
Fred Smith, CEO FedEx

Howard Schultz, CEO Starbucks

Mark Parker, CEO Nike
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.
- Lars Sorensen, Novo Nordisk
- John Chambers, Cisco Systems
- Pablo Isla, Index
- Elmar Degenhart, Continental
- Martin Sorrell, WPP
- Stephen Luczo, Seagate Technology
- Jon Frederik Baksaas, Telnor
- George Scangos, Biogen
- Michael Wolf, Swedbank
- Fujio Mitarai, Canon
- Leslie Wexner, L Brands
- Howard Schulz, Starbucks
- Florentino Perez Rodriguez, ACS
- Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo
- Benoit Potier, Air Liquide
- Carlos Brito, Annheuser-Busch
- Lars Rasmussen, Coloplast
- Kaspar Rorsted, Henkel
- Alexander Cutler, Eaton
- Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagon
- Mark Parker, Nike
- Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen Asset Mgmt
- Johan Thijs, KBC
- Roberto Egydio Setubal, Itaú Unibanco
- Laurence Fink, Blackrock
- Martin Bouygues, Bouygues
- Sergio Marchionne, Fiat Chrysler
- Simon Wolfson, Next
- Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia
- Norbert Reithofer, BMW
- Ronnie Leten, Atlas Copco
- Michael Ward, CSX
- Terry Gou, Hon Hai Precision Industry
- Eric Wiseman, VF
- Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing
- 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.
- Bernard Arnault, LVMN Moet, Hennessy Louis Vutton (HBR #44)
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon (HBR #87)
- Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch (HBR #16)
- Thomas Enders, Airbus
- Jeffrey Ettinger, Hormel
- Alan Joyce, Quantas Airways
- Li Ka-shing, CK Hutchinson Holdings
- Anand Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra
- Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems (Glassdoor #47)
- Brian Roberts, Comcast
- Larry Young, Dr. Pepper Snapple
- Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway
- David Cote, Honeywell Int’l
- Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase
- Laurence Fink, Blackrock
- Reed Hastings, Netflix
- Robert Iger, Walt Disney (Glassdoor #37)
- Ma Huateng, Tencent
- Larry Merlo, CVS Health
- Michael O’Leary, Ryanair Holdings
- Larry Page, Alphabet (Glassdoor #1)
- Kevin Plank, Under Armour
- Aditya Puri, HDFC Bank
- Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (HBR #85)
- Howard Schultz, Starbucks (HBR #12 and Glassdoor #31)
- Fred Smith, Fedex (HBR #75 and Glassdoor #30)
- Jeffrey Sprecher, Intercontinental Exchange
- Miles White, Abbott Laboratories
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (Glassdoor #4)
- 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.
- Larry Page, Alphabet (Barron’s)
- Mark Parker, Nike (HBR #21, Barron’s)
- Charles Butt, HEB
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (Barron’s)
- Scott Scherr, Ultimate Software
- Hugh Grant, Monsanto Company (HBR #66)
- Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs
- John Schlifske, Northwestern Mutual
- Glenn Johnson, Insight Global
- Tim Cook, Apple
- Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia
- Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn
- Craig Jelinek, Costco Wholesale
- John Legere, T-Mobile
- Jim Weddle, Edward Jones
- John Watson, Chevron
- Calvin McDonald, Sephora
- Mark Weinberger, EY
- G. Lafley, Proctor & Gamble
- Lyndon Rive, SolarCity
- Marc Benioff, Salesforce (HBR #46)
- Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp
- Martin Mucci, Paychex
- Omar Ishrak, Medtronic
- Corey Schiller, Power Home Remodeling
- Mickey Drexler, J. Crew
- Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson
- Danny Wegman, Wegmans Food Markets
- Blake W. Nordstrom, Nordstrom (HBR #38)
- Fred Smith, FedEx (HBR #75, Barron’s)
- Howard Schultz, Starbucks (HBR #12, Barron’s)
- John Veihmeyer, KPMG
- Frank D’Souza, Cognizant
- Thomas Richards, CDW
- Vishal Sikka, Infosys
- Brad Smith, Intuit
- Robert Iger, Walt Disney Co (Barron’s)
- William McNabb, Vanguard
- Brian Krzanich, Intel
- Joseph Tarantino, Protiviti
- Tom Linebarger, Cummins
- Kenneth Oaks, Total Quality Logistics
- Keven Lobo, Stryker
- Bill Emerson, Quicken Loans
- Brad Jackson, Slalom Consulting
- Christopher Connor, Sherwin-Williams (HBR #54)
- Shantanu Narayen, Adobe (Barron’s)
- Brian Chesky, Airbnb
- Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines (HBR #97)
- Arne Sorenson, Marriott
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