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Remember that as you peruse Fortune’s recently published ranking of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” — the magazine’s annual ranking of corporate reputation.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

Admired by American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, Saura traced his criticism of bourgeois culture and use of fantasy and flashbacks to surrealist Luis Bunuel, a fellow native of the Aragon region and a close personal friend.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2023

This year, the company was named the “World’s Most Admired Homebuilder” in Fortune magazine’s annual survey, the seventh time it has been so honored.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Admired if not universally loved, and feared if only by competitors who knew the extent of his acumen, Mr. Mehta reigned for years as one of the most powerful figures in book publishing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2019

Admired by Jane Austen, Dr. Johnson, and David Hume, Blair edited the first Scottish edition of Shakespeare and a forty-four volume uniform edition of the English poets.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith