There are particular skills that separate business innovators like Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Marc Benioff from ordinary managers. These skills are not the particular endowment of the lucky few. Anyone can change his or her behavior to improve creative impact. Here, the leaders of companies on our Innovators list discuss what gives them their edge. Continue
| Rank | Company | 5-Year Avg. Sales Growth (%) |
5-Year Avg. Net Income Growth (%) |
Enterprise Value ($bil) |
Innovation Premium* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salesforce.com |
39.5 | 78.7 | 20.7 | 75.1 |
| 2 | Amazon.com |
32.0 | 37.6 | 92.7 | 58.9 |
| 3 | Intuitive Surgical |
43.4 | 36.4 | 13.4 | 57.6 |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings |
69.0 | 75.4 | 46.5 | 52.3 |
| 5 | Apple |
35.1 | 60.7 | 303.4 | 48.2 |
| 6 | Hindustan Unilever |
10.0 | 4.0 | 15.5 | 47.7 |
| 7 | 35.0 | 37.1 | 138.1 | 44.9 | |
| 8 | Natura Cosmeticos |
17.0 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 44.5 |
| 9 | Bharat Heavy Electricals |
27.2 | 25.0 | 19.5 | 43.6 |
| 10 | Monsanto |
13.4 | 44.7 | 41.3 | 42.6 |
| 11 | Reckitt Benckiser Group |
15.1 | 18.6 | 43.4 | 40.6 |
| 12 | Celgene |
46.3 | 81.1 | 27.5 | 40.5 |
| 13 | Nidec |
5.1 | 5.0 | 15.2 | 40.0 |
| 14 | Terumo |
5.8 | -0.1 | 10.7 | 38.0 |
| 15 | Infosys |
23.6 | 22.7 | 34.3 | 37.1 |
| 16 | Pernod Ricard |
14.0 | 14.9 | 38.5 | 36.6 |
| 17 | Keyence |
3.1 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 36.1 |
| 18 | FMC Technologies |
13.5 | 31.7 | 10.9 | 36.0 |
| 19 | Starbucks |
10.1 | 3.8 | 28.9 | 35.6 |
| 20 | Nintendo |
14.8 | -4.6 | 14.3 | 35.0 |
| 21 | Alcon** |
10.4 | 17.9 | - | 34.9 |
| 22 | Activision Blizzard |
31.1 | 41.6 | 10.5 | 34.6 |
| 23 | Beiersdorf |
5.3 | -0.7 | 12.7 | 34.5 |
| 24 | Procter & Gamble |
7.7 | 11.0 | 211.3 | 33.4 |
| 25 | Essilor International |
9.9 | 10.0 | 17.4 | 33.2 |
| 26 | L'Oreal |
6.1 | 2.6 | 74.7 | 33.1 |
| 27 | Schlumberger |
11.8 | 8.5 | 126.7 | 32.7 |
| 28 | Ecolab |
6.3 | 8.8 | 14.2 | 32.6 |
| 29 | Alstom |
9.3 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 32.5 |
| 30 | ICL-Israel Chemicals |
9.6 | 15.0 | 22.0 | 32.3 |
| 31 | General Mills |
5.1 | 10.2 | 30.2 | 32.3 |
| 32 | CSL |
10.1 | 14.0 | 17.8 | 32.1 |
| 33 | Colgate-Palmolive |
6.9 | 12.6 | 46.5 | 32.0 |
| 34 | NetApp |
17.3 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 31.6 |
| 35 | Danone |
5.5 | 5.0 | 57.1 | 31.5 |
| 36 | Citrix Systems |
14.7 | 7.5 | 14.7 | 30.4 |
| 37 | Areva |
-2.1 | -3.4 | 19.1 | 30.3 |
| 38 | Rockwell Automation |
2.3 | -7.5 | 12.5 | 30.3 |
| 39 | Kone |
9.0 | 37.2 | 15.5 | 30.1 |
| 40 | China Oilfield Services |
29.7 | 38.1 | 14.5 | 30.0 |
| 41 | Synthes |
8.0 | 11.5 | 19.1 | 29.6 |
| 42 | Juniper Networks |
14.5 | -0.1 | 14.7 | 29.6 |
| 43 | Praxair |
5.1 | 9.6 | 39.6 | 28.8 |
| 44 | Estee Lauder Cos |
4.6 | -1.0 | 21.1 | 28.4 |
| 45 | Fanuc |
3.2 | 5.8 | 34.8 | 28.3 |
| 46 | Hershey |
3.1 | -0.5 | 13.4 | 27.2 |
| 47 | Avon Products |
5.7 | -1.5 | 14.4 | 25.9 |
| 48 | Paccar |
-10.0 | -30.0 | 21.8 | 25.7 |
| 49 | SMC Corp |
1.1 | -2.2 | 10.9 | 25.5 |
| 50 | PepsiCo |
10.8 | 6.6 | 135.4 | 25.4 |
| 51 | Fresenius Medical Care |
10.8 | 15.1 | 29.2 | 25.1 |
| 52 | Secom |
3.2 | 2.8 | 9.4 | 25.1 |
| 53 | Anheuser-Busch InBev |
18.7 | 27.5 | 133.8 | 24.9 |
| 54 | Adobe Systems |
11.5 | 1.8 | 13.1 | 24.1 |
| 55 | Agilent Technologies |
1.4 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 23.9 |
| 56 | HTC Corp |
30.7 | 27.4 | 22.3 | 23.8 |
| 57 | Kellogg |
4.4 | 5.3 | 25.5 | 23.3 |
| 58 | Sandvik |
5.5 | 2.0 | 22.2 | 23.3 |
| 59 | ASML Holding |
12.3 | 26.8 | 13.2 | 22.7 |
| 60 | Air Products & Chemicals |
3.1 | 4.5 | 24.0 | 22.3 |
| 61 | Qualcomm |
13.8 | 2.1 | 80.4 | 22.3 |
| 62 | Richemont (Compagnie Financière) |
6.5 | -3.1 | 30.9 | 22.2 |
| 63 | SAP |
7.9 | 3.9 | 69.1 | 22.1 |
| 64 | Emerson Electric |
3.2 | 4.6 | 44.9 | 22.0 |
| 65 | Campbell Soup |
2.2 | 3.6 | 13.4 | 22.0 |
| 66 | Kao |
4.1 | -8.1 | 15.0 | 21.9 |
| 67 | Atlas Copco |
5.8 | 8.6 | 28.8 | 21.9 |
| 68 | Danaher |
9.7 | 11.2 | 37.1 | 21.7 |
| 69 | Corning |
5.9 | 33.7 | 21.9 | 21.4 |
| 70 | Daikin Industries |
7.9 | -13.4 | 13.0 | 21.3 |
| 71 | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
33.3 | 46.6 | 25.5 | 21.2 |
| 72 | Sany Heavy Industry |
68.1 | 91.8 | 23.1 | 21.2 |
| 73 | Johnson Controls |
2.4 | 11.6 | 31.9 | 21.2 |
| 74 | Unilever NV |
2.2 | 2.4 | 102.9 | 21.0 |
| 75 | Zoomlion Heavy Industry |
58.1 | 71.9 | 11.4 | 20.9 |
| 76 | Rolls-Royce Holdings |
10.9 | 9.0 | 16.5 | 19.4 |
| 77 | Oracle |
17.9 | 17.8 | 147.1 | 19.3 |
| 78 | Fresenius SE |
15.2 | 22.9 | 34.7 | 19.2 |
| 79 | Syngenta |
3.5 | 13.2 | 32.4 | 19.1 |
| 80 | LeGrand |
3.7 | 32.8 | 11.7 | 18.9 |
| 81 | Schindler Holding |
-1.3 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 18.8 |
| 82 | Kraft Foods |
7.1 | -3.5 | 89.9 | 18.6 |
| 83 | Henkel |
4.7 | 8.1 | 27.2 | 18.6 |
| 84 | Intuit |
11.4 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 18.2 |
| 85 | Cameron International |
17.6 | 23.3 | 12.0 | 18.1 |
| 86 | Microsoft |
9.7 | 8.3 | 186.0 | 18.0 |
| 87 | Automatic Data Processing |
8.5 | 11.0 | 24.5 | 18.0 |
| 88 | Maroc Telecom |
9.0 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 17.7 |
| 89 | Precision Castparts |
9.1 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 17.5 |
| 90 | Air Liquide |
5.3 | 8.5 | 44.7 | 17.4 |
| 91 | Boston Scientific |
3.4 | - | 14.9 | 17.0 |
| 92 | Tenaris |
1.4 | -3.7 | 26.3 | 16.8 |
| 93 | ABB |
3.3 | 23.8 | 49.2 | 16.7 |
| 94 | Toshiba |
0.2 | 12.0 | 36.9 | 16.6 |
| 95 | Stryker |
9.7 | 14.5 | 20.7 | 16.5 |
| 96 | BAE Systems |
13.9 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 16.5 |
| 97 | Halliburton |
10.3 | -7.3 | 50.6 | 16.1 |
| 98 | CA |
2.8 | 49.3 | 9.5 | 16.1 |
| 99 | Altera |
7.8 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 16.1 |
| 100 | ConAgra Foods |
4.1 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 16.0 |
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