4 Metro Denver Companies Among Most Admired In 2020: Fortune

The business magazine Fortune has released its annual list of the most admired companies in the world.

Apple took the top spot on the list for the second year in a row, with Amazon and Microsoft rounding out the top three.

Denver's metro area has four of the most admired companies in the world for 2020.

Arrow Electronics

• Rank: No. 74
• Industry Rank: No. 1
• Previous Industry Rank: No. 1
• Headquarters: Centennial

Founded in 1935 in Manhattan, Arrow Electronics distributes computer products and electronic parts around the world. Over the past five years, Arrow has acquired companies such as ATM Electronic, eInfochips, Distribution Central and UBM Tech Electronics Network.

DaVita

• Rank: No. 118
• Industry Rank: No. 4
• Previous Industry Rank: No. 4
• Headquarters: Denver

DaVita provides kidney dialysis services to thousands of centers across the country, and several hundred centers around the world. The company focuses on end-stage renal disease, which requires patients to undergo dialysis several times a week.

Liberty Media

• Rank: No. 198
• Industry Rank: No. 8
• Previous Industry Rank: No. 7
• Headquarters: Englewood

Liberty Media is a mass media company with three divisions: Formula One, SiriusXM and the Atlanta Braves. The company was founded by John C. Malone in 1991.

Newmont

• Rank: No. 218
• Industry Rank: No. 2
• Previous Industry Rank: No. 12
• Headquarters: Greenwood Village

Newmont Corp is a U.S. mining company with gold mines in Nevada, Australia, Ghana, Peru and Suriname. Newmont is the world's second-largest producer of gold.

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To be considered on the list, a company has to either be one of the 1,000 largest in the United States by revenue, or a company based outside the United States in Fortune’s Global 500 database that has a revenue of $10 billion or more.

This assortment of companies was subsequently narrowed down to include the 680 highest-revenue companies in each industry, such as computer software, entertainment and real estate.

The overall rankings were then compiled by Forbes in partnership with the management consulting company Korn Ferry by surveying executives, directors and analysts in their own industry.

You can read the full methodology here.

Here are the top 10 companies on the list:

1. Apple
2. Amazon
3. Microsoft
4. Walt Disney
5. Berkshire Hathaway
6. Starbucks
7. Alphabet
8. JPMorgan Chase
9. Costco Wholesale
10. Salesforce

The full list of most admired companies in 2020 is available on the Fortune website.