There is loss in efficiency--it now takes 34 worker-hours to make a dining room table, up from 25--but Green thinks that price is worth paying.

FORBES: Green Wood

Dresdner RCM didn't make our table--it invests in companies of all sizes--but it has racked up some impressive numbers during its first two and a half years in existence, with a market beating average return of 34.5%.

FORBES: Doffing the cap