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2006 All-Stars
For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE's survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.
Rank
Company
1
General Electric
2
Toyota Motor
3
Procter & Gamble
4
FedEx
5
Johnson & Johnson
6
Microsoft
7
Dell
8
Berkshire Hathaway
9
Apple Computer
10
Wal-Mart Stores
11
IBM
12
Target
13
BMW
14
United Parcel Service
15
Home Depot
16
PepsiCo
17
Costco Wholesale
18
Intel
19
Singapore Airlines
20
Nokia
21
Citigroup
22
Coca-Cola
23
BP
24
Bank of America
25
Exxon Mobil
26
Cisco Systems
27*
Nestle
27*
Samsung Electronics
29
Caterpillar
30
L'Oreal
31*
DuPont
31*
Honda Motor
33
Walt Disney
34*
Pfizer
34*
Sony
36*
Lowe's
36*
Toyota Industries
38*
Anheuser-Busch
38*
Canon
40
Siemens
41
Walgreen
42
HSBC Holdings
43
Tesco
44
Best Buy
45
Deere
46
Verizon Communications
47
Novartis
48
BASF
49
Royal Bank of Scotland
50
Dow Chemical
Notes:
*Indicates a tie in rank.
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Most admired for managing talent
Company
Industry rank
Procter & Gamble
1
General Electric
1
Walgreen
1
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Most admired for innovation
Company
Industry rank
Apple Computer
1
Procter & Gamble
1
Walt Disney
1
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Industry champions
Company
Industry
Home Depot
Specialty retailers
IBM
Computers
Toyota
Motor vehicles
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How we pick the Most Admired companies
FORTUNE created a list of 351 companies in 30 industries with revenues greater than $8 billion... (
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