World's Most Admired Companies

Regions

For the 50 most admired companies overall, respondents in the region were asked to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.

Rank	Company
1	BMW
2	Nestl�
3	Volkswagen
4	L'Or�al
5	Adidas
6	Siemens
7	Nokia
8	BASF
9	Lufthansa Group
10	Daimler
11*	Credit Suisse
11*	Deutsche Bank
11*	Novartis
14*	SAP
14*	Unilever
16	Accenture
17	HSBC Holdings
18*	Bayer
18*	Danone
18*	Vodafone

From the March 21, 2011 issue

* A tie in the rankings.

Top 50 Headquarters

Show: Top 50 | All Most Admired: The Americas | Europe | Asia/Australia

Top 3

Company	Industry rank
Apple	1
Google	1
Nike	1

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Company	Industry rank
Goldman Sachs Group	1
Apple	1
Walt Disney	1

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Company	Industry rank
Google	1
Apple	1
McDonald's	1

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How we pick the Most Admired

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group start with about 1,400 companies... More

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