Time Magazine’s annual 100 Most Influential Companies list for 2025 includes many companies investors are familiar with, with numerous names originating from the growing artificial intelligence sector.
The list seeks to honor the top businesses that are helping "chart an essential path forward."
"No single data point or financial metric makes a TIME100 Company. Instead, we looked at a mosaic of qualities, studying impact, innovation, ambition, and success, each in the forms that take shape today. And as we say for all TIME100 projects: influence comes in many forms, for better and for worse," Time editors said of the list.
The Public Companies: Similar to the list of the Most Influential People that Time published earlier this year, the list of influential companies includes top tech, AI, crypto, and healthcare names that are experiencing impressive growth and bringing life-changing technology to consumers or other companies.
Here is the list of publicly traded companies or those that are part of a publicly traded company. It is broken down by the key groups used by Time: Innovators, Disruptors, Leaders, Titans and Pioneers.
Innovators
- On Holding (NYSE:ONON): footwear
- Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA): Chinese e-commerce
- Nintendo Co (OTC:NTDOY): video games
- BYD Co (OTC:BYDDY)(OTC:BYDDF): electric vehicles
- Gap, unit of Gap Inc (NYSE:GAP): apparel
- Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS): sports and outdoor retailer
- EssilorLuxottica (OTC:ESLOY): sunglasses, optical wear
Disruptors
- Waymo, unit of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL)
- Life Time Group Holdings (NYSE:LTH): fitness centers
- Elf Beauty (NYSE:ELF): beauty products
- Poppi, unit of PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP): beverages
- UFC, unit of TKO Group Holding (NYSE:TKO): fighting sports league
- Pop Mart (OTC:PMRTY): pop culture retailer
- Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN): cryptocurrency trading platform
- SharkNinja Inc (NYSE:SN): home appliances
Leaders
- Engie (OTC:ENGIY): energy company
- Prologis (NYSE:PLD): industrial and logistics real estate
- Cloudflare Inc (NASDAQ:NET): a software company
- Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD): biotechnology, healthcare
- Duolingo Inc (NASDAQ:DUOL): mobile learning
- BlackRock (NYSE:BLK): financials
- Hyundai Motor (OTC:HYMTF): automotives
- LinkedIn, unit of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): social networking
- Coursera Inc (NYSE:COUR): online learning
Titans
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK)(NYSE:BRK): conglomerate
- Comcast, NBC Universal, units of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA): media and entertainment
- L'Oreal (OTC:LRLCY): beauty company
- DoorDash Inc (NASDAQ:DASH): food delivery
- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META): social networking
- Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR): a software company
- Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN): e-commerce
- Arm Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:ARM): semiconductors
- Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG): consumer products
- Fiserv Inc (NYSE:FI): financial technology
- MercadoLibre Inc (NASDAQ:MELI): Latin American e-commerce
- Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT): retailer
- Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX): streaming
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM): semiconductors
- Universal Music Group (OTC:UNVGY)(OTC:UMGNF): music publishing
Pioneers
- ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML): semiconductors
- Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR): oil and gas
- Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT): medical devices
- Softbank Group (OTC:SFTBF)(OTC:SFTBY): telecom and e-commerce conglomerate
- CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP): gene editing
Why It's Important: Nearly half of this year's list includes companies that are publicly traded or part of publicly traded companies. This means investors can get exposure to what Time considers some of the most influential companies in the world.
Some of the companies are newer to the public market, which could mean that the 50+ companies that are not yet public could be among IPOs to watch for in the second half of 2025 and beyond.
Some of the most recognizable private companies on this year's list include OpenAI, Polymarket, Anthropic, Anduril, Beast Industries and SpaceX.
When seeking companies that can drive revenue growth and gain customer and consumer adoption, the most influential lists can be a valuable starting point for investors.
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