1. Apple - For walking the talk. 

2. Facebook - For 800 million reasons to share.

3. Google - For expanding its hit lineup.

4. Amazon - For playing the long game.

5. Square - For making magic out of the mercantile. 

6. Twitter - For amplifying the global dialogue.

7. Occupy Movement - For embodying all the traits that make a fast company.

8. Tencent - For fueling China’s internet boom—And boldly moving west.

9. Life Technologies - For speeding up genetic sequencing. 

10. Solar City - For brightening up the solar-power business. 

Check out the link to see Fast Company’s list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies. There are some pretty interesting companies I’d never heard of and definitely some that I’m a big fan of — (Polyvore, Tesla, Patagonia, Dropbox). 

P.S. how awesome are the first few drawings of Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page & Jeff Bezos? I want to turn those into wall art in my apartment. Is that weird?