Fortune has unveiled its 2026 AIQ 75 ranking, expanding from last year's 50-company list to recognise Fortune 500 companies generating measurable business impact from AI adoption. JPMorgan Chase claimed the top spot, followed by Alphabet, Coca-Cola, Amazon, and Nvidia. The expanded list features 36 new companies across 18 sectors, including technology, finance, healthcare, energy, retail, and industrials. Collectively, the 75 companies represent $7.58 trillion in revenue, $1.33 trillion in profits, and $32.1 trillion in market value. The ranking was developed in partnership with ServiceNow, using data from ServiceNow's 2026 Enterprise AI Maturity Index and research from ETR. The methodology evaluates Fortune 500 companies based on AI implementation and business outcomes. The announcement precedes the inaugural Fortune AIQ Summit at the New York Stock Exchange.

Fortune has released its 2026 Fortune 500 Europe list, with Volkswagen retaining the top position at No. 1 and Shell at No. 2. The UK leads for the first time with 76 companies, surpassing Germany's 73 and France's 66. Europe's 500 largest companies generated $15.5 trillion in revenue, up 4% from last year, whilst profits increased by 3% to just over $1 trillion. The list features 43 female CEOs, representing 8.6% of companies — the highest number since the ranking's launch in 2023. Financial services dominates the list, accounting for 24% of revenue and 40% of profits. Energy and automotive sectors feature prominently in the top 10, with Shell, Glencore, BP, and TotalEnergies claiming four of the top five spots. Combined employment across the 500 companies fell 1% to 34.6 million.

Fortune's Colvin retiring after 48 years. August 6, 2026. Posted by chris roush. Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large at Fortune magazine, is retiring after 48 years. He has been with the magazine since September 1978. "There aren't enough words to describe the impact he's had on business journalism and Fortune," wrote executive editor Lee Clifford of LinkedIn. "An absolute legend in every way!" As a longtime editor and writer for Fortune, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. "In a long career at Fortune I was endlessly fascinated by change and disruption, and how people deal with these challenges best - especially in the organizations where we spend most of our waking hours," he wrote on LinkedIn. He is heard daily on the CBS Radio Network, where he has made over 15,000 broadcasts and reaches seven million listeners each week. He is the author of three books. A native of Vermillion, South Dakota, Geoff is an honors graduate of Harvard with a degree in economics and has an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.