The Most Admired Companies in the Global 500 by Sector
Sep 6, 2018 · 2 min read

KEY FINDINGS
The top five companies are the most admired in their country and in the world (by sector), according to their level of admiration

KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
- American Express is the only American company in the top five global most admired financial services companies.
- 3M is the highest ranked American company outside hi tech and Silicon Valley.
- Delta and Southwest are the highest rated airlines in America.
- In luxury brands, the French dominate with L’Oreal leading the way;
- Zara (Inditex) of Spain is the only non French luxury goods in the top five.
- Apple and Intel are the most admired computer technology companies in the world, followed by Samsung, Huawei, and Microsoft.
- People that admire Emirates, Land Rover and Swatch, believe that high integrity, sustainability and supporting a worthy cause as the main admiration factors.
- Admirers of SpaceX and Land Rover believe in technological innovation and high integrity.
- People that admire Huawei and Royal Bank of Canada rate quality and innovation as the main admiration factors
- Land Rover, Spotify, Femsa, Ferrari and L’Oreal admirers believe in innovation and sustainability.
- People that admire Lego, SAP, Heineken, Statoil ASA, Zara/Inditex, Swatch and Emirates, have the highest admiration for vision and integrity.

