JOIN USThe ‘Infotech 100’ list for 2009, based on shareholder return, return on equity, total revenues, and revenue growth is topped by Amazon.com for the second straight year.
Ranked at the sixth position, telecom giant Bharti Airtel leads the pack of Indian companies featured in the list. The three IT majors — Infosys, TCS and Wipro find a place in the top 50. Infosys is ranked 25, TCS is at the 30th spot and Wipro is placed at the 43rd position. The “2009 ranking of the tops in tech showcases companies that managed to thrive even in the face of a bruising global recession,” the magazine said. At the second spot is Oracle followed by SAP (3), Inventec (4) and IBM (5).
India-origin CEOs
Two American entities led by India-origin CEOs also find a place in the top 100. Francisco D’Souza-led Cognizant Technologies is ranked 51 while Adobe Systems headed by Shantanu Narayen has cornered the 99th spot.
Bharti Airtel is ahead of MTN Group (12th rank), maker of Blackberry phones Research In Motion (14), Apple (19), software major Microsoft (22) and Google (37), among others.
The number of US firms in the list shot up to 43 against 33 last year and five firms from China are also listed. BusinessWeek said that it combed the financial results of “tens of thousands of publicly traded businesses and ranked tech players on shareholder return, return on equity, total revenues, and revenue growth” to prepare the list.