional markets, as well as system on a chip units for the mobile computing and automotive market.

Franklin Resources Inc. is an American holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc.

Salesforce is the Customer Success Platform that, along with social and mobile cloud technologies such as flagship sales and CRM applications, helps companies connect with customers, partners, and employees. Its innovative cloud-based platform and great customer service helped Salesforce become the world's fourth-largest software company. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, CA.

Visa is a global payments technology company working to enable consumers, businesses, banks and governments to use digital currency. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, this reputable multinational financial services corporation connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

We are the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future.

A biotechnology innovator since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Our belief—and the core of our strategy—is that innovative, highly differentiated medicines that provide large clinical benefits in addressing serious diseases are medicines that will not only help patients, but also will help reduce the social and economic burden of disease in society today.

NetApp, Inc. is a hybrid cloud data services and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It has ranked in the Fortune 500 since 2012. Founded in 1992 with an IPO in 1995, NetApp offers hybrid cloud data services for management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments.

Charles Schwab is an investment services firm that provides a full range of brokerage, banking and financial advisory services through its operating subsidiaries. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in San Francisco, California. The company has more total assets than any publicly traded investment services firm in the US and is a leader in asset management and retirement planning. About 18,700 employees work at Charles Schwab.

CBRE Group, Inc., is an American commercial real estate services and investment firm. It is the largest company of its kind in the world.

Gilead Sciences, Inc., commonly known as Gilead Sciences or Gilead, is an American biotechnology company that researches, develops and commercializes drugs. The company focuses primarily on antiviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and influenza, including Harvoni and Sovaldi.

Tesla, Inc. is an American automotive and energy company based in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in electric car manufacturing and, through its SolarCity subsidiary, solar panel manufacturing.

Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions worldwide. It offers its customers hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs), flash-based embedded storage products for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook PCs, security surveillance systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes, and other products. Western Digital solutions are marketed under the G-Technology(r), HGST, SanDisk(r), Tegile(r), Upthere(r) and WD(r) brands. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Lam Research Corporation is an American corporation that engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and service of semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Its products are used primarily in front-end wafer processing, which involves the steps that create the active components of semiconductor devices (transistors, capacitors) and their wiring (interconnects).

Yahoo! is an American web services provider headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and owned by Verizon Media. The original Yahoo! company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995. Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts (WDPR), opened in Anaheim, CA in July 1955, is one of the world's leading providers of family travel and leisure experience. WDPR is comprised of six world-class vacation destinations with 12 theme parks and 52 resorts, also a Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, Adventures by Disney, Disney Resort & Spa, and Walt Disney Imagineering. It operates in North America, Europe and Asia and has more than 150,000 cast members.

1451 The Hewlett-Packard Company or Hewlett-Packard was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley.

Edison International is a public utility holding company based in Rosemead, California. Its subsidiaries include Southern California Edison, and unregulated non-utility business assets Edison Energy.

Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of off-price department stores headquartered in Dublin, California. It is the largest off-priced retailer in the U.S.

Wells Fargo & Company is a community-based financial services company that provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance. The company has about 263,000 team members in 38 countries and serves one in three households in the United States. Well Fargo was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a corporate restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries.

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an American investor-owned utility with publicly traded stock that is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building in San Francisco, California, United States.

Qualcomm designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital communication products worldwide. Qualcomm pioneered 3G and 4G and now the company is leading the way to 5G. The company works in multiple industries from automotive and IoT to healthcare and security. Currently Qualcomm focuses on a single goal--invent mobile technology breakthroughs. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Based in Oakland, California, The Clorox Company is an American worldwide manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. With approximately 8,100 employees worldwide, Clorox markets some of the most trusted and recognized consumer brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products; Pine-Sol(r) cleaners; Liquid Plumr(r) clog removers; Poett(r) home care products; Fresh Step(r) cat litter; and more.

NetSuite Inc. is an American cloud computing company founded in 1998 with headquarters in Redwood Shores, California that provides software and services to manage business finances, operations, and customer relations.

Symantec Corporation is an American software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. The company provides cybersecurity software and services. Symantec is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index.

Avery Dennison Corporation is a global manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, apparel branding labels and tags, RFID inlays, and specialty medical products. The company is a member of the Fortune 500 and is headquartered in Glendale, California.

Molina Healthcare is a managed care company headquartered in Long Beach, California. Established in 1980, this reputable institution has remained true to their mission of providing quality health services to financially vulnerable families and individuals covered by government programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Molina Healthcare has up to 10,000 employees and nearly $1 billion in revenue.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is an American video game and film holding company based in Santa Monica, California.

Live Nation is an American events promoter and venue operator based in Beverly Hills, California. Formed in 1996 by Robert F. X. Sillerman as SFX Entertainment, the company's business was built around consolidating concert promoters into a national company.

St. Jude Medical Center is a faith-based, not-for-profit hospital, located in Fullerton, California, which was established by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange in 1957.

Farmers Insurance Group is an American insurer group of automobiles, homes and small businesses. This privately owned and operated company also provides other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance has more than 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 21,000 employees. It is a subsidiary of the Swiss company Zurich Insurance Group.

Robert Half International, or commonly referred as, Robert Half, is a global human resource consulting firm based in Menlo Park, California founded in 1948. It is a member of the S&P 500, and is credited as being the world's first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm, with over 345 locations worldwide.

Mattel, Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945 with headquarters in El Segundo, California.

AECOM is an American multinational engineering firm. AECOM has approximately 87,000 employees, and is number 164 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list. The company's official name from 1990 to 2015 was AECOM Technology Corporation, and now it is AECOM.

Gap Inc. is a global fashion business with five brands -- Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Intermix. The first Gap store was opened in 1969, now Gap has 3,300 company-operated stores, almost 400 franchise stores, and e-commerce sites, and its clothes are available in 90 countries worldwide. The company has more than 150,000 employees.

First American, founded in 1889 in Santa Ana, CA, provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. Core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products, etc. First American Trust offers banking and trust services to the escrow and real estate industries.

Core-Mark Holding Company distributes fresh, chilled and frozen merchandise mainly to convenience stores in the United States.

Sanmina Corporation is an American electronics manufacturing services provider headquartered in San Jose, California that serves original equipment manufacturers in communications and computer hardware fields.

Pacific Life & Annuity Company provides life insurance products, annuities, mutual funds, and various investment products and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans. It offers traditional and variable life insurance products, such as individual life insurance products, as well as family protection products; structured settlement annuities and general account GICs; and financial planning, retirement planning, and estate planning products. The company also provides educational information, including a list of articles and educational material relating to various investment and planning concepts, such as educational information, retirement concepts, life insurance concepts, estate planning concepts, basic investment concepts, and calculators, as well as taxes, glossary, and other; and health center services. It offers its products through a network of third party broker-dealers in the United States. Pacific Life & Annuity Company was formerly known as PM Group Life Insurance Company and changed its name to Pacific Life & Annuity Company in January 1999. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Newport Beach, California with locations in Aliso Viejo, California and Omaha, Nebraska. Pacific Life & Annuity Company operates as a subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company.

Reliance Steel and Aluminum Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is the largest metals service center operator in North America.

Community Health Group is a non-profit health plan operating in San Diego County providing high-quality healthcare coverage to families throughout the San Diego region for over 35 years. This reliable organization currently serves more than 270,000 members, and their plan members have a wide network of healthcare practitioners, hospitals and ancillary providers from which to choose.

SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX), a Fortune 500 corporation, is a leading business process services company, servicing resellers, retailers and original equipment manufacturers in multiple regions around the world.

A-Mark Precious Metals -- founded in 1965 as A Mark Coin Company -- is a precious metals trading company. It was the first company allowed to make and sell coins from the metals recovered in the shipwreck of SS Gairsoppa. As of 2018 it was a Fortune 500 company.