Apple Tops Fortune's 2025 World's Most Admired Companies List
Corporate leaders value stability. And based on our Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies All-Stars list, which is based on a poll of thousands of executives, directors, and analysts, tech giant Apple is as steady as they come. For a stunning 18th straight year, Apple finished first in our annual ranking of corporate reputation. (See the full list of the World’s Most Admired Companies here.) But rapid change also earns admiration—as long as that change is positive.
Few companies in history can match the recent meteoric ascent of Nvidia. The company and its GPU chips have both tapped into and helped unleash demand for generative AI. Over the past three years, Nvidia’s revenue has more than quadrupled, while its share price is up 525%.
Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and Berkshire Hathaway ranked in the top five. Among the companies on the list, there are 229 American companies, 59 European companies and 26 Asia-Pacific companies. IT Home attached the screenshot as follows:
The selection survey covered 630 companies in 51 industries in 30 countries and regions, with more than 3,380 executives, directors and securities analysts participating in the survey. The selection criteria included nine items, including innovation, personnel management and social responsibility.
The following companies are ranked at the top of their respective industries:
- Walmart (comprehensive retail)
- Coca-Cola (beverage)
- Netflix (Entertainment)
- Eli Lilly (Pharmaceuticals)
- Singapore Airlines (airline)
- Accenture (Information Technology Services)
- Morgan Stanley (large bank)