Top 10 digitally innovative companies in the US

Georgia Wilson
Business Chief
Published in
3 min readJul 31, 2020

Business Chief North America takes a closer look at the top 10 digitally innovative companies in the United States, based on Forbes’ 2018 world ranking.

ServiceNow

Founded in 2003, ServiceNow “delivers digital workflows that create great experiences and unlock productivity.” ServiceNow believes in the power technology can provide in order to reduce the complexity within business operations.

“We transform old, manual ways of working into modern digital workflows. Employees and customers get what they need, when they need it — fast, simple, easy.”

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Workday

Founded in 2005, Workday strives to provide an easy to use and flexible platform. “Our curiosity led us to create something new — a finance, HR, and planning system that evolves as business evolves, and a company that’s out to do right by employees, customers, and the world.”

Workday works closely with its customers in order to better understand their needs, as well as drive innovation in order to provide the technology to achieve their goals.

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Salesforce

Founded in 1999, Salesforce believes that everyone can be a Trailblazer, which is why the company’s vision is to build the technology for its customers to drive this growth.

“The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the way people work, using robotics, AI, the Internet of Things, and more. By making these innovations easier and more accessible, we’re helping create a future with greater opportunity and equality for all.”

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Tesla

Founded by a group of engineers in 2003 who wanted to prove that people didn’t need to compromise when it comes to electric vehicles, Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

Tesla builds all-electric vehicles, as well as scalable clean energy generation and storage products. “Tesla believes the faster the world stops relying on fossil fuels and moves towards a zero-emission future, the better.”

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Amazon

Founded in 1994, Amazon is a n American multinational technology company, that focuses on ecommerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence and is built on four principles:

  1. Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
  2. Passion for invention
  3. Commitment to operational excellence
  4. Long-term thinking

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Netflix

Founded in 1997, Netflix is a leading provider of streaming entertainment services. Netflix has over 193mn paid memberships in 190 countries. Netflix operates via domestic streaming, international streaming and domestic DVD.

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Incyte

Founded in 1991, Incyte is a global biopharmaceutical company. Incyte is built on the premise that “investment in strong science and the relentless pursuit of R&D excellence can translate into new solutions that can positively affect patients’ lives.”

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Facebook

Founded in 2004, Facebook believe’s in “the potential of people when they can come together.” Facebook strives to build technologies that help people connect with friends and family, find communities, and grow businesses.

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Monster Beverage

Founded in 1935, Monster Beverage is a holding company and conducts its operations via its subsidiaries including Monster Energy®, Monster Energy Ultra®, Monster MAXX®, Java Monster®, Espresso Monster®, Caffé Monster®, Monster Rehab®, Muscle Monster® and many more.

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Adobe Systems

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Strives to develop game-changing innovations to redefine the possibilities of digital experiences.

“We connect content and data and introduce new technologies that democratise creativity, shape the next generation of storytelling and inspire entirely new categories of business. Creativity is in our DNA.”

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