California tops nation with 'powerful' brands

California tops nation with ‘powerful’ brands

Nov. 15, 2010 6:02 PM PT

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Sun and surf, California has plenty of. A laid-back attitude, definitely yes. Influential companies? Just look at Silicon Valley.

Apparently, California is home to almost half of the nation’s most ‘powerful’ brands, according to an index compiled by TLG Communications of London that surveyed ‘key opinion leaders.’

The names are unsurprising -- occupying three of the top five brands are Apple in the top slot, Google as No. 2 and Facebook in fifth. Of the top 20 positions, California-based companies snagged nine spots. Other Golden State powerhouses include Intel (7), Virgin America/Atlantic (11), Skype (14), Twitter (15), Ebay (16) and Hewlett Packard (18).

Texas follows with three top-20 brands. Washington, New York and Minnesota clock in third with two companies each.

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-- Shan Li

Technology Blog

Shan Li

Shan Li covered the retail and restaurant industries for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported on the California economy and the technology sector. A Texas native, she graduated from the business school at New York University, where she decided journalism was much more interesting than a job on Wall Street. She left The Times in 2017.