For the second year in a row, Apple is the world's most-admired company, according to a Fortune survey of 3,750 business executives, directors, and analysts. The survey was sent out in October and November, just as Apple stock was peaking. The top ten includes all but one of the GAFA companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon). Apple Amazon Berkshire Hathaway Walt Disney Starbucks Microsoft Alphabet (Google) Neflix JPMorgan Chase FedExAlso for the second year in a row, Amazon is number two. Tech companies in general did well: five of the top 10, if you count Netflix as a tech company, are tech companies.

Source: Forbes January 22, 2019 18:22 UTC