For the second consecutive year, Apple was voted one of the 100 most influential companies of the year in the world. This is how the prestigious magazine TIMEwho made the list public on March 30.
This is the second time the publication has revealed its TIME100 Most Influential Companies, an extension of the famous list which publishes approximately the 100 most influential people in the world each year. The version chosen by the most impactful companies in the world was born in 2021.
That year, Apple also made the list and is now debuting in the “Titans” category. Share space with companies like Meta, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft or IBM. Sony, Spotify, Reddit or TikTok are other technology firms among the 100 most influential of 2022.
The magazine cited Apple for “flexing its muscles.” Specific, TIME highlights the change the company introduced last year where users can prevent their app usage habits from being tracked. According to Apple, “a victory for user privacy”.
This is not the first time that the Apple universe has been rewarded for the publication. Also in 2021, Tim Cook was named one of the Titans on the 100 Most Influential People list. He had appeared on the list before in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017.