Akamai Technologies has deployed the most pervasive, highly distributed content delivery network in the world. With about 345,000 servers in about 135 countries, the Akamai Edge platform delivers and protects…
After our recent quarterly report, “Has Innovation Bottomed?” Knowledge Leaders Capital CEO and CIO Steven Vannelli, CFA, was invited to be a guest on ARK Invest’s For Your Innovation Podcast.…
Bandai Namco is a video game entertainment company that aims to make “play” a natural part of life. As of this year, it is the world’s third largest video game…
LHC Group provides home health care services to patients in the United States, including post-acute, therapy, and hospice care. The firm also runs 124 residential facilities serving patients who have…
Headquartered in Monett, Missouri, Jack Henry makes an extensive array of financial technologies and services that connect banks to the people and businesses they serve. With a mission to help…
Irvine, California-based Masimo makes non-invasive patient monitoring, measuring and sensing technologies that improve patient care in the hospital, the home, and on the go. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Masimo…
Maker of the probiotic “Yakult” drink, the company Yakult Honsha’s mission is to contribute to health, happiness, and the pursuit of excellence in life, science and microorganisms. Its flagship refrigerated…
Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, FactSet is a global financial data analytics company. Using a cloud-based subscription model, the firm delivers intelligence to inform investment decisions to more than 160,000 asset…
Shopify is a leader in commerce solutions that allow merchants to set up online stores and sell their products. The firm’s tools power millions of entrepreneurs in more than 175…
Salesforce is the No. 1 provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software in the world. Its flagship Customer 360 platform is designed to help businesses identify prospects, close deals, service…
Liberty Media owns interests in a variety of media, communications, and entertainment companies. Rather than tracking the whole firm’s performance as one, three separate tracking stocks follow the individual performance…
Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board for finding and sharing ideas for food, home, style, inspiration, and more. The firm calls users, “Pinners,” for the ability to log in and…
Take-Two Interactive Software makes games for consoles, computers, and phones. With a mission to be the most creative, innovative, and efficient entertainment company in the world, the firm attributes its…
Headquartered in Japan, Ulvac makes vacuum devices and instruments for manufacturers in the semiconductor, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. Founded in 1952 as an importer of vacuum equipment—for which…
Global instruments leader Shimadzu was founded in 1875 in Kyoto, Japan, when Buddhist altar craftsman Genzo Shimadzu had a dream to build educational chemistry and physics instruments to promote a…
Recruit Group delivers the digital meeting spaces of choice for matching individuals and business clients. Founded in 1960, in Tokyo, Japan, the firm’s first project launched a job-hunting magazine that…
Seiko Epson makes printers and printing solutions for everywhere from the home to office to large industrial settings, projectors and smart glasses, manufacturing robots, sensors, powders and films for semiconductor…
Headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, TechnologyOne is Australia’s leading enterprise software company. The firm’s flagship product is an enterprise resource planning software platform called the SaaS platform–SaaS being short for “software…
Headquartered in Spring, Texas, with offices around the world, Hewlett Packard Enterprise helps businesses realize the power of their enterprise data. This means they engineer and sell all the computing…
For more than 100 years, Belden has been a leader in designing and manufacturing the cables and wires connecting the infrastructure that controls our roads, buildings, factories, energy supplies and…