Every year, Fortune publishes the Future 50, a ranking of the world's largest public companies by their long-term growth prospects, co-developed with Boston Consulting Group (read more on the Future 50 and our methodology). In this series, we assess trends related to the future growth potential of businesses.
A small fraction of all companies is responsible for the majority of wealth creation in the stock market over the long term: A recent study of 28,000 U.S. firms shows that almost all net shareholder value created between 1926 and 2022 was attributable to only 2% of the sample.
