When it comes to list the top notch companies Fortune magazine is the most reliable to name them and according to their recent survey Apple leads all for the third consecutive year. For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE’s survey asked business people through a poll involving 4,200 business leaders and analysts.
Besides this was Apple also ranked as the most innovative company, and Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, was named the best CEO in the list.
Having the best locations were also among other technology companies Amazon.com, Microsoft and IBM
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Here is the list
| Rank | Company |
|---|---|
| 1 | Apple |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 4 | Johnson & Johnson |
| 5 | Amazon.com |
| 6 | Procter & Gamble |
| 7 | Toyota Motor |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs Group |
| 9 | Wal-Mart Stores |
| 10 | Coca-Cola |
| 11 | Microsoft |
| 12 | Southwest Airlines |
| 13 | FedEx |
| 14 | McDonald’s |
| 15 | IBM |
| 16 | General Electric |
| 17 | 3M |
| 18 | J.P. Morgan Chase |
| 19 | Walt Disney |
| 20 | Cisco Systems |
| 21 | Costco Wholesale |
| 22* | BMW |
| 22* | Target |
| 24 | Nike |
| 25 | PepsiCo |
| 26 | Starbucks |
| 27 | Singapore Airlines |
| 28 | Exxon Mobil |
| 29 | American Express |
| 30 | Nordstrom |
| 31 | Intel |
| 32 | Hewlett-Packard |
| 33 | UPS |
| 34 | Nestlé |
| 35 | Caterpillar |
| 36 | Honda Motor |
| 37 | Best Buy |
| 38 | Sony |
| 39 | Wells Fargo |
| 40 | eBay |
| 41 | Nokia |
| 42 | Samsung Electronics |
| 43 | Deere |
| 44 | L’Oréal |
| 45 | AT&T |
| 46 | Lowe’s |
| 47 | General Mills |
| 48 | Marriott International |
| 49 | DuPont |
| 50 | Volkswagen |
