Time announced this week its annual 100 Most Influential Companies list. Here’s a look at the publicly traded companies that made the list.
What Happened: The 2022 winners were divided into five categories with the Titans category containing the most publicly traded companies of the five groups.
Many of the privately held companies could become publicly traded in the future with Reddit, Impossible Foods and TikTok among the most well-known non-public companies on the list. Parents will also be pleased to hear that Pinkfrog, the company behind “Baby Shark” also made the list.
Here’s a look at the public companies on the list divided by categories and included with the tagline Time attributed to best describe the reason for inclusion.
Pioneers:
- IonQ Inc (NYSE:IONQ): Going quantum
Titans:
- Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN): The everything company
- Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE): Reducing risk
- United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE:UPS): Shipping success
- Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL): Silicon Valley standout
- Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF): Fewer fees
- United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ:UAL): Leading the Fleet
- Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F): Electrifying everything
- IBM (NYSE:IBM): Taking climate into account
- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB): Mainstreaming the metaverse
- Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT): Game on
- Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL): Flexing its muscles
- Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT): Investing in workers
- NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA): Powering tech’s evolution
- BYD Co (OTC:BYDDY): Charging up China
- Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS): Relaxing restrictions
- Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX): Expanding viewers’ horizons
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Leaders:
- Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT): Playing the hits
- Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:ABNB): Offering shelter
- Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK): Cleaning up air travel
- Upwork Inc (NASDAQ:UPWK): Finding flexibility
- Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY): Entertaining the world
- Nextdoor Holdings Inc (NYSE:KIND): Prompting kindness
- Curaleaf Holdings (OTC:CURLF): Growth model
- DoorDash Inc (NYSE:DASH): Delivering relief
- Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA): Beyond prescriptions
Innovators:
- Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN): Electric dreams
- SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI): New bank on the block
- Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA): Improving access
- Allbirds Inc (NASDAQ:BIRD): Selling sustainability
Disruptors:
- AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC): Memestock mastery
- Starry Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:STRY): Cheaper broadband
- GoodRx Holdings (NASDAQ:GDRX): Making medicine affordable
- Sonder Holdings (NASDAQ:SOND): Ready for departure
Why It’s Important: The Time list contains a wide range of companies based on name-brand awareness and valuation with some of the largest companies in the world like Apple, Amazon and Nvidia making the list.
The list also highlights several companies that went public over the last 15 months including some by SPAC merger (Sonder, Starry, SoFi, Nextdoor) and others that completed IPOs (Rivian, Allbirds).
Appearing on the list is no guarantee of future success but can help highlight the companies and increase brand awareness and lead to marketing opportunities and better recruiting for job candidates.
