Foreword
Fortune hired management consulting firm BCG to develop a proprietary Future 50 system that analyzes dozens of factors to identify “companies with the strongest long-term growth potential.”
This year, that Fortune proprietary methodology zeroed in on the “50 global firms best poised to deliver above-average gains.” These are not start-ups. Selection criteria only included companies with $20 billion in market value or $10 billion in revenue for 12 months through the end of 2018.
Sixteen of these selections pay dividends. Nine of the 50 companies have no tickers tracked by