The 50 Best Managed Fortune Companies In America, 2017

Amazon has been ranked named one on the inaugural ranking of America’s most effectively managed companies by the Drucker Institute’s Management Top 250, followed by Apple and Alphabet, Inc., the parent company of Google.

It’s worth noting that tech companies took home 7 of the top 10 spots Amazon (No. 1), Apple (NO. 2), Alphabet (NO. 3), IBM (NO. 5), Microsoft (NO. 6), Cisco Systems (NO. 9), and Nvidia (NO. 10).

America’s 50 most effectively managed companies, based on the principles espoused by business guru Peter Drucker.

The Management Top 250 looked at 5 areas reflecting Drucker’s core principles: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength.

Drucker, who died in 2005, wrote 39 books and has been called the founder of modern management theory.

The 50 Best Managed Fortune Companies In America, 2017

1. Amazon
2. Apple
3. Alphabet (Google)
4. Johnson & Johnson
5. International Business Machines
6. Microsoft
7. Procter & Gamble
8. 3M
9. Cisco Systems
10. Nvidia
11. Nike
12. Accenture
13. Dow Chemical
14. Intel
15. Clorox
16. S&P Global
17. Colgate-Palmolive
18. Weyerhaeuser
19. Exxon Mobil
20. Marriott International
21. General Electric
22. HP
23. Medtronic
24. Intuit
25. Southwest Airlines
26. Kimberly-Clark
27. Starbucks
28. PepsiCo
29. Molson Coors Brewing
30. Lockheed Martin
31. Adobe Systems
32. Ford Motor
33. Altria Group
34. Coca-Cola
35. United Parcel Service
36. Salesforce.com
37. AT&T
38. Jones Lang LaSalle
39. Brown-Forman
40. Texas Instruments
41. Wal-Mart Stores
42. Eli Lilly & Co.
43. General Motors
44. Merck & Co.
45. Oracle
46. Facebook
47. Bristol-Myers Squibb
48. L Brands
49. Campbell Soup
50. Verizon Communications