Debate: Who's the Most Innovative Company of 2010?

Posted by: Michael Arndt on March 08, 2010

We’re a month away from publishing our Most Innovative Companies ranking for 2010, dear readers. Let’s see if your opinion matches those in our survey of top-level execs around the globe. Who do you think will top this year’s list? And who do you think actually deserves to be No. 1? Also, name a newcomer that has earned a slot in the Top 25.

To refresh your memory, here’s 2009’s list. I’ve put an asterisk after companies that were honored in our first ranking, in 2005. The 2010 ranking comes out on April 8.

1. Apple*
2. Google*
3. Toyota Motor*
4. Microsoft*
5. Nintendo
6. IBM*
7. Hewlett-Packard
8. Research in Motion*
9. Nokia*
10. Wal-Mart Stores*
11. Amazon.com*
12. Procter & Gamble*
13. Tata
14. Sony*
15. Reliance Industries
16. Samsung Electronics*
17. General Electric*
18. Volkswagen
19. McDonald’s
20. BMW*
21. Walt Disney
22. Honda Motors
23. AT&T
24. Coca-Cola
25. Vodafone