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| Company rankings - 2001 |
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World's most respected companies
Published: December 12 2001 15:00GMT | Last Updated: December 14 2001 15:26GMT
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| Rank 1998 | Rank 1999 | Rank 2000 | Rank 2001 | Name | Country |
Sector
| | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | General Electric | US | Electrical/Electronics | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Microsoft | US | IT | | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | IBM | US | IT | | =24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Sony | Japan | Consumer Goods | | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Coca-Cola | US | Food/Beverages | | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | Toyota | Japan | Engineering | | =35 | =13 | 11 | 7 | Nokia | Finland | Electrical/Electronics | | =17 | 9 | 20 | 8 | Wal-Mart | US | Retail | | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | Intel | US | IT | | | 24 | 22 | 10 | Citigroup | US | Financial | | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | General Motors | US | Engineering | | | =38 | 34 | 12 | AIG | US | Financial | | =9 | =29 | 43 | 13 | Ford | US | Engineering | | =24 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 3M | US | Consumer Goods | | =14 | 11 | 35 | 15 | Hewlett-Packard | US | IT | | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | DaimlerChrysler | Germany | Engineering | | =7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | Nestlé | Switzerland | Food/Beverages | | | | | 18 | Southwest Airlines | US | Transport | | =17 | =29 | | 19 | Johnson & Johnson | US | Healthcare | | | =21 | 14 | 20 | Berkshire Hathaway | US | Financial | | | 28 | =23 | 21 | BP | UK | Energy/Chemicals | | | | | 22 | Federal Express | US | Transport | | | 25 | 33 | 23 | Disney | US | Media/Leisure | | 13 | =36 | | 24 | BMW | Germany | Engineering | | =27 | 7 | 19 | 25 | Dell | US | IT | | | =38 | 42 | 26 | Exxon Mobil | US | Energy/Chemicals | | | | 7 | =27 | Cisco Systems | US | IT | | =14 | =36 | 13 | =27 | Procter & Gamble | US | Food/Beverages | | =7 | 18 | =31 | 29 | ABB | Switzerland/Sweden | Engineering | | 12 | =21 | =23 | 30 | Royal Dutch/Shell | Netherlands/UK | Energy/Chemicals | | | =41 | =28 | 31 | L'Oreal | France | Consumer Goods | | =17 | 19 | 15 | 32 | McDonald's | US | Media/Leisure | | | =49 | | 33 | Vivendi Universal | France | Utilities & Media/Leisure | | | | =28 | 34 | Virgin | UK | Transport | | | 16 | 46 | 35 | Merck | US | Healthcare | | | | 40 | 36 | Airbus Industrie | France/Germany/UK/Spain | Engineering | | | =41 | 27 | 37 | Siemens | Germany | Electrical/Electronics | | | | | 38 | Allianz | Germany | Financial | | | 26 | | 39 | Volkswagen | Germany | Engineering | | | | 50 | 40 | AOL Time Warner | US | Media/Leisure | | | | | 41 | HSBC | UK/Hong Kong | Financial | | | | | 42 | Bombardier | Canada | Engineering | | 16 | | =47 | 43 | Philip Morris | US | Food/Beverages | | | | | 44 | Porsche | Germany | Engineering | | | =32 | 30 | 45 | SAP | Germany | IT | | | 46 | =47 | 46 | Axa | France | Financial | | =35 | 20 | 37 | 47 | Unilever | Netherlands/UK | Food/Beverages | | | | 18 | =48 | Nike | US | Consumer Goods | | | | | =48 | NTT DoCoMo | Japan | Telecoms | | | | | 50 | Singapore Airlines | Singapore | Transport |
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