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Lydia Belanger

The age of a Fortune 500 company is only part of its story

DoorDash delivery worker on a scooter in Manhattan. (Credit: Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service—Getty Images)

Earlier this year, 14 companies made the Fortune 500 list for the first time. The idea of a Fortune 500 debut may conjure images of fast-growing tech startups or otherwise nascent corporations. But not all of the ranking’s newcomers fit that profile.

The youngest of this year’s first-time companies, delivery platform DoorDash, was founded in 2013. It entered the Fortune 1000 at No. 769 in 2021 and rose at a steady clip to make the 500 three years later (today, it’s No. 443). Gig economy peers Uber and Airbnb had joined the Fortune 500 ranks in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

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