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Company rankings - 2001 |
|
World's most respected
companies
| Rank
1998 |
Rank
1999 |
Rank
2000 |
Rank
2001 |
Name |
Country |
Sector |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
General Electric |
US |
Electrical/Electronics |
| 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Microsoft |
US |
IT |
| 4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
IBM |
US |
IT |
| =24 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
Sony |
Japan |
Consumer Goods |
| 3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Coca-Cola |
US |
Food/Beverages |
| 5 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
Toyota |
Japan |
Engineering |
| =35 |
=13 |
11 |
7 |
Nokia |
Finland |
Electrical/Electronics |
| =17 |
9 |
20 |
8 |
Wal-Mart |
US |
Retail |
| 9 |
12 |
8 |
9 |
Intel |
US |
IT |
| |
24 |
22 |
10 |
Citigroup |
US |
Financial |
| 11 |
17 |
10 |
11 |
General Motors |
US |
Engineering |
| |
=38 |
34 |
12 |
AIG |
US |
Financial |
| =9 |
=29 |
43 |
13 |
Ford |
US |
Engineering |
| =24 |
15 |
9 |
14 |
3M |
US |
Consumer Goods |
| =14 |
11 |
35 |
15 |
Hewlett-Packard |
US |
IT |
| 6 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
DaimlerChrysler |
Germany |
Engineering |
| =7 |
8 |
16 |
17 |
Nestlé |
Switzerland |
Food/Beverages |
| |
|
|
18 |
Southwest Airlines |
US |
Transport |
| =17 |
=29 |
|
19 |
Johnson & Johnson |
US |
Healthcare |
| |
=21 |
14 |
20 |
Berkshire Hathaway |
US |
Financial |
| |
28 |
=23 |
21 |
BP |
UK |
Energy/Chemicals |
| |
|
|
22 |
Federal Express |
US |
Transport |
| |
25 |
33 |
23 |
Disney |
US |
Media/Leisure |
| 13 |
=36 |
|
24 |
BMW |
Germany |
Engineering |
| =27 |
7 |
19 |
25 |
Dell |
US |
IT |
| |
=38 |
42 |
26 |
Exxon Mobil |
US |
Energy/Chemicals |
| |
|
7 |
=27 |
Cisco Systems |
US |
IT |
| =14 |
=36 |
13 |
=27 |
Procter & Gamble |
US |
Food/Beverages |
| =7 |
18 |
=31 |
29 |
ABB |
Switzerland/Sweden |
Engineering |
| 12 |
=21 |
=23 |
30 |
Royal Dutch/Shell |
Netherlands/UK |
Energy/Chemicals |
| |
=41 |
=28 |
31 |
L'Oreal |
France |
Consumer Goods |
| =17 |
19 |
15 |
32 |
McDonald's |
US |
Media/Leisure |
| |
=49 |
|
33 |
Vivendi Universal |
France |
Utilities &
Media/Leisure |
| |
|
=28 |
34 |
Virgin |
UK |
Transport |
| |
16 |
46 |
35 |
Merck |
US |
Healthcare |
| |
|
40 |
36 |
Airbus Industrie |
France/Germany/UK/Spain |
Engineering |
| |
=41 |
27 |
37 |
Siemens |
Germany |
Electrical/Electronics |
| |
|
|
38 |
Allianz |
Germany |
Financial |
| |
26 |
|
39 |
Volkswagen |
Germany |
Engineering |
| |
|
50 |
40 |
AOL Time Warner |
US |
Media/Leisure |
| |
|
|
41 |
HSBC |
UK/Hong Kong |
Financial |
| |
|
|
42 |
Bombardier |
Canada |
Engineering |
| 16 |
|
=47 |
43 |
Philip Morris |
US |
Food/Beverages |
| |
|
|
44 |
Porsche |
Germany |
Engineering |
| |
=32 |
30 |
45 |
SAP |
Germany |
IT |
| |
46 |
=47 |
46 |
Axa |
France |
Financial |
| =35 |
20 |
37 |
47 |
Unilever |
Netherlands/UK |
Food/Beverages |
| |
|
18 |
=48 |
Nike |
US |
Consumer Goods |
| |
|
|
=48 |
NTT DoCoMo |
Japan |
Telecoms |
| |
|
|
50 |
Singapore Airlines |
Singapore |
Transport |
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