The 0.13% Problem
What 11 companies out of 8,430 reveal about why the rest lose
I analysed 8,430 companies across 81 industries and asked a simple question: which ones captured dominant profit share in their industry over five consecutive years?
Eleven.
Not eleven percent. Eleven companies. Out of 8,430.
That is 0.13% of the firms studied. So rare, I gave them a name: superfirms.
In 70 of the 81 industries, not a single company achieve…


