Amazon has been ranked third in the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list for 2025. This also makes it the 9th consecutive year that Amazon has been featured among the top three companies on the coveted list. Fortune considers several parameters – nine, specifically – and surveys the top executives and other officials before finalizing the list of contenders. Amazon attributes its achievement to continued efforts to improve and innovate its products and services, the quality of its management, and its ability to respond to social causes.
Amazon said one thing it has always been committed to, which ensured a slot among the top three in the World’s Most Admired Companies list, is its never-ending zeal to offer its customers the best products and services at the lowest possible price point. That includes things as diverse as movies, shows, podcasts, millions of other products, and even the freshest farm produce.
Amazon further stated that it made its most significant annual investment, amounting to 2.2 billion USD in pay and other employee benefits in 2024. Full-time employees who work a 40-hour week stand to gain from an average increase of $3,000. Other employee benefits include healthcare, including dental, flexible working hours, a 401(k) program with a company match, and prepaid college tuition.
Amazon also added that it has an active program that provides employees with the support they need to develop new skills and further improve their future career prospects. The company said more than 350,000 of its employees in the US have taken advantage of the free education and skills training offer since 2019. It also spends hundreds of millions of dollars to enhance the skills of its employees around the world so that they can keep up with the latest trends in the job market in both technical and non-technical fields.
Amazon’s zeal for creating a productive and flourishing work environment extends beyond the office. This has prompted the company to develop the Amazon Housing Equity Fund, which oversees the creation or practical preservation of affordable homes for its employees. Amazon has committed $3.6 billion to the fund, with $1.4 billion contributed in 2024 alone. This has led to the development of more than 35,000 affordable homes.
Other efforts Amazon believes helped it secure the top spot in the Most Admired Companies list include its continued support for the Delivery Service Partner program, which allows companies to develop their delivery networks. This, in turn, helps generate revenue and employment. Amazon has invested $12.3 billion in six years, with $2.1 billion invested last year alone.
Amazon also said it has created jobs and has the fastest delivery times, with more than 5 billion items delivered the same day or the next. The company also stated that it is always at the forefront of adopting the latest advancements in technology, including the latest AI achievements, to enhance its efficiency and make things easy and fast for its employees. All of these, Amazon believes, helped it earn the third spot as the World’s Most Admired company.
With a keen interest in tech, I make it a point to keep myself updated on the latest developments in technology and gadgets. That includes smartphones or tablet devices but stretches to even AI and self-driven automobiles, the latter being my latest fad. Besides writing, I like watching videos, reading, listening to music, or experimenting with different recipes. The motion picture is another aspect that interests me a lot, and I'll likely make a film sometime in the future.
