Growing (and Shrinking) Functions at the Top

Print or Download Confronting challenges that are rapidly evolving and others that are newly emerging, the world’s largest companies have understandably adjusted their C-suites to align their executive management teams for organizational success amidst these challenges. Over the past four years, we have carefully observed some profound and significant changes in C-suites at the world’s… More

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Newcomers and Promotions at the Top

Print or Download C-suite roles are highly coveted positions in global business. To fill these important positions, companies sometimes pursue new hires from outside their organizations, and they sometimes promote talent internally. We assessed C-suite executives from the 500 companies that comprise the 2021 edition of the Global Fortune 500.  C-suite executives at these companies… More

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The Corporate Power School Ranking

Where did the top decision makers of the largest companies go to college? Print or download The largest 500 companies in the world that comprise the Global Fortune 500 employ thousands of executives around the world. Have you ever wondered what academic affiliations and degrees these executives obtained on their way to the top? We… More

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How Can I Leverage the Global Fortune 500 List?

Being an employee or a vendor of a Global Fortune 500 company is widely perceived as a badge of honor. But it is not the only such prestigious list of corporations. We have selected 20 highly prestigious company lists. Our most popular lists in 2020 were: UnicornsRussell 3000Global Forbes 2000Global Fortune 500Euro Stoxx 600 These… More

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The World’s 12 Best Company Lists

There are 800 million registered companies in the world with one or more employees. That’s an incredibly large number. Over the years, various stock exchanges, analysts and media outlets have sought to organize these companies into lists based on their various common denominators. Here is my (arbitrary) selection of what I consider the world’s 12… More

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