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Fortune 500 USA: Powerlandscapes

FAS.research, Vienna

2005

Project Description:
The image shows director interlock relationships between Fortune 500 companies in the US. We looked at how companies are connected with one another through their board of directors, i.e. Apple and Disney are connected through Steve Jobs. Companies that share a lot of directors among one another create denser zones in the network, thus form little clusters. We measured which companies exert the largest influence overall and within each cluster. The powerlandscapes to the left combine network analysis with GIS and allow for additional compelling insights. This analysis is based on data from www.theyrule.net, SEC filings 2004, thanks to Josh On and team.

Legend:
Nodes represent fortune 500 companies in the US in 2004. The larger the node, the more influential the company is in the overall network. Companies of the same color belong to the same network cluster. If company A and company B share a mutual director on their board of directors, they are linked through a line. The thicker the line, the more directors are shared.