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World’s Most Influential and Innovative Companies, 2023

Walmart

Which companies have the strongest reputations within and across industries? That’s the question at the heart of the CEOWORLD 200 Most Influential and Innovative Companies, an annual ranking of corporate reputation based on a poll of some 125,000 global corporate executives, company directors (or equivalent), business leaders, private equity investors, investment bankers, and financial analysts around the globe. The CEOWORLD 200 is an annual ranking of the top 200 most influential and innovative corporations worldwide. The most influential companies worldwide are also some of the most recognizable.

Walmart Inc was ranked No. 1 globally among the CEOWORLD magazine’s most influential and innovative companies list, while Amazon.com, Inc and Apple Inc. placed second and third, respectively. The 2023 rankings of the world’s most influential and innovative companies placed CVS Health in fourth ahead of Aramco in fifth, Morgan Stanley ranked sixth, and Alphabet Inc seventh.

The CEOWORLD 200 Most Influential and Innovative Companies are each nominated from a range of sectors, then judged individually by the CEOWORLD magazine’s global network of editors and correspondents, as well as from industry experts. The study is based on a list of the top companies in each of the 20 sectors based on several factors, including market capitalization and the number of employees.

Overall, among the top 10 most influential and innovative companies, the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions are held by Shell plc, UnitedHealth Group, and Exxon Mobil Corporation. Berkshire Hathaway Inc took the No. 11 spot, followed by Costco Wholesale Corporation (No.12) and Cigna Group (No.13).

The survey participants were asked to rate organizations within an industry based on specific criteria requirements, choosing the top ten companies they admired most. THE CRITERIA: Ability to attract, develop and retain top talent; innovation capacity; commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace; market competitiveness; corporate governance practices; environmental policies; social and corporate governance; obligation to protect the assets of the Company and ensure their efficient use; the number of employees; decisions and investments with long-term objectives; quality of senior management, providing high-quality products and services, inspiring business leaders; market capitalization; and company’s overall standing in categories such as assets, liabilities, equity, expenses, revenue, and overall profitability. Anyone could vote for any company in any industry.

The ranking doesn’t insinuate that these are the most ethical companies but are simply an indication of the reputation and standing of the company. The list comprises companies across various sectors, including finance, banking, health care, entertainment, technology, etc.

Foxconn

Meanwhile, Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) ranked No. 14 in the CEOWORLD magazine’s ranking of the most influential and innovative companies in the world for 2023. AT&T Inc. came in fifteenth place, followed by McKesson Corporation (sixteenth), Volkswagen Group (seventeenth), AmerisourceBergen Corporation (eighteenth), and Trafigura Group, ranked nineteenth. Out of 200 most influential and innovative companies in the world, Chevron Corporation ranked No. 20th.

World's Most Influential and Innovative Companies, 2023

RankCompanyNameTitleCountry
1Walmart IncDoug McMillonPresident and CEOUnited States
2Amazon.com, IncAndy JassyPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
3Apple Inc.Tim CookChief Executive OfficerUnited States
4CVS HealthKaren S. LynchPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
5AramcoAmin H. NasserPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSaudi Arabia
6Morgan StanleyJames P. GormanChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
7Alphabet Inc.Sundar PichaiChief Executive OfficerUnited States
8Shell plcWael SawanChief Executive OfficerUnited Kingdom
9UnitedHealth GroupAndrew WittyChief Executive OfficerUnited States
10Exxon Mobil CorporationDarren W. WoodsChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
11Berkshire Hathaway IncWarren E. BuffettChief Executive OfficerUnited States
12Costco Wholesale CorporationWalter Craig JelinekPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
13Cigna GroupDavid CordaniChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
14Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn)Young-Way LiuChairman and Chief Executive OfficerTaiwan
15AT&T Inc. John T. StankeyChief Executive OfficerUnited States
16McKesson CorporationBrian TylerChief Executive OfficerUnited States
17Volkswagen GroupOliver BlumeChief Executive OfficerGermany
18AmerisourceBergen CorporationSteven H. CollisChairman, President and CEOUnited States
19Trafigura GroupJeremy WeirExecutive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Singapore
20Chevron CorporationMichael K. (Mike) WirthChairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
21Microsoft CorporationSatya NadellaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
22Glencore Gary NagleChief Executive OfficerSwitzerland
23Cardinal HealthJason HollarChief Executive OfficerUnited States
24Home DepotTed DeckerChair, President & Chief Executive Officer
United States
25TotalEnergiesPatrick PouyanneChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer France
26Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.Rosalind Brewer Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
27StellantisCarlos TavaresChief Executive OfficerNetherlands
28Marathon Petroleum CorporationMichael J. HenniganChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
29Elevance HealthGail K. BoudreauxPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
30BP p.l.c.Bernard LooneyChief Executive OfficerUnited Kingdom
31KrogerWilliam Rodney McMullenChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
32FordJim FarleyPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
33Verizon Communications, Inc.Hans VestbergChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
34Mercedes-Benz Group AGOla KälleniusChairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
35JPMorgan Chase & Co.James DimonChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
36General MotorsMary Teresa BarraChair and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
37MitsubishiKatsuya NakanishiDirector, President and Chief Executive OfficerJapan
38CenteneSarah M. LondonChief Executive OfficerUnited States
39Meta Platforms, Inc.Mark ZuckerbergChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
40Allianz SEOliver BäteChairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
41Comcast CorporationBrian L. RobertsChairman & Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
42Phillips 66Mark E LashierPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
43Axa S.A.Thomas BuberlGroup Chief Executive OfficerFrance
44Valero EnergyJoseph W. GorderChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
45Dell TechnologiesMichael S. DellChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
46TargetBrian C. CornellChair and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
47Fannie MaePriscilla AlmodovarChief Executive OfficerUnited States
48PJSC GazpromAlexey Borisovich MillerChairman of the Management Committee and Chief Executive OfficerRussia
49United Parcel Service - UPSCarol B. TomeChief Executive OfficerUnited States
50FortumMarkus RauramoPresident and Chief Executive OfficerFinland
51Lowe'sMarvin R. EllisonChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
52Bank of AmericaBrian Thomas MoynihanChair of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
53BMW - Bayerische Motoren Werke AGOliver ZipseChairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
54Johnson & JohnsonJoaquin DuatoChairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
55LVMHBernard ArnaultChairman And Chief Executive OfficerFrance
56Archer Daniels MidlandJuan Ricardo LucianoChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
57Honda Motor Co., LtdToshihiro MibePresident and Chief Executive OfficerJapan
58FedEx CorporationRajesh SubramaniamPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
59HumanaBruce D. BroussardPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
60Deutsche Telekom AGTimotheus HottgesChief Executive OfficerGermany
61Wells Fargo & CompanyCharles W. ScharfPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
62State Farm InsuranceMichael TipsordChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
63Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Philippe DonnetChief Executive OfficerItaly
64PfizerDr. Albert BourlaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
65CitigroupJane FraserChief Executive OfficerUnited States
66PepsiCoRamon LaguartaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
67Crédit AgricolePhilippe BrassacChief Executive OfficerFrance
68Intel CorporationPatrick (Pat) GelsingerChief Executive OfficerUnited States
69Procter & GambleJon R. MoellerChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
70General ElectricH. Lawrence Culp Jr.Chairman and Chief Executive Officer United States
71Enel S.p.A. Francesco StaraceChief Executive Officer and General ManagerItaly
72IBMArvind KrishnaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
73MetLife, Inc.Michel A. KhalafPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
74EDF - Électricité de France S.A.Jean-Bernard LévyChief Executive OfficerFrance
75Prudential Financial, Inc. Charles F. LowreyChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
76Albertsons Companies, Inc.Vivek SankaranChief Executive OfficerUnited States
77The Walt Disney CompanyRobert Allen IgerChief Executive OfficerUnited States
78Nestlé S.A.Ulf Mark SchneiderChief Executive OfficerSwitzerland
79Lockheed Martin CorporationJames (Jim) D. TaicletChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
80Freddie MacMichael DeVitoChief Executive OfficerUnited States
81Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil)Shrikant Madhav VaidyaChairmanIndia
82Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.David M. SolomonChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
83Raytheon TechnologiesGregory J. HayesChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
84BASF SEMartin BrudermullerChairman of the Board of Executive Director and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
85HP Inc.Enrique J. LoresPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
86Boeing CompanyDavid L. CalhounPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
87HCA HealthcareSamuel N. HazenChief Executive OfficerUnited States
88Eni S.p.A.Claudio DescalziChief Executive OfficerItaly
89AbbVieRichard A. GonzalezChairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
90Dow Inc.James R. FitterlingChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
91TeslaElon MuskChief Executive OfficerUnited States
92E.ON SELeonhard BirnbaumChairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
93AllstateThomas J. WilsonChair, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
94American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Peter S. ZaffinoChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
95Best Buy Co. Inc.Corie BarryChief Executive OfficerUnited States
96Equinor ASAAnders OpedalPresident and Chief Executive OfficerNorway
97Charter CommunicationsChristopher L. WinfreyPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
98Sysco CorporationKevin P. HouricanPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
99MerckRobert M. DavisPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
100Ahold DelhaizeFrans MullerPresident and Chief Executive Officer; Chair and member of the Management Board and Executive CommitteeNetherlands
101New York Life InsuranceCraig DeSantoPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
102Caterpillar Inc.D. James (Jim) Umpleby IIIChairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
103SonyKenichiro YoshidaChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerJapan
104Cisco SystemsCharles H. RobbinsChair and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
105TJX Companies Inc.Ernie HerrmanPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
106RosneftIgor SechinChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management BoardRussia
107Publix Super MarketsRandall T. JonesChief Executive OfficerUnited States
108ConocoPhillipsRyan M. LancePresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
109CarrefourAlexandre BompardChairman and Chief Executive Officer France
110Liberty Mutual InsuranceTimothy M. SweeneyPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
111Progressive CorporationSusan Patricia GriffithPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
112NationwideKirt A. WalkerChief Executive OfficerUnited States
113BNP ParibasJean-Laurent BonnaféDirector and Chief Executive OfficerFrance
114Tyson FoodsDonnie D. KingPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
115Bristol Myers SquibbGiovanni CaforioChairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
116Tesco PLCKen MurphyGroup Chief Executive OfficerUnited Kingdom
117Nike Inc.John DonahoePresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
118Deere & CompanyJohn C. MayChairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
119American Express CompanyStephen J. SqueriChairman And Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
120EngieCatherine Fiamma MacGregorGroup Chief Executive OfficerFrance
121Abbott Laboratories Inc.Robert B. FordChairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
122Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA)Thasunda Brown DuckettPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
123Oracle CorporationSafra Ada CatzChief Executive OfficerUnited States
124Munich ReJoachim WenningChairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
125Thermo Fisher ScientificMarc N. CasperChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
126Coca-Cola CompanyJames QuinceyChairman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
127General DynamicsPhebe NovakovicChairwoman and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
128Reliance IndustriesMukesh D. AmbaniChairman & Managing DirectorIndia
129Banco Santander, S.A.José Antonio ÁlvarezChief Executive OfficerSpain
130Nucor Leon TopalianChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
131Exelon CorporationCalvin ButlerPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
132Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyRoger W. CrandallChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
133HSBCNoel Paul QuinnGroup Chief Executive OfficerUnited Kingdom
134Northrop GrummanKathy J. WardenChair, President and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
1353MMike RomanChairman And Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
136Larsen & Toubro LtdS. N. SubrahmanyanChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
137Brookfield Asset ManagementBruce FlattChief Executive OfficerCanada
138Siemens AGRoland BuschPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGermany
139Roche Holding AGSeverin SchwanChief Executive OfficerSwitzerland
140Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)Rajesh GopinathanChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
141TravelersAlan D. SchnitzerChairman And Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
142Arrow Electronics, Inc.Sean J. KerinsPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
143State Grid Corporation of ChinaBaoan Xin ChairmanChina
144ArcelorMittalAditya MittalChief Executive OfficerLuxembourg
145Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.Jean Paul PratesChief Executive OfficerBrazil
146China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC)Qijun HouChairmanChina
147Tata Steel LimitedT. V. NarendranChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
148HoneywellDarius AdamczykChairman And Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
149Qualcomm IncorporatedCristiano AmonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
150Capital One Financial CorporationRichard FairbankChairman And Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
151TD Synnex CorpRichard T. HumeChief Executive OfficerUnited States
152InfosysSalil ParekhChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
153Sinopec GroupMa YongshengChairmanChina
154Bayer AGWerner BaumannChief Executive OfficerGermany
155Airbus SEGuillaume FauryChief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of DirectorsNetherlands
156Zurich Insurance Group LtdMario GrecoGroup Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive CommitteeSwitzerland
157JSW GroupSajjan JindalChairman And Managing DirectorIndia
158Delta Air LinesEd BastianChief Executive OfficerUnited States
159Danaher CorporationRainer M. BlairPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
160China State Construction Engineering GroupZheng Xuexuan ChairmanChina
161Eli Lilly and CompanyDavid A. RicksChair and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
162Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)Antonio NeriPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
163VedantaSunil DuggalGroup Chief Executive OfficerIndia
164CBRE Group, Inc.Bob SulenticPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
165Micron TechnologySanjay MehrotraPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
166China Construction Bank (CCB)Tian GuoliChairman and Executive DirectorChina
167Broadcom Inc.Hock E. TanPresident, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorUnited States
168Hindalco IndustriesSatish PaiManaging DirectorIndia
169NRG EnergyMauricio GutierrezPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
170Nvidia CorporationJensen HuangPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
171Paramount GlobalRobert M. BakishPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnited States
172Bharti AirtelGopal VittalChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
173TSMC - Taiwan SemiconductorDr. C. C. WeiChief Executive OfficerTaiwan
174American Airlines GroupRobert IsomChief Executive OfficerUnited States
175Sinochem GroupNing GaoningChairman of the BoardChina
176NovartisVasant (Vas) Narasimhan, M.D.Chief Executive OfficerSwitzerland
177Anheuser-Busch InBevMichel DoukerisChief Executive OfficerBelgium
178HCL TechnologiesC VijayakumarChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
179Pegatron CorporationSyh-Jang LiaoPresident and Chief Executive OfficerTaiwan
180Volvo GroupMartin LundstedtPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSweden
181China Life Insurance CompanyBai TaoChairmanChina
182Repsol S.A.Josu Jon Imaz San MiguelChief Executive OfficerSpain
183Wipro LimitedThierry DelaporteChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
184Accenture plcJulie SweetChair and Chief Executive OfficerIreland
185Aegon N.V.Lard FrieseCEO and Chairman of the Executive and Management BoardNetherlands
186Mahindra GroupDr. Anish ShahChief Executive Officer and Managing DirectorIndia
187PT Pertamina (Persero)Nicke WidyawatiChief Executive Officer (President Director)Indonesia
188Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS)Tengku Muhammad TaufikPresident and Group Chief Executive OfficerMalaysia
189Umicore N.V.Mathias MiedreichChief Executive OfficerBelgium
190OMVAlfred SternChief Executive OfficerAustria
191BHP GroupMike HenryChief Executive OfficerAustralia
192JBS S.AGilberto TomazoniGlobal Chief Executive OfficerBrazil
193Aviva plcAmanda Blanc Group Chief Executive OfficerUnited Kingdom
194Renault GroupLuca De MeoChief Executive OfficerFrance
195A.P. Moller – MaerskVincent Clerc Chief Executive OfficerDenmark
196Power Corporation of CanadaR. Jeffrey OrrPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCanada
197Vale SAEduardo BartolomeoGlobal Chief Executive OfficerBrazil
198Rio Tinto GroupJakob StausholmChief Executive OfficerUnited Kingdom
199Woolworths Food GroupBrad BanducciChief Executive OfficerAustralia
200PTTAuttapol RerkpiboonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerThailand

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