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Apple Tops Innovative Company List

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Businessweek compiled their 2007 list of the 50 most innovative companies.

Apple leads the pack for the third year in a row.

As our first-place innovator for the third year in a row, Apple reigns again. The iPod creator is a master of superb product, store, and experience design. Now that it's invading the living room and the cell-phone market, will it continue the winning streak?
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The list was compiled based on volunteer surveys sent to executives of the 1,500 largest global corporations.

Meanwhile, it was recently revealed by Forbes that despite an official $1/year salary, Apple's Steve Jobs is the highest compensated CEO in America this year at $646 million.
 
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What, of course, that one needs to remember is that Jobs is paid almost entirely in AAPL shares -- a fine way of improving on the principal-agent problem.
 
not surprising at all but good to hear certainly.
hopefully leopard will keep 'em on the top next year. :p
 
JeffTL said:
What, of course, that one needs to remember is that Jobs is paid almost entirely in AAPL shares -- a fine way of improving on the principal-agent problem.
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Wow, so that's how he makes the money but still signs for a $1/year salary? That is just incredible.
 
For those of you playing along at home... that's $73,000 per hour, working 24 hours per day.

Or if he's working 10 hour days, that's $177,000 per hour.

I am a freaking loser.
 
joachim said:
Wow, so that's how he makes the money but still signs for a $1/year salary? That is just incredible.
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I can just picture Steve living in his office. taking showers there and everything. The janitors are like "yeah, good night steve." and he just crawls under his desk and goes to sleep because he only makes 1 dollar a year?

... or in reality he can't figure out how to spend all of his money.
 
dukebound85 said:
why is nintendo soooooo low (39) when companies like Boeing, Dell and other are ahead. Not saying they arent but nintendo is something special in terms of innovative
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while nintendo is a huge innovator in the gaming field, i belive this is intended as overall impact. and well gaming is a pretty niche market, but thats changing right now.
 
Hmmmm... Apple's not exactly the Skunk Works™ though really is it? :p

And the Civic maker is 12th. 12th. :rolleyes:
 
Apple Tops...

Hey, as an electronics company I don't see anyone else coming up with great ideas for new products. There are other good products around but none like Apple brand.
 
His 5-year salary is slightly more at $650m - so though he was paid $646m last year, he was paid no more than $4m total for the four years prior.

Granted, his 5-year pay still tops the chart, but on average, $130m/year isn't bad for a CEO who has returned 1500% for his shareholders and contributed so much to tech innovation at the same time.
 
Very nice. Too bad many will maintain that the Reality Distortion Field is what accounts for its high status, and in truth sells us sub par products. Boy, give me a $1 a year salary...I'll use it to buy gum, and chew it vigorously on the way to the bank.
 
Didn't you hear? They's scrapping Santa Rosa for the upcoming AMD Superfly64 chip, which is being scrapped to make way for the upcoming Intel Prometheus Quad.
 
No Offense, but....

I wouldn't call a company that has released one hardware product for purchase so far this year innovative.
See here.
 
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