[ CRH’s US move pays off with S&P 500 inclusionOpens in new window ]The chairman of the group, S&P Global executive Dennis Lee, may not be a household name. More than a quarter of shares in the average S&P 500 company is now held by such passive investors, according to Goldman Sachs analysts. Securing entry to the S&P 500 was the main goal behind the US listing. Others have gone a step further in the wake of the S&P 500 inclusion announcement. But if CRH cracks $100 billion, it would be the first home-grown Irish company in history to do so.
