In order to develop the
list of the top 20 companies,
representatives of Fortune together
with their survey partners from Hay Group asked
over 3,700 people working in various industries to choose 10 companies that
they like the most. The list below highlights the companies that have shown
great results in terms of innovation, leadership, as well as financial power.
The first
place granted to Apple is in fact the result of Steve Jobs' activity. He was the one to bring back on the track the company that 10
years ago had been registering a downturn. It was great to see him making a
company worth $24 billion in sales by focusing mainly on a portable jukebox
along with a portable computer with one-digit market share. His main idea was
quite simple: the products that Apple makes really work and the more you
purchase the better they function.
This company, with its main
focus on GEICO, life insurance, annuity sales and sales of jewelry, registered great results,
which can be seen if analyzing its stock charts from autumn of 2007. According
to Wall Street experts the company and
its highly praised leader, Warren Buffett, is very
talented at making tomorrow's profits from today's issues.
Although General Electric
is not on the first place, it was able to maintain its high reputation. Half of
the company's profit comes from financial services.
According to GE's representatives, in July of 2008 the company looks forward to
bail out of subprime. Till nowadays General Electric stays the main
shareholder-wealth earner. What is most impressive for the $173 billion company
is that it continues to register a 15% profit growth.
It's no surprise that
everything from the world of information technology moves around Google. The
motto of the company is "Do no evil."
The number one search engine houses specialists who ask on a daily basis "what
is good for the web", and that can be translated as "what is good for
Google".
Although Toyota Motor
passed though some unpleasant stages over the last 12 months, being unsuccessful
in NASCAR races and facing criticism for the faultless
quality of its goods, it was still able to come second on the American market,
its cars surpassing Ford in terms of sales. Today the Japanese company continues investing in hybrid technology.
Because the sales of the
company decreased this year, Starbucks dropped 4 positions in the list of
Today the company probably
is concerned mainly with its environmental efforts. This is because of the
continuously increasing prices for fuel. FedEx focuses not only on hybrid cars
that are becoming one of the main trends in the industry. The $35.2 billion
company pays a great attention to
solar energy. Its new installation provides 80 percent of the total demand for
energy for its
The main reason why this
company appeared in the list of
This company surely showed
some great results in 2007, recording its operating margins of about 25
percent. It is worth mentioning that the $61 billion company operates for 122
years and is highly appreciated for its talent to stay competitive in three
market fields: consumer health products,
branded pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.
One of the most influential global investment banks
registered record profits last year. The company is in the list of
Companies that continue the list (from 11 to 20):
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