General Electric was named the world's most respected company for the fourth straight year in a worldwide survey of chief executives conducted by the Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
GE is a diversified services, technology and manufacturing company and is the ultimate parent of a number of factors, primarily in European factoring markets including France and the UK.
The survey asked 914 chief executives from 65 countries to identify the companies they most respected. The executives and key stakeholders also were asked to identify companies that produced the best value for consumers and shareholders as well as those that best managed environmental resources.