5 Largest Private Military Contractors In The World

1. G4S

Personnel: 620,000

British private security company, G4S, is one of the largest employers in the world, with around 620,000 personnel. While the majority of the group’s operations are centered around securing airports, prisons, and banks, its operatives also play an active role in some of the most volatile crisis zones in the world. G4S is present in 125 countries of the world, including in the war-hit regions of Africa and Latin America. The company acquired ArmorGroup in 2008, whose 9,000 guards provided security to a third of all non-military convoys in Iraq. In 2015, G4S was awarded a £100m contract to secure a gas plant in Iraq and provide security to British diplomats in Afghanistan.

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