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Apple Continues to Be the World's Most Admired Company

Thursday January 30, 2025 6:05 am PST by
Apple has been ranked as Fortune's Most Admired Company for the 18th consecutive year. The Fortune rankings are based on a survey of 3,380 business leaders across a range of industries, who assess companies on nine criteria, including innovation, investment value, social responsibility, and the ability to attract talent. Apple once again secured the top spot, followed by Microsoft and...
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Apple Set to Become First $4 Trillion Company

Friday December 27, 2024 5:58 am PST by
Apple is on the brink of becoming the first company in history to surpass a $4 trillion market valuation, Fortune reports. Apple's stock (AAPL) has nearly risen 40% in 2024. Before the markets opened on December 27, Apple's market capitalization stood at $3.92 trillion, leaving the company just a modest surge in stock value away from the unprecedented milestone. The growth is said to have...
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Apple Tops 'World's Most Admired Company' List for 17th Consecutive Year

Thursday February 1, 2024 3:35 am PST by
Apple's iron-clad grasp on the top spot of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" shows no signs of weakening, with the tech giant finishing ahead of the 300+ pack for the 17th consecutive year. Apple was placed above Microsoft in second place, followed by Amazon in third. All three companies have rounded out the top three for the fifth year in a row. Notably, Nvidia, whose GPU chips are ...
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Apple Tops 'World's Most Admired Company' List for 14th Consecutive Year

Monday February 1, 2021 6:33 am PST by
Apple continues to dominate Fortune's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" for 2021, taking the top spot for the 14th consecutive year. Technology and entertainment held the top four rankings, with Amazon claiming second place, followed by Microsoft in third, and Disney in fourth. After a year in which humanity leaned more heavily than ever on tech giants—to connect,...
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Apple Tops Fortune's List of World's Most Admired Companies for 11th Consecutive Year

Friday January 19, 2018 5:37 am PST by
Apple has topped Fortune's annual list of the World's Most Admired Companies for the 11th consecutive year. Apple finished ahead of Amazon, the runner-up for a second consecutive year, while Google's parent Alphabet, Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway, and coffee chain Starbucks rounded off the top five. Apple topped the list in every category, such as innovation, quality...
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Angela Ahrendts Climbs to Thirteenth Spot in Fortune's 'Most Powerful Women' List for 2017

Thursday September 21, 2017 7:47 am PDT by
Apple's senior vice president of retail stores, Angela Ahrendts, has climbed to grab the 13th spot on Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" list for 2017. In 2015 Ahrendts took the 16th spot, and in 2016 she rose to the 14th spot. The top 5 women on the list this year are Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO, #5), Abigail Johnson (Fidelity Investments CEO, #4), Marillyn Hewson (Lockheed Martin President...
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Apple Tops 'World's Most Admired Companies' List for Tenth Year in a Row

Thursday February 16, 2017 6:57 am PST by
Apple has been awarded the number one spot on Fortune's annual list of the "World's Most Admired Companies." The 2017 list marks Apple's tenth consecutive win as the most admired company in the world according to Fortune, which collected the data from 3,800 executives, analysts, directors, and industry experts to end up with the final ranking. After Apple, the top five slots are rounded out by ...
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Apple Rises to #3 in Annual Fortune 500 Rankings

Monday June 6, 2016 6:09 am PDT by
Apple rose to 3rd place in the annual Fortune 500 list of the top U.S. corporations based on gross revenue, trailing behind only Walmart and Exxon Mobil. Apple's previous rankings include 5th place in 2015 and 2014, 6th place in 2013, 17th place in 2012, 35th place in 2011 and 56th place in 2010. Other notable carriers, technology companies, and Apple suppliers on the list include AT&T (10th), ...
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Apple Again Places #5 in Annual Fortune 500 Rankings

Thursday June 4, 2015 8:21 am PDT by
Fortune has released its annual Fortune 500 list of the top U.S. corporations based on gross revenue, which together accounted for $12.5 trillion in revenues, $945 billion in profits and $17 trillion in market value. Apple maintained the 5th spot in the rankings for the second consecutive year after steadily rising from 6th place in 2013, 17th place in 2012, 35th place in 2011 and 56th place in...

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