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The Tech 100Wang Chuanfu. Don't know the name? Until a few years ago, neither did Charlie Munger, vice-chairman ofBerkshire Hathaway. When Munger checked out Wang's company, BYD, the Chinese maker of plug-in hybridcars and rechargeable batteries, he was so impressed he persuaded Warren Buffett—legendary for his dislike oftech investments—to buy a 10 percent stake in BYD for about $230 million. That was September 2008. TodayBuffett's piece is worth nearly $2 billion.Scan Bloomberg Businessweek's Tech 100 list, and you'll find names familiar and new. From globalpowerhouses Samsung Electronics and Google to lesser-known players such as Taiwanese chipmaker PhisonElectronics and Brazilian e-tailer B2W, these companies have managed to thrive during a bruising globalrecession. BYD (which stands for Build Your Dreams) has more than flourished: It even outperformed perhapsthe hottest tech outfit around, No. 2 Apple.

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For an explanation of our methodology, go here.

Rank Company Country Tech Sector

Revenue ($MM) Revenue Growth (%) Operating Income... Shareholder's...

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Rank Company Country Tech SectorRevenue($MM)

RevenueGrowth (%)

OperatingIncome($MM)

Shareholder'sReturn (%)

67 HON HAI PRECISION TWN Electronic equipment 59341 -4 2529 80

69 SIMPLO TECHNOLOGY TWN Computers, peripherals 1037 6 101 71

89 TRIPOD TECHNOLOGY TWN Electronic equipment 1012 5 116 109

94 CHICONY ELECTRONICS TWN Computers, peripherals 1634 6 122 67

47 AUTONOMY UK Software 740 47 272 26

57 MISYS UK Software 1136 15 176 68

72 INMARSAT UK Diversified telecom 1038 4 363 67

2 APPLE USA Computers, peripherals 42905 14 11740 107

4 AMAZON.COM USA Internet, catalog retail 24509 28 1129 70

6 PRICELINE.COM USA Internet, catalog retail 2338 24 471 170

7 CENTURYLINK USA Diversified telecom 4974 91 1233 37

8 COGNIZANT TECH. USA IT services 3279 16 618 106

20 ORACLE USA Software 23252 4 8555 35

22 GOOGLE USA Internet software, services 23651 9 8312 33

24 NETFLIX USA Internet, catalog retail 1670 22 187 118

26 VISA USA IT services 6911 10 3540 40

29 LENDER PROCESSING USA IT services 2371 29 532 33

30 VERIZON USA Diversified telecom 107808 11 19480 1

31 FIDELITY NATIONAL INFO. USA IT services 3770 10 415 49

32 HARRIS USA Communications equipment 5005 9 794 82

38 SALESFORCE.COM USA Software 1077 44 64 100

41 GLOBAL PAYMENTS USA IT services 1602 26 309 34


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Methodology

Data: Bloomberg, as of April 30

Methodology: To compile our list, we started with the more than 6,500 actively traded primary securities in the Bloomberg database

in 13 tech sectors. We then set requirements of a minimum market capitalization of $1 billion, revenues of at least $500 million, and

no more than a 5 percent decline in revenues from 2008 to 2009 (calculated in local currency). We also excluded companies whose

stock had fallen by 50 percent or more in the 12 months ending April 30, 2010.

We then developed a means to normalize revenues and operating income of the remaining 210 companies so they could be fairly

compared, and ranked them on these metrics as well as total shareholder return and employee growth, a key indicator of growth in

tech companies, with 1 being the top ranking. The rankings received for normalized revenue and operating income were weighted at

35% each, shareholder return at 20% and employee growth at 10%. Adding them all up, the companies with the lowest summed

weighted rankings made the Tech 100 list.

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43 EQUINIX USA Internet software, services 883 25 180 43

44 SAIC USA IT services 10070 13 776 -4

48 CROWN CASTLE INTL USA Wireless telecom services 1685 10 453 54

49 COMPUTER SCIENCE USA IT services 16740 1 1211 42

50 SYMANTEC USA Software 6150 5 1667 -3

52 MASTERCARD USA IT services 5099 2 2267 36

53 AMERICAN TOWER USA Wireless telecom services 1724 8 672 28

58 DOLBY LABORATORIES USA Electronic equip., instruments 720 12 363 71

59 RED HAT USA Software 653 25 83 73

61 FLIR SYSTEMS USA Electronic equipment 1147 7 347 38

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