BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: 10 BEST PERFORMING CEOs in World (2010)
A lot of people have blamed short-term thinking for causing our current economic troubles, which has set off a debate about what time window we should use to assess a CEO’s performance. Today boards of directors, senior managers, and investors intensely want to know how CEOs handle the ups and downs of running businesses over an extended period. Many executive compensation plans define the “long term” as a three-year horizon, but the real test of a CEO’s leadership has to be how the company does over his or her full tenure.
This article contains the first ranking that shows which CEOs of large public companies performed best over their entire time in office—or, for those still in the job, up until September 30, 2009. To compile our results, we collected data on close to 2,000 CEOs worldwide.
It may come as no shock that Steve Jobs of Apple tops the list. However, our ranking does contain a few surprises. You’ll see some relatively unknown faces at the top. The inverse is also true: Some obvious candidates in terms of reputation don’t make the top 50, which we’re printing in this issue—or even the top 100 or top 200. (To view the top 100 and access a list of the top 200, go to hbr.org/top-ceos.) In fact, our list overlaps very little with lists of the most-admired or highest-paid CEOs.
1. Steve Jobs
Apple
1997–Present
United States
Information Technology
Insider CEO
MBA No
Country-Adjusted TSR 3,226%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 3,188%
Market Cap Change $150B
2. Yun Jong-Yong
Samsung Electronics
1996–2008
South Korea
Information Technology
Insider CEO
MBA No
Country-Adjusted TSR 1,559%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 1,458%
Market Cap Change $127B
3. Alexey B. Miller
Gazprom
2001–Present
Russia
Energy
Insider CEO
MBA No
Country-Adjusted TSR 2,032%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 2,427%
Market Cap Change $101B
4. John T. Chambers
Cisco Systems
1995–Present
United States
Information Technology
Insider CEO
MBA Yes
Country-Adjusted TSR 922%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 1,054%
Market Cap Change $152B
5. Mukesh D. Ambani
Reliance Industries
2002–Present
India
Energy
Insider CEO
MBA No
Country-Adjusted TSR 1,001%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 1,430%
Market Cap Change $72B
6. John C. Martin
Gilead Sciences
1996–Present
United States
Health Care
Insider CEO
MBA Yes
Country-Adjusted TSR 2,089%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 2,054%
Market Cap Change $39B
7. Jeffrey P. Bezos
Amazon.com
1996–Present
United States
Retail
Insider CEO
MBA No
Country-Adjusted TSR 4,592%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 4,586%
Market Cap Change $37B
8. Margaret C. Whitman
eBay
1998–2008
United States
Information Technology
Outsider CEO
MBA Yes
Country-Adjusted TSR 1,434%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 1,368%
Market Cap Change $37B
9. Eric E. Schmidt
Google
2001–Present
United States
Information Technology
Outsider CEO
MBA No
Country-Adjusted TSR 387%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 344%
Market Cap Change $101B
10. Hugh Grant
Monsanto
2003–Present
United States
Materials
Insider CEO
MBA Yes
Country-Adjusted TSR 684%
Industry-Adjusted TSR 572%
Market Cap Change $35B
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