How we pick them
The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... More
America's Most Admired Companies
Global Top 20
For the world's 20 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE's survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.
| Rank | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | U.S. |
| 2 | General Electric | U.S. |
| 3 | Toyota Motor | Japan |
| 4 | Berkshire Hathaway | U.S. |
| 5 | Procter & Gamble | U.S. |
| 6 | FedEx | U.S. |
| 7 | Johnson & Johnson | U.S. |
| 8 | Target | U.S. |
| 9 | BMW | Germany |
| 10 | Microsoft | U.S. |
| 11 | Costco Wholesale | U.S. |
| 12 | UPS | U.S. |
| 13* | IBM | U.S. |
| 13* | PepsiCo | U.S. |
| 15 | Cisco Systems | U.S. |
| 16 | Boeing | U.S. |
| 17 | Wal-Mart Stores | U.S. |
| 18 | Honda Motor | Japan |
| 19 | Coca-Cola | U.S. |
| 20 | Caterpillar | U.S. |
From the March 17, 2008 issue
* Indicates a tie.
