Most Respected Companies

Apple heads the list, and Citigroup is dead last
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 13, 2010 2:56 PM CST
Most Respected Companies
Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the new iPad. Apple scored No. 1 on the list of most respected companies.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Barron's has released its annual list on an admittedly squishy subject—how the world's largest 100 companies rank in terms of "respect." Two American firms showed up in the bottom 10: Bank of America at 93 and Citigroup dead last at 100. Here are the top 10 (including Toyota, for now). Check out the full list as a pdf here.

  1. Apple (No. 4 last year)
  2. Johnson & Johnson (1)
  3. Procter & Gamble (3)
  4. IBM (14)
  5. Berkshire Hathaway (2)

  1. Toyota (8)
  2. McDonald's (7)
  3. Google (23)
  4. Cisco Systems (10)
  5. Amazon (no ranking last year)

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