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The Best CEOs - Expanded Table
Listed here by sector and industry are the chief executives who scored the highest when we asked portfolio managers and sell-side equity analysts to choose the top-performing CEOs in their domains.
Rank CEO Name Company Name
BASIC MATERIALS
Chemicals/Commodity
1 Andrew Liveris Dow Chemical Co.
2 Hugh Grant Monsanto Co.
3 Rajiv Gupta Rohm & Haas Co.
4 Charles Bunch PPG Industries
Chemicals/Specialty
1 Dennis Reilley Praxair
2 John Jones III Air Products and Chemicals
3 Douglas Baker Jr. Ecolab
Metals & Mining
1 Daniel DiMicco Nucor Corp.
2 L. Patrick Hassey Allegheny Technologies
Paper & Forest Products
1 Steven Rogel Weyerhaeuser Co.
2 Paul Stecko Packaging Corp. of America
3 John Faraci International Paper Co.
4 Kenneth Jastrow II Temple-Inland
CAPITAL GOODS/INDUSTRIALS
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
1 George David United Technologies Corp.
2 Nicholas Chabraja General Dynamics Corp.
3 Robert Stevens Lockheed Martin Corp.
4 Mark Donegan Precision Castparts Corp.
5 W. James McNerney Jr. Boeing Co.
Airfreight & Surface Transportation
1 Frederick Smith FedEx Corp.
2 Matthew Rose Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
3 Peter Rose Expeditors International of Washington
4 Kevin Knight Knight Transportation
5 Michael Eskew United Parcel Service
Business & Professional Services
1 Jeffrey Joerres Manpower
2 Harold (Max) Messmer Jr. Robert Half International
3 Robert Silberman Strayer Education
Electrical Equipment & Multi-Industry
1 H. Lawrence Culp Jr. Danaher Corp.
2 David Farr Emerson Electric Co.
3 Jeffrey Immelt General Electric Co.
4 Keith Nosbusch Rockwell Automation
5 Kirk Hachigian Cooper Industries
Environmental Services
1 James O’Connor Republic Services
2 David Steiner Waste Management
3 Ronald Mittelstaedt Waste Connections
Machinery
1 James Owens Caterpillar
2 Alexander (Sandy) Cutler Eaton Corp.
3 Mark Pigott Paccar
4 Robert Lane Deere & Co.
5 Carlos Cardoso Kennametal
Packaging
1 R. David Hoover Ball Corp.
2 Richard Wambold Pactiv Corp.
3 John Conway Crown Holdings
CONSUMER
Airlines
1 Gary Kelly Southwest Airlines Co.
2 Joseph Leonard AirTran Holdings
Apparel, Footwear & Textiles
1 Lewis Frankfort Coach
2 Paul Charron 1 Liz Claiborne
3 Ralph Lauren Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.
4 Mark Parker Nike
Autos & Auto Parts
1 John Barth Johnson Controls
2 Timothy Manganello BorgWarner
3 Richard Dauch American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings
Beverages
1 Steven Reinemund 2 PepsiCo
2 E. Neville Isdell Coca-Cola Co.
3 Patrick Stokes 3 Anheuser-Busch Cos.
Cosmetics, Household & Personal Care Products
1 Alan Lafley Procter & Gamble Co.
2 Reuben Mark Colgate-Palmolive Co.
3 Andrea Jung Avon Products
4 Howard Bernick 4 Alberto-Culver Co. 4
Food
1 Richard Lenny Hershey Co.
2 Douglas Conant Campbell Soup Co.
3 James Jenness 5 Kellogg Co.
4 Gregg Engles Dean Foods Co.
Gaming & Lodging
1 Gary Loveman Harrah’s Entertainment 6
2 Thomas Matthews International Game Technology
3 Peter Carlino Penn National Gaming
4 Frank Fertitta III Station Casinos 7
5 Stephen Bollenbach Hilton Hotels
Homebuilders & Building Products
1 Donald Tomnitz D.R. Horton
2 Robert Toll Toll Brothers
3 Stuart Miller Lennar Corp.
4 Richard Dugas Jr. Pulte Homes
5 R. Chad Dreier Ryland Group
Leisure
1 Micky Arison Carnival Corp.
2 Thomas Tiller Polaris Industries
Restaurants
1 David Novak Yum! Brands
2 James Skinner McDonald's Corp.
3 David Overton Cheesecake Factory
4 James Donald Starbucks Corp.
5 Richard Federico P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Retailing/Broadlines & Department Stores
1 Robert Ulrich Target Corp.
2 Terry Lundgren Federated Department Stores
3 Myron (Mike) Ullman III J.C. Penney Co.
4 James Sinegal Costco Wholesale Corp.
5 R. Lawrence Montgomery Kohl’s Corp.
Retailing/Food & Drug Chains
1 John Mackey Whole Foods Market
2 Thomas Ryan CVS Corp. 8
3 David Dillon Kroger Co.
4 Steven Burd Safeway
5 Jeffery Noddle SuperValu
Retailing/Hardlines
1 Robert Niblock Lowe’s Cos.
2 Bradbury Anderson Best Buy Co.
3 Ronald Sargent Staples
4 Steven Temares Bed Bath & Beyond
5 Robert Nardelli Home Depot
Retailing/Specialty Stores
1 Scott Edmonds Chico’s FAS
2 Michael Jeffries Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
3 Bernard Cammarata 9 TJX Cos.
4 Richard Hayne Urban Outfitters
5 Katherine Krill AnnTaylor Stores Corp.
Tobacco
1 Louis Camilleri Altria Group
ENERGY
Electric Utilities
1 C. John Wilder TXU Corp.
2 James Rogers Duke Energy Corp.
3 Paul Evanson Allegheny Energy
4 J. Wayne Leonard Entergy Corp.
5 David Crane NRG Energy
Integrated Oil
1 Rex Tillerson Exxon Mobil Corp.
2 Ray Irani Occidental Petroleum Corp.
3 James Mulva ConocoPhillips
4 Clarence Cazalot Jr. Marathon Oil Corp.
5 Claiborne Deming Murphy Oil Corp.
Natural Gas
1 Keith Rattie Questar Corp.
2 Richard Kinder Kinder Morgan 10
3 Murry Gerber Equitable Resources
4 Donald Felsinger Sempra Energy
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
1 Mark Papa EOG Resources
2 G. Steven Farris Apache Corp.
3 Robert Simpson XTO Energy
4 Aubrey McClendon Chesapeake Energy Corp.
5 James Hackett Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Oil Services & Equipment
1 Andrew Gould Schlumberger
2 Bernard Duroc-Danner Weatherford International
3 Michael McShane Grant Prideco
4 James Day 11 Noble Corp.
5 Chadwick Deaton Baker Hughes
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Banks/Large-Cap
1 Richard Kovacevich Wells Fargo & Co.
2 G. Kennedy Thompson Wachovia Corp. 12
3 Kenneth Lewis Bank of America Corp.
4 Charles Prince Citigroup
5 James Dimon JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Banks/Midcap
1 Vernon Hill II Commerce Bancorp
2 John Kanas North Fork Bancorp. 13
3 Harris Simmons Zions Bancorp.
4 D. Paul Jones Jr. Compass Bancshares
5 Dominic Ng East West Bancorp
Brokers & Asset Managers
1 Richard Fuld Jr. Lehman Brothers Holdings
2 Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs Group
3 E. Stanley O'Neal Merrill Lynch & Co.
4 Raymond (Chip) Mason Legg Mason
5 John Mack Morgan Stanley
Insurance/Life
1 Arthur Ryan Prudential Financial
2 Ramani Ayer Hartford Financial Services Group
3 Daniel Amos Aflac
4 Jon Boscia Lincoln National Corp.
5 Robert Pollock Assurant
Insurance/Nonlife
1 Edward Liddy 14 Allstate Corp.
2 Glenn Renwick Progressive Corp.
3 Evan Greenberg Ace 15
4 William Berkley W.R. Berkley Corp.
5 John Finnegan Chubb Corp.
Mortgage Finance
1 Angelo Mozilo Countrywide Financial Corp.
2 Herbert Sandler, Marion Sandler Golden West Financial Corp. 12
3 Michael Perry IndyMac Bancorp
4 James Konrath Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co.
REITs
1 Christopher Nassetta Host Hotels & Resorts
2 Jeffrey Schwartz ProLogis
3 David Simon Simon Property Group
4 Edward Linde Boston Properties
4 Jon Bortz LaSalle Hotel Properties
Specialty Finance
1 Richard Fairbank Capital One Financial Corp. 13
2 Kenneth Chenault American Express Co.
3 Jeffrey Peek CIT Group
HEALTH CARE
Biotechnology
1 Arthur Levinson Genentech
2 John Martin Gilead Sciencess
3 Kevin Sharer Amgen
4 Henri Termeer Genzyme Corp.
5 Sol Barer Celgene Corp.
Health Care Facilities
1 Wayne Smith Community Health Systems
2 Jack Bovender Jr. HCA 16
3 James (Denny) Shelton Triad Hospitals
4 Paul Ormond Manor Care
5 Kent Thiry DaVita
Health Care Technology & Distribution
1 Edwin (Mac) Crawford Caremark Rx 8
2 David Snow Jr. Medco Health Solutions
3 John Hammergren McKesson Corp.
4 Joseph Herring Covance
5 Stanley Bergman Henry Schein
Managed Care
1 William McGuire 17 UnitedHealth Group
2 Larry Glasscock WellPoint
3 Ronald Williams Aetna
4 Dale Wolf Coventry Health Care
5 Michael McCallister Humana
Medical Supplies & Devices
1 Arthur Collins Jr. Medtronic
2 William Weldon Johnson & Johnson
3 J. Raymond Elliott 18 Zimmer Holdings
4 James Tobin Boston Scientific Corp.
5 Daniel Starks St. Jude Medical
Pharmaceuticals/Major
1 Sidney Taurel Eli Lilly and Co.
2 Fred Hassan Schering-Plough Corp.
3 Robert Essner Wyeth
4 Richard Clark Merck & Co.
Pharmaceuticals/Specialty
1 David Pyott Allergan
2 Bruce Downey Barr Pharmaceuticals
MEDIA
Cable & Satellite
1 Brian Roberts Comcast Corp.
2 Charles Ergen EchoStar Communications Corp.
3 Chase Carey DirecTV Group
Entertainment
1 Robert Iger Walt Disney Co.
2 K. Rupert Murdoch News Corp.
3 Richard Parsons Time Warner
Publishing & Advertising Agencies
1 John Wren Omnicom Group
2 Kenneth Lowe E.W. Scripps Co.
3 Harold (Terry) McGraw III McGraw-Hill Cos.
4 Craig Dubow Gannett Co.
5 Gary Pruitt McClatchy Co.
Radio & TV Broadcasting
1 David Field Entercom Communications Corp.
2 Mark Mays Clear Channel Communications 19
TECHNOLOGY
Computer Services & IT Consulting
1 William Green Accenture 15
2 Paul Garcia Global Payments
3 Lakshmi Narayanan 20 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
4 Henry (Ric) Duques First Data Corp.
Electronics Manufacturing Services
1 Timothy Main Jabil Circuit
Imaging Technology
1 Bruce Chizen Adobe Systems
2 Anne Mulcahy Xerox Corp.
Internet
1 Terry Semel Yahoo!
2 Eric Schmidt Google
3 Margaret Whitman EBay
4 Brian McAndrews AQuantive
IT Hardware
1 Mark Hurd Hewlett-Packard Co.
2 Steven Jobs Apple Computer
3 Joseph Tucci EMC Corp.
4 Daniel Warmenhoven Network Appliance
5 Samuel Palmisano IBM Corp.
Semiconductor Capital Equipment
1 Stephen Newberry Lam Research Corp.
2 Richard Wallace KLA-Tencor Corp.
3 Michael Splinter Applied Materials
4 Robert Akins Cymer
5 Gideon Argov Entegris
Semiconductors
1 Richard Templeton Texas Instruments
2 Steve Sanghi Microchip Technology
3 Sehat Sutardja Marvell Technology Group 15
4 Jen-Hsun Huang Nvidia Corp.
5 Michel Mayer Freescale Semiconductor 21
Software
1 Lawrence Ellison Oracle Corp.
2 (tie) Carl Bass Autodesk
2 (tie) John Thompson Symantec Corp.
4 Marc Benioff Salesforce.com
5 (tie) Steve Bennett Intuit
5 (tie) Mark Templeton Citrix Systems
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Networking & Wireline Equipment
1 John Chambers Cisco Systems
Telecom Equipment/Wireless
1 Edward Zander Motorola
2 Paul Jacobs Qualcomm
Telecom Services/Wireless
1 Scott Ford Alltel Corp.
2 Gary Forsee Sprint Nextel Corp.
Telecom Services/Wireline
1 Edward Whitacre Jr. AT&T *
2 Richard Notebaert Qwest Communications International
1 Stepped down as CEO and became chairman November 6, 2006.
2 Stepped down as CEO and became chairman October 1, 2006; expected to retire in May 2007.
3 Stepped down as CEO November 30, 2006; became chairman December 1; expected to retire effective March 1, 2007.
4 Stepped down effective November 16, 2006, upon company's reorganization; company changed name to Alberto-Culver LLC.
5 Was expected to step down as CEO effective December 31, 2006, and to remain chairman.
6 Accepted a private equity buyout bid in December 2006.
7 Frank Fertitta III launched a management-led buyout bid on December 2, 2006.
8 On November 1, 2006, CVS Corp. and Caremark Rx agreed to merge; the deal is expected to be completed in six to 12 months. Edwin (Mac) Crawford will become chairman of the newly combined company.
9 Will step down as CEO effective January 28, 2007; will remain chairman.
10 Agreed to management-led buyout November 15, 2006; deal expected to be completed in early 2007.
11 Stepped down as CEO October 30, 2006; remains chairman; expected to retire effective April 30, 2007.
12 Wachovia Corp. and Golden West Financial Corp. merged effective October 1, 2006; G. Kennedy Thompson remains CEO.
13 Capital One Financial Corp. and North Fork Bankcorp. merged effective December 1, 2006; Richard Fairbank remains CEO; John Kanas is president of Capital One's banking business.
14 Stepped down as CEO effective January 1, 2007, and Liddy will remain chairman until retirement in spring 2008.
15 Based in Bermuda.
16 Taken private in management-led buyout completed November 17, 2006.
17 Stepped down November 30, 2006, as a result of options backdating investigation.
18 To step down as CEO in first-half 2007; to remain chairman through November 30, 2007.
19 Agreed on November 16, 2006, to be taken private.
20 Was expected to step down as CEO and become vice chairman effective January 1, 2007.
21 Taken private effective December 4, 2006.