Apple Maintains Its Reign as the World’s Most Admired Company for 18 Years Straight Apple has once again secured the top spot in Fortune’s annual ranking of the World’s Most Admired Companies, marking its 18th consecutive year at No. 1. The rankings, based on surveys of 3,380 business leaders...

9to5 Mac reports today that Apple has just been proclaimed the most admired company in the world by Fortune for the 11th year in a row. In contrast, Samsung dropped off the list last year after its exploding batteries issue, and hasn’t returned this year. The remaining companies joining Apple in...