Well, no surprise there, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the “best perfoming CEOs in the world,” according to new rankings in the November issue of Harvard Business Review, even though he ranks among the lowest-compensated executives on the list.
Second on the list is John Martin of Gilead Sciences, a California biopharmaceutical company. Third is John Chambers of Cisco Systems.
The highest-ranked woman is Ventas CEO Debra Cafaro, who holds the #27 spot. Cafaro is only one of two women who made the top 100, the other being Carol Meyrowitz, CEO of TJX at #51.
Harvard Business Review said that the median annual pay for US chief executives on the list is $12.1 million, compared to $6.4 million for non-US CEOs. The highest-paid CEO on the list is Walt Disney’s Robert Iger, whose total compensation was $34.3 million. For the full list, head to HBR.
To create the 2014 list of the world’s best perfoming chief executives, magazine looked at 3 metrics:
1) Industry-adjusted shareholder returns 2) Country-adjusted shareholder returns 3) Increase in market capitalization over the CEO’s tenure.
Harvard Business Review number crunchers sorted through 832 current CEOs from the S&P Global 1200 in 30 countries around the world.
The 2014 ranking of the 100 best-performing CEOs.
1. Jeffrey Bezos, Amazon 2. John Martin, Gilead Sciences 3. John Chambers, Cisco Systems 4. David Pyott, Allergan 5. David Simon, Simon Property Group 6. Lars Rebien Sørensen, Novo Nordisk 7. Hugh Grant, Monsanto 8. J. Michael Pearson, Valeant Pharmaceuticals 9. Mark Donegan, Precision Castparts 10. William Doyle, PotashCorp 11. Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing 12. David Novak, Yum Brands 13. Michael Wolf, Swedbank 14. Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera, Inditex 15. Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com 16. Oscar Gonzalez Rocha, Southern Copper 17. Stephen Wynn, Wynn Resorts 18. James Taiclet Jr., American Tower 19. Elmar Degenhart, Continental 20. George Paz, Express Scripts 21. Tsai Ming-Kai, MediaTek (tie) 21. Paolo Rocca, Tenaris (tie) 23. Reed Hastings, Netflix 24. Ronald Havner Jr., Public Storage 25. Michael Balmuth, Ross Stores 26. Daniel Hajj Aboumrad, América Móvil 27. Debra Cafaro, Ventas 28. James Gallogly, LyondellBasell 29. Christopher Connor, Sherwin-Williams 30. Djalma Bastos de Morais, Cemig 31. Paul Bisaro, Actavis 32. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Telenor (tie) 32. Renato Alves Vale, CCR (tie) 34. Alexander Cutler, Eaton (tie) 34. Stephen Luczo, Seagate Technology (tie) 36. Gordon Nixon, Royal Bank of Canada 37. Kent Thiry, DaVita 38. H. Lawrence Culp Jr., Danaher 39. Charles Davidson, Noble Energy 40. George Scangos, Biogen Idec 41. Ulf Schneider, Fresenius 42. Dan Dinges, Cabot Oil & Gas 43. Simon Wolfson, Next 44. Michael Ward, CSX 45. Fujio Mitarai, Canon 46. Carlos Alves de Brito, Anheuser-Busch InBev 47. Ed Clark, Toronto-Dominion Bank (tie) 47. Joseph Papa, Perrigo (tie) 49. Philip Pascall, First Quantum 50. John Wren, Omnicom 51. Carol Meyrowitz, TJX 52. Nick Hayek Jr., Swatch 53. John Hammergren, McKesson 54. Howard Schultz, Starbucks (tie) 54. Blake Nordstrom, Nordstrom (tie) 56. Frank Hermance, Ametek 57. Bruce Flatt, Brookfield Asset Management 58. Jeffrey Sprecher, Intercontinental Exchange 59. Wolfgang Reitzle, Linde 60. Robert Iger, Walt Disney 61. Benoît Potier, Air Liquide 62. William Rhodes III, AutoZone 63. Monty Moran, Chipotle Mexican Grill 64. Ajaypal Banga , MasterCard 65. Richard Cousins, Compass Group 66. Terry Lundgren, Macy’s (tie) 66. Benjamin Steinbruch, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (tie) 68. Randall Hogan, Pentair 69. Gregory Case, Aon 70. André Desmarais, Power Corporation of Canada (tie) 70. Paul Desmarais Jr., Power Corporation of Canada (tie) 72. Ola Rollén, Hexagon 73. Herbert Hainer, Adidas 74. Lars Rasmussen, Coloplast 75. George Weston, Associated British Foods 76. Mark Parker, Nike 77. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications 78. Ed Heffernan, Alliance Data Systems 79. Peter Rogers, Babcock 80. Gregory Henslee, O’Reilly Automotive 81. Fabrizio Freda, Estée Lauder 82. Scott Saxberg, Crescent Point Energy 83. Tsai Eng-Meng, Want Want China Holdings 84. Eric Wiseman, VF 85. He Guangbei, BOC Hong Kong 86. Gregory Johnson, Franklin Resources (tie) 86. Michael Mussallem, Edwards Lifesciences (tie) 88. Jean-Paul Clozel, Actelion 89. Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen 90. Kari Henrik Stadigh, Sampo 91. Lars Renström,Alfa Laval 92. Michael Kowalski, Tiffany & Company 93. John Finnegan, Chubb 94. Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo 95. Jean-Paul Luksic, Antofagasta 96. Edward Matthew Tracy, Sands China 97. Gregory Goodman, Goodman 98. Franck Riboud, Danone 99. Brian Jellison, Roper Industries 100. Willard Oberton, Fastenal
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