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Automotive
                                                                              Business services
                                                                              Financial services
                                                                              Technology
                                                                              Electronics
                                                                              Sporting goods
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 021’s top risers shared   and portfolio strategy and propel
 strong performances   growth. Thanks to this, Salesforce
 on three brand strength   is the fastest-growing enterprise
 factors: Participation,   software company globally, both
 Agility and Direction.   for personal and professional
 2The technology giants   use. It’s ambitious product-led                  Tesla     36,270  $m   184% growth
 Apple, Microsoft and Amazon   growth strategy and innovation              Salesforce   14,770  $m      37% growth
 continue to shine, making up   has expanded its user-base and             Adobe        24,832  $m      36% growth
 the top ten alongside fast risers   community and has facilitated         PayPal        14,322  $m      36% growth
 Salesforce and Adobe.  the continued rollout of software                  Microsoft      210,191 $m      27% growth
 globally on several dimensions,                                           Apple         408,251 $m      26% growth
 But the real champion is Tesla,   including in Covid-19 relief efforts.   Nintendo      9,197    $m       26% growth
 recording a near-tripling of its                                          Amazon       249,249 $m      24% growth
 brand value resulting in a striking   Apple, the world’s top brand        Nike          42,538  $m      24% growth
 26-point rise to 14th place. Tesla’s   for the ninth consecutive year,    Zoom      5,536  $m      24% growth
 meteoric rise was achieved with a   continues to lead the way in in
 ubiquitous social media presence   direction ensuring that everyone
 that enhanced its brand values,   in its organization is moving
 consolidating its position as the   towards a clear, ambitious goal.
 world-leading Electric Vehicle   It has diversified further into
 manufacturer. It’s core purpose, “to   health care, (with the Apple Watch
 accelerate the world’s transition   now recording blood oxygen
 to sustainable energy”, clearly   levels), subscription-services in
 resonates with a growing, loyal   entertainment, data-storage and
 consumer-base and demonstrates   music, it has continued to stay close
 how successful brands woo   to customers and it continues to
 consumers with a clear, coherent   find strong online retail solutions
 vision. Even with anecdotal reports   despite complications caused by
 of reliability issues, Tesla customers   the pandemic. Ultimately, Apple
 score high satisfaction, significantly   still demonstrates remarkable
 above peers in this sector.  direction and a brand value that
 centres on providing the consumer
 Another rapid riser is Salesforce,   a simple, seamless experience,
 which demonstrated effective   which reflects its significant
 agility to diversify its acquisition   26% increase in brand value.



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