For years, people have bemoaned executives' zealous focus on short-term results, which often leads CEOs to make moves that undermine their firms' long-term prospects and, some say, act irresponsibly. But all the talk won't change anything if the business world doesn't adopt a new way of measuring performance.
Three professors from France's Insead believe they have the answer: an innovative scorecard that evaluates CEOs on the basis of the results they delivered over their entire tenures in office. It incorporates three metrics: industry-adjusted shareholder returns, country-adjusted shareholder returns, and increase in market capitalisation over that time frame.
Using this scorecard, the authors have studied and objectively ranked the performance of of CEOs of major corporations around the world.
Here we take a look at 20 best-performing CEOs, including two Indians, in the world.
Source: Harvard Business Review
NOTE: The list does not include CEOs who had assumed their role before 1995 or after August 31, 2010, and includes only those whose tenure lasted more than two years.
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Steve Jobs
Company: Apple
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1997-2011
Industry: Information Technology
Global rank: 1
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Jeff Bezos
Company: Amazon.com
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1996-present
Industry: Online retail
Global rank: 2
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Yun Jong-yong
Company: Samsung Electronics
Country: South Korea
Tenure: 1996-2008
Industry: Information Technology
Global rank: 3
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Roger Agnelli
Company: Vale
Country: Brazil
Tenure: 2001-2011
Industry: Materials
Global rank: 4
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John C Martin
Company: Gilead Sciences
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1996-present
Industry: Health care
Global rank: 5
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Chung Mong-koo
Company: Hyundai Motor Company
Country: South Korea
Tenure: 1999-present
Industry: Automobile
Global rank: 6
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YC Deveshwar
Company: ITC
Country: India
Tenure: 1996-present
Industry: Consumer Goods
Global rank: 7
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David Simon
Company: Simon Property Group
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1995-present
Industry: Financial Services
Global rank: 8
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Meg Whitman
Company: eBay
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1998-2008
Industry: Information Technology
Global rank: 9
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John Chambers
Company: Cisco Systems
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1995-present
Industry: Information Technology
Global rank: 10
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Mauricio Novis Botelho
Company: Embraer
Country: Brazil
Tenure: 1995-2007
Industry: Industrials
Global rank: 11
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William Doyle
Company: PotashCorp
Country: Brazil
Tenure: 1999-present
Industry: Materials
Global rank: 12
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Subir Raha
Company: ONGC
Country: India
Tenure: 2001-2006
Industry: Energy
Global rank: 13
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Mikhail Prokhorov
Company: Norilsk Nickel
Country: Russia
Tenure: 2001-2007
Industry: Materials
Global rank: 14
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Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal
Company: Femsa
Country: Mexico
Tenure: 1995-2008
Industry: Consumer Goods
Global rank: 15
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Graham Mckay
Company: SABMiller
Country: The United Kingdom
Tenure: 1997-present
Industry: Consumer Goods
Global rank: 16
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Li Jiaxiang
Company: Air China
Country: China
Tenure: 2004-2008
Industry: Transportation
Global rank: 17
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Daniel Hajj Aboumrad
Company: America Movil
Country: Mexico
Tenure: 2000-present
Industry: Telecommunication
Global rank: 18
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Mark G Papa
Company: EOG Resources
Country: The United States
Tenure: 1998-present
Industry: Energy
Global rank: 19
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Lars Rebien Sorensen
Company: Novo Nordisk
Country: Denmark
Tenure: 2000-present
Industry: Health care
Global rank: 20
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