The Future 50
Welcome to the inaugural Fortune Future 50, our new ranking of companies best positioned for breakout growth. Produced in partnership with BCG, the Future 50 is divided into two lists: the 25 Leaders (companies with a market value above $20 billion) and the 25 Challengers (those below $20 billion when the ranking was done).
The Top 25
Veeva Systems
Salesforce
Salesforce is a leading cloud-based enterprise software company that launched in 1999 as the first major ...
Workday
Workday provides software that helps organizations manage financial operations, human capital, spending, ...
Tesla
Tesla is a maker of electric vehicles and energy generation and supply systems. It is the largest ...
Meta Platforms
Founded in 2004 as Facebook, Meta operates the world’s largest social media platforms and has heavily ...
The Future 50 Coverage
MagazineThe Future 120—How vital firms stay forever youngBy Ketil Gjerstad, Johann Harnoss, Viacheslav Romanov, Sophie ThorupOctober 6, 2026
MagazineThe Future 50: Fast-growing companies that investors and CEOs should watchBy Ketil Gjerstad, Marley Finley, Johann HarnossSeptember 15, 2025
ConferencesFuture 50 execs say they’re focusing on investing in AI and remote workBy John KellDecember 10, 2024
Education ArticlesFrom no degree to PhD: how Fortune Future 50 CEOs are breaking the business education moldBy Preston ForeDecember 4, 2024
MagazineThe Future 50: The companies most likely to adapt, thrive, and growBy Ketil Gjerstad, Johann HarnossDecember 2, 2024
LeadershipScandal over ex-lover cuts billionaire WiseTech CEO’s wealthOctober 22, 2024
FeaturesWhere will growth come from in the next decade? A geographic deep dive into the Future 50January 29, 2024
FeaturesThe case for the intergenerational C-suite: Why companies need more age diversity in their leadership ranksDecember 18, 2023
FeaturesTech will remain the economy’s key growth engine. Fortune's Future 50 helps explain whyDecember 11, 2023
NewslettersJ.M. Smucker's CFO explains how sales of Uncrustables grew 22% in the latest quarter—and is on its way to being a $1 billion brandDecember 7, 2023
NewslettersHis dad worked on the factory floor at Johnson & Johnson. Now he's the CFODecember 6, 2023
NewslettersTech dominates the Fortune Future 50 list as 'long-term growth potential of the sector is alive and well'December 5, 2023
MagazineThe Future 50: Companies built for growth in uncertain timesDecember 4, 2023
FinanceVitality: A unique lens for understanding companies' growth potential in turbulent timesBy Martin Reeves, Magdalena Krupa, Adam JobMarch 29, 2023
MagazineThe Future 50: Growth stocks to bet on in an unpredictable worldBy Martin Reeves, David Zuluaga MartínezDecember 2, 2021
MagazineModerna’s COVID vaccine success made the stock a big pandemic winner. Will the run continue?By Rey MashayekhiDecember 2, 2021
Inside the Future 50: Why these companies thrived in the pandemic—and could grow even faster coming out of itBy Martin Reeves, Tom DeeganApril 22, 2021
FinanceInside the Future 50: The 3 key traits of companies that outperform, regardless of industryBy Martin Reeves, Tom DeeganFebruary 23, 2021
MagazineThe corporate world needs to do better on diversity—and so does FortuneBy Clifton LeafDecember 3, 2020
MagazineFinding advantage in adversity: How the Future 50 positioned themselves for growth, even in 2020By Martin Reeves, Kevin WhitakerDecember 3, 2020
