The Wired 40

What makes a company wired? We start by looking for the basics: strategic vision, global reach, killer technology. But that's not enough. To land a spot on our annual Wired 40 list, a business also needs the X-factor – a hunger for new ideas and an impatience to put them into practice. Such companies inevitably become trendsetters, literally: As we debated and redebated the list this year, six major themes flickered into view. From the rise of peer production to the end of carbon pollution, they tell us where the world is heading. These are the companies leading the way.

01. GOOGLE
02. APPLE
03. SAMSUNG
04. GENENTECH
05. YAHOO
06. AMAZON.COM
07. TOYOTA
08. GENERAL ELECTRIC
09. NEWS CORP.
10. SAP
11. INFOSYS TECH
12. CISCO
13. ELECTRONIC ARTS
14. NETFLIX
15. SALESFORCE.COM
16. MEDTRONIC
17. SUNPOWER CORP.
18. IBM
19. EBAY
20. INFOSPACE
21. NVIDIA
22. VERIZON
23. FLEXTRONICS
24. INTEL
25. MONSANTO
26. EMC
27. DUPONT
28. JETBLUE
29. LENOVO
30. TSMC
31. BP
32. LI & FUNG
33. EXELON
34. COSTCO
35. GEN-PROBE
36. MICROSOFT
37. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
38. CITIGROUP
39. COMCAST
40. PFIZER

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