World's Most Admired Companies 2008

Top 20 global stars

All praise is welcome, but it is particularly sweet when it comes from one's peers. Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked the experts -- in this case, more than 1,400 people from dozens of industries -- to select the 10 companies they admire most.

IBM
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IBM
Overall score: 7.50
Top 50 rank: 13*
Rank in Computers: 1
Country: U.S.
See how IBM rates in 9 key areas
Last updated March 10 2008: 10:22 AM ET

Apple
General Electric
Toyota Motor
Berkshire Hathaway
Procter & Gamble
FedEx
Johnson & Johnson
Target
BMW
Microsoft
Costco Wholesale
United Parcel Service
IBM
PepsiCo
Cisco Systems
Boeing
Wal-Mart Stores
Honda Motor
Coca-Cola
Caterpillar
* Indicates a tie in rank
Most Admired Companies 2008
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