CEO of the Year 
Large Companies: Austria – 2015
Published: August 26, 2015
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Austria, 2015. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:
Criteria to participate: The biggest 30 companies based on sales and employees
All Winners in the Market
The gold winners are the top three on the list. These CEOs receive an Obermatt gold pin – an 18-karat gold pin that is personally presented to the winners in recognition of their outstanding performance. The next best CEOs up to 10th place are the silver winners. The bronze winners are all those CEOs that outperformed the market with a ranking over 50.
Combined Performance 
These CEOs showed the best overall performance in growth, operating efficiency and investment performance.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Kirk Laney (ams) | |
| Attila Dogudan (DO & CO) | ||
| Hannes Niederhauser (Kontron) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Wolfgang Eder (Voestalpine) | |
| Andreas Gerstenmayer (AT&S) | ||
| Karl-Heinz Strauss (Porr AG) | ||
| Dr. Franz Gasselsberger (Oberbank) | ||
| Peter Untersperger (Lenzing) | ||
| Andreas Brandstetter (UNIQA) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Growth Performance
These CEOs drove the highest growth among their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Attila Dogudan (DO & CO) | |
| Hannes Niederhauser (Kontron) | ||
| Dr. Wolfgang Eder (Voestalpine) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Kirk Laney (ams) | |
| Karl-Heinz Strauss (Porr AG) | ||
| Andreas Brandstetter (UNIQA) | ||
| Andreas Gerstenmayer (AT&S) | ||
| Dr. Franz Gasselsberger (Oberbank) | ||
| Gerald Grohmann (Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment) | ||
| Heimo Scheuch (Wienerberger) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Operating Performance
These CEOs managed their companies most efficiently and delivered the strongest profit growth compared with their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Dr. Wolfgang Eder (Voestalpine) | |
| Kirk Laney (ams) | ||
| Andreas Brandstetter (UNIQA) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Wolfgang Leitner (Andritz) | |
| Gerald Grohmann (Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment) | ||
| Wilhelm Hörmanseder (Mayr-Melnhof Karton) | ||
| Peter Untersperger (Lenzing) | ||
| Heimo Scheuch (Wienerberger) | ||
| Attila Dogudan (DO & CO) | ||
| Dr. Franz Gasselsberger (Oberbank) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Andreas Gerstenmayer (AT&S) | |
| Hannes Niederhauser (Kontron) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Investment Performance
These CEOs pursued strategies and made investments which attracted investors the most. As such, they achieved the highest Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) amongst their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Kirk Laney (ams) | |
| Karl-Heinz Strauss (Porr AG) | ||
| Attila Dogudan (DO & CO) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Andreas Gerstenmayer (AT&S) | |
| Hannes Niederhauser (Kontron) | ||
| Thomas Fahnemann (Semperit) | ||
| Peter Untersperger (Lenzing) | ||
| Dr. Julian Jäger (Flughafen Wien) | ||
| Wolfgang Anzengruber (Verbund) | ||
| Ulrich Schumacher (Zumtobel) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Franz Gasselsberger (Oberbank) | |
| Manfred Kastner (Petro Welt Technologies) | ||
| Andreas Weissenbacher (BWT) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Multi-Year Winners in Austria:
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