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Now get even more company insights: Like Fortune magazine on Facebook for the latest in-depth business reporting and analysis. Rank in Information Technology Services: 1 (Previous rank: 1) Overall score: 7.79 Ticker: IBM Why it's admired: In 1911, Big Blue was born from the merger of three disparate-seeming businesses to become the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. Fast forward a century later, the company celebrated its 100th anniversary with record annual profit of $15.9 billion, a 7% year-over-year increase. Much of that came from healthy revenue growth in BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- business analytics, cloud services, and Smarter Planet, IBM’s ongoing campaign to solve real-world problems, from traffic congestion to water management.
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Where are the Most Admired?
The Most Admired companies in America are spread out across the country, but a few states dominate.
Winning streaks
These 20 Most Admired companies have landed among the top in their industries for multiple years.
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The experts chose the top 50. Now it's your turn. 'Like' the company you most admire to vote. The top 5 reader favorites are below.
| Company | # of 'Likes' |
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| 1. Apple | 1,188 |
| 2. Teradata | 651 |
| 3. Tupperware Brands | 564 |
| 4. FedEx | 391 |
| 5. IBM | 304 |
