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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

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