Time Magazine is well-known for its annual Time100 Most Influential People issue. The media brand unveiled a new annual list called the TIME100 Most Influential Companies. The list coincides with the company’s launch of Time business, a new editorial section.

Time Magazine was previously owned by Time Warner and Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP) before being sold to salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) owner Marc Benioff.

The list features five different covers featuring the CEOs of Hello Sunshine, the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gro Intelligence, General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN).

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Here are the publicly traded companies that made the inaugural list, divided into categories by the magazine, which also provided the reason why:

Pioneers

  • Bumble Inc (NASDAQ: BMBL): Designing a smarter, safer dating app
  • Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ: BYND): Popularizing plant-based protein
  • Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY): Commanding the cannabis market
  • Roblox Corp (NYSE: RBLX): Building a metaverse

Leaders

  • Sony Corp (NYSE: SONY): Creating the high-demand game consoles
  • Twitter (NYSE: TWTR): Upgrading a platform
  • Teladoc Health Inc (NYSE: TDOC): Updating telemedicine
  • Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL): Doubling down on defining products
  • Mattel Inc (NASDAQ: MAT): Toying with a media empire
  • Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR): Fueling up, more sustainably
  • Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL): Thinking ahead
  • Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE): Channeling change
  • Mercadolibre Inc (NASDAQ: MELI): Leading e-commerce in Latin America
  • Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA): Moving finance forward
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA): Vaccinating the vulnerable
  • CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS): Administering vaccines
  • Volkswagen (OTC: VWAGY): Racing to lead EVs
  • Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE-ADR (NASDAQ: BNTX): Immunizing the world
  • Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD): Improving home improvement
  • Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ): Delivering a one-dose vaccine

Innovators

  • Zillow Group Inc (NASDAQ: Z): Opening houses
  • Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA): Making a new kind of vaccine
  • Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM): Enabling virtual connection
  • Flutter Entmt ADR (OTC: PDYPY): Playing for keeps
  • Adidas ADR (OTC: ADDYY). Reducing waste
  • Farfetch Ltd (NYSE: FTCH): Digitizing fashion
  • Nintendo (Pink: NTDOY): Creating communities
  • Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT): Betting big on talk
  • BYD Company ADR (OTC: BYDDY): Scaling electric transport
  • Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX): Redefining Hollywood
  • NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA): Developing critical chips
  • Yum China Holdings (NASDAQ: YUMC): Inventing the future of fast food

Titans

  • General Motors: Engineering a greener future
  • Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT): Powering the lockdown
  • Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT): Keeping America fed, clothed and vaccinated
  • Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL): Unearthing the digital wallet
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA): Coalescing e-commerce
  • FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX): Taking flight
  • Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN): Shoring up crypto’s credibility
  • AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T): Keeping Americans connected
  • Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB): Fighting (and fueling) misinformation
  • Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL): Searching for a better world
  • BP plc (NYSE: BP): Changing course
  • Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG): Cleaning up at home
  • Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS): Supercharging franchises
  • SoftBank Group. Corp (OTC: SFTBY): Moving markets
  • Unilever plc (NYSE: UL): Parting with plastics
  • United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS): Delivering the goods
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTC: SSNLF): Dominating electronics
  • Tencent Holdings ADR (OTC: TCEHY): Evolving its footprint
  • Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Dominating e-tail
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (NYSE: TSM): Producing the chips that connect us

Disruptors

  • Illumina: Decoding COVID-19
  • Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ: ABNB): Adapting to a new travel reality
  • NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE: NEE): Generating green power
  • Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ: PTON): Spinning to success
  • Shopify Inc (NYSE: SHOP): Helping small retailers compete
  • Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA): Electrifying the automotive industry
  • DoorDash Inc (NYSE: DASH): Giving restaurants a lift
  • Coursera Inc (NYSE: COUR): Easing the shift to virtual learning

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