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So who is the top CEO in the world? Firstly, in the Top 10, there are none of the CEOs you might expect from the traditional global corporations so no Apple, Exxon, 3M or Boeing. None of the CEOs from companies featured in Jim Collins Built To Last made it into the Top 10. A full table of of the Top 100 CEOs is included at the bottom of this article. The CEOs at the top of this ranking are leading in a different way. They have outperformed on revenue, profit and shareholder value metrics, because they take the longer view, are more commercially aggressive and build strong cultures. We believe that existing rankings of CEOs, such as those from the Harvard Business Review, lacked full credibility, since they measured only hard rankings based on shareholder value creation, rather than recognizing the real success of the CEO in building a growing and profitable business during their tenure. We took the top 300 public companies by market cap, and then applied both hard and soft measures and an expert CEO review.

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Where Are The Women Leaders?

Whats disappointing is that only three women make the list, which, like the 4.6% in the Fortune 500 and 4% in the FTSE 100, is unacceptably low. The women who do are not the best-known more prominent female CEOs, such as Ellen Kullman from Du Pont and Indra Nooyi scored highly on the soft measures and were recognized as good leaders, but the hard data was not quite enough to get them into the Top 100.

CEOs Should Take Their Time In Saying Goodbye

The study suggests that the best returns can be achieved when the CEOs stick around in the job. Recent studies have suggested that the average CEO tenure is 4.5-5.5 years, but for our Top 10 CEOs it came in at 12.5.

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When a CEO is new in role, theyre typically trying to get on top of the job and ensure that the companys got a stable performance. After about 4-5 years, theyre normally at peak performance and their own personal impact on the business. After about 7-8 years, many find renewing a business hard. It can take great energy and motivation to change things that they put in place themselves, to make some difficult people calls, and find the courage to take something that isnt broken to a new level. Whats interesting is that some of these CEOs whove created super value have been able to keep their companies fresh and it often helps if, like Tencents Pony Ma or WPPs Martin Sorrell, they founded the company themselves. North America dominates the table with nearly half (48%) of the top 100 CEOs followed by Europe, with 23%. The BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China also have a significant presence, with 16%. So heres the ranking. Click on the Top 10 CEOs names in the table for a full World Of CEOs Dossier and written profile.

It's all about the long term. Notable achievements: - Founding Amazon in his spare room with family backing and floating within 3 years - Online pioneer: bookselling, retail, consumer electronics, cloud computing infrastructure/ webservices - Launch of Kindle & arguable creation of the mass eBook market - Exploration and adventure: Blue Origin space flight company & 10,000 year clock

Business miracles are being born in China every day. But I think behind every miracle lies our perseverance, devotion and dream. Notable achievements: - Guiding Tencent to more than 1 Billion monthly active users of its online apps and more than $120bn market cap - Blockbuster products including QQ.com, QQ (Chinas largest instant messaging service) and WeChat (smart phone services) - Tencent now third largest internet company in the world, behind Google & Amazon (bigger than Twitter & Yahoo combined)

I think weve done a good job of creating an environment where great entrepreneurs can build their businesses and have ownership and accountability for their results Notable achievements: - Turned business around: share price slumped from over $900 in 1999 to <$10 in 2002 Grew share price from low point of <$10 to over $1,000 - Refocused business early on away from airlines and towards hotels - Grew business aggressively internationally now operates in 180 countries
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- Significant acquisitions, inc. Booking.com, Agoda.com and Kayak

You can walk a straight line in your life, and this line is in our hearts. However, distractions make us deviate from our original track, wasting a lot of time. Your own belief is very strong, we must do the things we want to do, and not just follow suit. - Building an online search giant behind the Great Firewall of China -Managed to beat the challenge from other aggressive Chinese online search companies - Baidus price quadrupled in 24 hours on first listing

Notable achievements: - Prior to his appointment, building up Samsungs component business, inc the lucrative and controversial relationship with Apple - The success of Samsung means they can now go head to head with Apple - Has managed to work effectively as part of a 3 man leadership team

Do You Or Would You Like To W

These CEOs?
We hope that you found this list informative, although would caution that none of above top 100 or even the top 10 CEOs is perfect. For instance, there have been some questions around the Amazon culture, and CEOs must balance friendliness with intensity.
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I note that none of big corporates featured in Jim Collins Bu

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10. Our strong belief is that we need to find a better way to run big companies. We need leaders who rather than being overly swayed by sentiment and short-term shareholder
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pressure are entrepreneurial rather than corporate and take the long-term view. Great leaders are able to create culture, and the companies they run should become places that people truly care about.

The Future Of CEO Rankings

This is the first edition of our global Top 100 CEOs ranking. Next year we hope to expand the list to a Top 250, and include private companies. All rankings are hard and controversial, and we would have liked to have included some great individuals from Chinese private companies, such as Alibabas Jack Ma, or CEOs with a sustainable mission and great culture, such as Whole Foods John Mackey, who is very successful but whose company doesnt make the top 300 by market cap. We expect that this ranking with generate its fair share of controversy, and welcome your thoughts in the comments section below. LIKE Give this a like If you rate some of the CEOs included. SHARE If you feel other people would be interested in the above ranking. COMMENT What do you think makes a great CEO? Let us know if you feel any CEOs have been missed and we will flag them up for a future ranking. FOLLOW: Do follow me here on LinkedIn as I bring to life whats happening in the World Of CEOs on a weekly basis, along with regular leadership, social media, career, hiring and productivity insights. JOIN: Signup for my weekly CEO Insider email at: http://www.worldofceos.com/ceo-insider-signup ----------------------By Steve Tappin Chief Executive, Xinfu, Host BBC CEO Guru & Founder, World Of CEOs www.twitter.com/SteveTappin www.worldofceos.com www.xinfu.com www.facebook.com/ceoguru www.bbc.co.uk/ceoguru Steve is a personal confidant to many of the worlds top CEOs. He is the host of BBC CEO Guru, which features in-depth, on-the-record interviews with the CEOs of the biggest and fastest-growing companies. Founder Of WorldOfCEOs.com, Steve is the author of The articles... Secrets Of CEOs, which interviewsSearch 200 CEOs on business life and leadership. Source:Profile this research has been compiled by CEO confidant company Xinfu, of which I am a Home Network Jobs Interests director. The ranking has been compiled in good faith from public sources. It is based on an analysis of public financial data and a systematic, but necessarily subjective, review of public sources for evidence on which to assess personal leadership against three high level questions. The scores and ranking will be reviewed annually. The Ranking is not intended as a personal or comprehensive assessment of a particular individuals performance in their office. It is not intended to be relied on by Boards, Companies, Shareholders, Investors or others to form an assessment of the performance in role, or suitability for a role, of a specific individual or number of individuals or to form the basis for investment decisions or for any other purpose. Xinfu Ltd, its staff, associated businesses, contractors and contributors accept no liability whatsoever arising out of, or in connection, with the publication, sharing or any use made of the ranking. Image credit: Tom Wild / Jim Merathew / ChinaFotoPress
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James Lawes UK&I Alliances at Hewlett-Packard No Meg Whitman, CEO of HP? A CEO who has driven the largest IT company in the world to an 89% share price rise and has consistently beaten Wall Street estimates? A CEO who previously turned eBay into an internet retail giant? Hmm
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Rebecca R., Cyrene Jacob, Yezhil L., +15

1 Reply Stephen Baines Management Consultant I agree, Meg should of definitely had a mention here as I believe Paul Polman should (turning failing Unilever into an $80bn organisation in a relatively short space of time). I do question the validity of this report though given that fair enough, Jeff Bezos got #1, but Pony Ma as #2... what has he REALLY done outside of China of the same significance that other GLOBAL leaders have done on a consistent global scale?
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Racquel Neese Executive Assistant at Midland States Bank Behind every exceptional CEO is their Assistant who helps them achieve greatness.
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Amber Weinstock, Marine LE PENNEC, Fiona Ongeso, +11

1 Reply Amber Weinstock Researcher at Scientific Research Publishing Totally agree!
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Martin Birt Consulting at HRAskMe.com Surely the true measure of an effective CEO is the strength, the growth and profitability, of their business long after his or tenure has ended. Perhaps an interesting study would look at CEOs

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who have been retired (or otherwise moved on) for five or ten years and assess the strength of their legacy.
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3 Replies Jonathan Mastrantonas Commercial Analyst at Reckitt Benckiser Exactly the way it should be done. Jim Collins states this in his book "Good to Great" and can often be overlooked by short term thinkers. The journey of KimberlyClark in the late 1900's is a great example of this.
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Patrick Pitre Technical Solutions Architect for Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence/Big Data Applications Excellent view point and kind of what I thought when I saw Tim Cook's name on the list - what has he done but maintain the status quo of Steve Job's vision?
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Jlia dos Santos Sales Human Resources Analyst What do you think makes a great CEO? To me it's important that a great CEO must be good with role models, has knowledge in their fields and work and be respectful. A great CEO needs to know about their all company showing passion about their duties and be good with negotiation. He has to be clear about your expectations and to reward employees for good behavior.
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Wuqing Li, Andres Oliver Figueroa, Nolan M Lambert, +2

christina szymankowski Leasing Specialist NRinvestments Answer to Julia's q... You can find out what makes a great CEO by examining his team, employees, colleuges. Thosee people are the back bone of the CEO's success.
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Scott Michaud Experienced Executive Communications Professional - Available Soon! Current: Strategic Comms at Booz Allen Hamilton Having worked for one of the top CEOs and also the leader of the free world, I can say with some confidence that leadership, charisma and communication are the foundation for any successful CEO. You need all three legs to influence, persuade and motivate your workforce, your clients and your leadership team.
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Yiren W., Donna Wieland, Andre Lorenz, +1

Anita Rooney FIRP CertRP- CEO ARK Recruitment OWNER & FOUNDER of ARK -RECRUITMENT PROFESSIONAL RECRUITING TOP PROFESSIONALS FOR TOP COMPANIES As l prepare for entering into my 4th year going forward as CEO /founder &Chair of ARK inteRnAtional(after a short spell as MD) my belief is simpy that TOP companys recruit TOP PEOPLE. role models are success that breed success- that ATTITUDE gives you the 100%. Nothing nicer or more refreshing than to see a talented and highly skilled female CEO as well. Companies need this
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suresh.ra. one Lead, Community Relations,Tata Power Honestly, can we compare apples with rotten tomatoes? Mining companies are being compared with IT companies? Even an amateur management grad will know that the former and latter operate in totally different ecosystems. All top five CEOs focus on just the financial bottomline. What about concern for people and planet? Isn't it a public knowledge that the Chinese ecosystem is dubious on human rights front? And haven't we read enough about working conditions in Amazon? I also read someone comment on Monsanto. I am surprised Shell didn't make it to the list!
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1 Reply James M. Project Manager in Healthcare IT at Holland Square Group I was also surprised when I saw some international companies in the top 20 that are known to have performed poorly regarding environmental and employee rights and satisfaction issues. Where did this list come from?
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Sarah Cherian Engineering Recruiter - at National Oilwell Varco I love where I work...and for good reason. Great to see Pete Miller as #30 on the list!
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Alejandro "Alex" Salas Management Consultant at IQPC Exchange/ Sales I like this read. When a company grows is because of the team and the way the CEO and Management team work with all the company. When they forget who and why thats when companies stop growing and start falling. And many CEO's are not in the list because of that.
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Harold Aranda Designing self-funded private pensions as a tax advantaged alternative to the 401(k). CA Life/Health Licensee Tabloid journalism creeps into LinkedIn. All that matters is how can a person in a leadership position identify, attract and nurture talent to become leaders of their own in the organization.
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Murali A Lead Research Specialist at Azuga, Inc. I will be the great CEO in the world.
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Michael Liu Investing Be the man you want to be.

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Bin Chen Senior software engineer at Intel Excited to know 2 Chinese CEO are on the TOP 5!
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Jiajian Eric ZHOU Packaging Buyer at CHANEL - Looking for New Opportunities 2 Chinese CEOs in the Top 5!
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Lily P. Orticio PhD, MBA, RN Nurse Director/Administrator interested in leadership positions willing to relocate Healthcare CEOs not in the list (???).
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Eric Hart CEO at 4 Philip dot Org christina szymankowski is correct. A CEO's success isn't measured by his efforts, it's the team behind him in support of the vision that drives success for all. The CEO is responsible to rally his team and also be accountable to them.
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Auke Beerschoten CEO at Assureflex Corporation I work for a "Top 3 CEO", me.
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Dmitry Petrov GR/Corporate affairs Great, Carlos is in TOP10. Fine result for Beer industry.
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Jeff Wooten VP - Technology Relationship Manager | North American Credit Card Technology at TD Nice job to Ed Clark at TD Bank for being #43 on the list...
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