The top CEOs in the World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barron’s, Glassdoor.com and Harvard Business Review all publish annual lists of the top ranking CEOs, based on everything from editorial opinion, employee favorability, ESG and company profits. I crossed reference the HBR list with the other two and discovered that only three leaders out of 180 names put forth ranked on all three lists: Howard Schultz, CEO Starbucks; Mark Parker, CEO Nike; and Fred Smith, CEO FedEx.

 

Harvard Business Review 100 Best Performing CEOs in the World 2015

To rank CEOs, HBR factors in Environmental, Social and Governance criteria, or ESG at 20%. The financial health of the company, or stock valuation, is factored in at 80%. The final qualification for this list is long-term service to the company, from at least 1995. Below is a partial list. Click on the link above to view the full list on the HBR website.

 

1. Lars Sorensen, Novo Nordisk
2. John Chambers, Cisco Systems
3. Pablo Isla, Index
4. Elmar Degenhart, Continental
5. Martin Sorrell, WPP
6. Stephen Luczo, Seagate Technology
7. Jon Frederik Baksaas, Telnor
8. George Scangos, Biogen
9. Michael Wolf, Swedbank
10. Fujio Mitarai, Canon
11. Leslie Wexner, L Brands
12. Howard Schulz, Starbucks
13. Florentino Perez Rodriguez, ACS
14. Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo
15. Benoit Potier, Air Liquide
16. Carlos Brito, Annheuser-Busch
17. Lars Rasmussen, Coloplast
18. Kaspar Rorsted, Henkel
19. Alexander Cutler, Eaton
20. Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagon
21. Mark Parker, Nike
22. Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen Asset Mgmt
23. Johan Thijs, KBC
24. Roberto Egydio Setubal, Itaú Unibanco
25. Laurence Fink, Blackrock
26. Martin Bouygues, Bouygues
27. Sergio Marchionne, Fiat Chrysler
28. Simon Wolfson, Next
29. Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia
30. Norbert Reithofer, BMW
31. Ronnie Leten, Atlas Copco
32. Michael Ward, CSX
33. Terry Gou, Hon Hai Precision Industry
34. Eric Wiseman, VF
35. Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing
36. through 74 see link above.

75. Fred Smith, FedEx

 

Barron’s Profiles of the World’s Best CEOs

Each spring Barron’s releases it Barron’s Profiles of the World’s Best CEOs. Their method of compiling the list is through the opinions and expertise of the editorial staff. Below is the list for 2016, not in any ranking order. To read profiles on each CEO click on the Barron’s link above. This list I have crossed reference with the full HBR list and the Glassdoor.com list to come later. You will see annotations in parentheses next to the name if the CEO has also been ranked on one of the other lists, along with what number he or she ranked.

 

1. Bernard Arnault, LVMN Moet, Hennessy Louis Vutton (HBR #44)
2. Jeff Bezos, Amazon (HBR #87)
3. Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch (HBR #16)
4. Thomas Enders, Airbus
5. Jeffrey Ettinger, Hormel
6. Alan Joyce, Quantas Airways
7. Li Ka-shing, CK Hutchinson Holdings
8. Anand Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra
9. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems (Glassdoor #47)
10. Brian Roberts, Comcast
11. Larry Young, Dr. Pepper Snapple
12. Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway
13. David Cote, Honeywell Int’l
14. Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase
15. Laurence Fink, Blackrock
16. Reed Hastings, Netflix
17. Robert Iger, Walt Disney (Glassdoor #37)
18. Ma Huateng, Tencent
19. Larry Merlo, CVS Health
20. Michael O’Leary, Ryanair Holdings
21. Larry Page, Alphabet (Glassdoor #1)
22. Kevin Plank, Under Armour
23. Aditya Puri, HDFC Bank
24. Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (HBR #85)
25. Howard Schultz, Starbucks (HBR #12 and Glassdoor #31)
26. Fred Smith, Fedex (HBR #75 and Glassdoor #30)
27. Jeffrey Sprecher, Intercontinental Exchange
28. Miles White, Abbott Laboratories
29. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (Glassdoor #4)
30. Mark Parker, Nike (HBR #21, Glassdoor #2)

 

Glassdoor’s Highest Rated CEOs 2015

Glassdoor.com calculates favorable past or present employee reviews of CEOs from the largest companies in the U.S. and Europe and ranks them accordingly. The top ten in this list have at least 94% percent favorability ratings. To see exactly which percentage each CEO earned, please click on the link above. This list has also been cross-referenced with the other two.

 

1. Larry Page, Alphabet (Barron’s)
2. Mark Parker, Nike (HBR #21, Barron’s)
3. Charles Butt, HEB
4. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (Barron’s)
5. Scott Scherr, Ultimate Software
6. Hugh Grant, Monsanto Company (HBR #66)
7. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs
8. John Schlifske, Northwestern Mutual
9. Glenn Johnson, Insight Global
10. Tim Cook, Apple
11. Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia
12. Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn
13. Craig Jelinek, Costco Wholesale
14. John Legere, T-Mobile
15. Jim Weddle, Edward Jones
16. John Watson, Chevron
17. Calvin McDonald, Sephora
18. Mark Weinberger, EY
19. G. Lafley, Proctor & Gamble
20. Lyndon Rive, SolarCity
21. Marc Benioff, Salesforce (HBR #46)
22. Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp
23. Martin Mucci, Paychex
24. Omar Ishrak, Medtronic
25. Corey Schiller, Power Home Remodeling
26. Mickey Drexler, J. Crew
27. Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson
28. Danny Wegman, Wegmans Food Markets
29. Blake W. Nordstrom, Nordstrom (HBR #38)
30. Fred Smith, FedEx (HBR #75, Barron’s)
31. Howard Schultz, Starbucks (HBR #12, Barron’s)
32. John Veihmeyer, KPMG
33. Frank D’Souza, Cognizant
34. Thomas Richards, CDW
35. Vishal Sikka, Infosys
36. Brad Smith, Intuit
37. Robert Iger, Walt Disney Co (Barron’s)
38. William McNabb, Vanguard
39. Brian Krzanich, Intel
40. Joseph Tarantino, Protiviti
41. Tom Linebarger, Cummins
42. Kenneth Oaks, Total Quality Logistics
43. Keven Lobo, Stryker
44. Bill Emerson, Quicken Loans
45. Brad Jackson, Slalom Consulting
46. Christopher Connor, Sherwin-Williams (HBR #54)
47. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe (Barron’s)
48. Brian Chesky, Airbnb
49. Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines (HBR #97)
50. Arne Sorenson, Marriott