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Agilent Makes List of Companies "Most Likely to Change
the World."
There are lists ranking companies for being great
places to work, for being “family-friendly,”
for protecting the environment, for community service, for
financial performance and for a myriad of other attributes
and accomplishments. And then there’s a list with a twist:
Red Herring magazine’s selection of the 50 private and
50 public companies deemed “Most Likely to Change the
World.” This year, Agilent joined that remarkable list
for the first time.
In its sixth year, The Red Herring 100 is an annual survey
of “everything that is great about technology, innovation,
and entrepreneurial capitalism.” As the magazine puts
it, producing this list “means seeking those companies
that are bent on overcoming theoretical scientific limits
and are capable of building sound business models from their
developments.”
Agilent’s listing is illustrated with a graphic signifying
“compelling technology.” The copy describes Agilent
as “a market leader in the testing and measurement of
equipment used to manufacture optical components” that
has “finessed the manufacturing process for nanoelectronic
and nanooptical components.”
Assessment criteria for The Red Herring 100 includes a firm’s
potential to disrupt an existing market or create a new one
altogether, its execution of strategy, the quality of its
management, financial performance and dedication to research
and development. “Ultimately,” the magazine asserts,
“all Red Herring 100 companies are proof that innovations
matter -- not just technologically, but because they fulfill
pressing needs.”
The Red Herring 100 is featured in the magazine's June 2002
issue.
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