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4. Chrysler LLC

• From muscle cars to minivans

2007 revenue: $49 billlion

Fiscal year end: Dec. 31

2007 Employees: 72,000

Industry: Motor vehicles

CEO: Robert Nardelli

Location: Auburn Hills, Mich.

Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management bought the Big Three automaker last summer, closing the books on a failed nine-year-old merger with German automaker Daimler-Benz (now Daimler AG).

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Last updated May 28 2008: 12:40 PM ET

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Revenue is from the four quarters ended Sept. 30, 2007; employee count is as of Dec. 31, 2007.

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