Top 10 list of the most admired companies in the world. Apple tops for the 10th time.

Apple has been the most loved brand for a while and seems it will stay long in its lovers’ heart for long. Apple has been named to be the most admired company for the tenth year consecutively. This award was given to this great company established on the views of 3,800 Analyst, experts, executives and directors.

Additionally, aside from being the most admired company in the world, Apple is also the most valuable company on this planet with a market capitalization of almost $700 billion.

Find the list for the top ten most admired company on this planet in the table below:

Position	Name	Industry
1	Apple	Computers
2	Amazon.com	Internet services and retailing
3	Starbucks	Food services
4	Berkshire Hathaway	Insurance: Property and Casualty
5	Disney	Entertainment
6	Alphabet	Internet services and retailing
7	General Electric	Industrial Machinery
8	Southwest Airlines	Airlines
9	Facebook	Internet services and retailing
10	Microsoft	Computer software

Table: Top 10 most admired companies of 2017.

For a company to make the list, it has to be among the top 1,000 U.S. organisations in terms of revenue. To that list, over 500 international firms with proceeds of $10 billion and more are added. 

Finally, the list is made of 680 firms from 28 countries. The contenders are then categorized based on things like social responsibility, quality and innovations.

Apple has been at the top of this list since year 2007 which coincided with the year it was launched. The tech giant is expected to celebrate its tenth year of iPhone production by presenting a 10th anniversary model

Samsung which has been a bitter rival to Apple in terms of mobile technology was number 35 last 

year but has been found wanting on the top 50 most admired companies for 2017. This abysmal report for Samsung could probable be related to the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco.