Most Influential Companies in India

Thursday 30 May 2013

Most Influential Companies in India


While there are many big companies in India, both multinational and national, not all can be called influential or thought leaders. A research conducted for London-based consultancy TLG Partners by Nielsen ranks 20 most successful business Thought Leaders in India.


Tata - 
Rank in 2013: 1
Rank in 2011: 2
Tata group comprises over 100 operating companies in seven business sectors: communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals.
Image: Tata's Jaguar's CX75 electric car is unveiled at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

The group has operations in more than 80 countries across six continents, and its companies export products and services to 85 countries.

Google
Rank in 2013: 2
Rank in 2011: 3

Google, a California-based company, is well-known for its search engine, online advertising and software products.


Maruti Suzuki
Rank in 2013: 3
Rank in 2011: 4

Maruti Suzuki India Limited is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan. Maruti Suzuki is a leading manufacturer of passenger vehicles in India. Lovingly referred to as the people's car maker; over the past three decades Maruti Suzuki has changed the way people in India commute and travel.

Apple
Rank in 2013: 4
Rank in 2011: Not in Top 20

Apple, a California-based company, is famous for its iMac computers, tablets, smartphones and music player.


Delhi Metro
Rank in 2013: 5
Rank in 2011: Not in Top 20

The unique feature of Delhi Metro is its integration with other modes of public transport, enabling commuters to conveniently interchange from one mode to another. To increase ridership of Delhi Metro, feeder buses for metro stations are operated.


State Bank of India
Rank in 2013: 6
Rank in 2011: 7

The origin of the State Bank of India goes back to the first decade of the 19th century with the establishment of the Bank of Calcutta in Calcutta on June 2, 1806. Three years later the bank received its charter and was re-designed as the Bank of Bengal.


Life Insurance Corporation of India
Rank in 2013: 7
Rank in 2011: 12
Life insurance in its modern form came to India from England in the year 1818. Oriental Life Insurance Company started by Europeans in Calcutta was the first life insurance company on the Indian soil.


Infosys
Rank in 2013: 8
Rank in 2011: 1

An entrepreneurial adventure that began with seven engineers and $250, Infosys is now a publicly traded company driven by 150,000+ relentless innovators and annual revenues of more than $7 billion.


Facebook
Rank in 2013: 9
Rank in 2011: 8

Facebook, a California-based company, is world's biggest social networking website.


Mahindra & Mahindra
Rank in 2013: 10
Rank in 2011: 10

Founded in 1945 as a steel trading company, it entered automotive manufacturing in 1947 to bring the iconic Willys Jeep onto Indian roads. Over the years, it has diversified into many new businesses in order to better meet the needs of its customers.

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