Most Admired Tech Companies
8. Company: Intel
Rank: 36
Overall score: 7.80
CEO: Paul Otellini
Ranked number one for its flagship product—semiconductor, Intel is the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip maker. Although Intel created the world's first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not until the success of the personal computer (PC) that this became its primary business. From SRAMs to super computers, Intel has done it all. It’s Intel Inside Program hit it off very well with consumers.
9. Company: e-Bay
Rank: 41
Overall score: 6.43
CEO: John Donahoe
eBay is one of the largest global commerce and paymentssites. Founded as an online auction site for users to sell and buy goods, it continues to impress with earnings upto $3.2 billion in profits on sales of nearly $12 billion. After the acquisition of PayPal, which the company took over in 2002, the popular payments service added roughly one million new users each month last year.
10. Company: Cisco Systems
Rank: 42
Overall score: 7.19
CEO: John T. Chambers
Ranked 2 in the world for its Network and other Communication equipments, Cisco calls itself the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. A major provider of Voice over IP, Cisco is now moving towards home user market through its acquisitions
