CEO of the Year

Gold-winners: Germany – 2012

May 21, 2012

Obermatt identified the CEOs with the best company performance based solely on financial data. No subjective analysis was included.

Best Company Performance

Obermatt evaluated all publicly listed companies and identified the best three CEOs in each category as the gold winners. The following table shows which CEOs came out at the top of the CEO-of-the-Year 2012 ranking in each competition and category.

Competition: Large Companies

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Ralf Dieter (Dürr)	92
	Prof. Martin Winterkorn (Volkswagen VW)	90
	Prof. Rupert Stadler (Audi)	84
Growth Performance	Ralf Dieter (Dürr)	99
	Gisbert Rühl (Klöckner)	97
	Prof. Rupert Stadler (Audi)	94
Operating Performance	Hans Jörg Schüttler (IKB)	100
	Prof. Martin Winterkorn (Volkswagen VW)	100
	Jim Hagemann Snabe (SAP)	98
	Bill McDermott (SAP)	98
Investment Performance	Stefan Jütte (Deutsche Postbank)	100
	Hans-Dieter Brenner (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen)	100
	Michael G. Feist (enercity)	98

Rest of the winners

Winners over all years

Competition: Mid-sized Companies

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Stefan Klebert (Schuler)	89
	Frank Göring (Villeroy & Boch)	80
	Dr. Markus Braun (Wirecard)	80
Growth Performance	Manfred Bender (Pfeiffer Vacuum)	97
	Dietmar Becker (Allgemeine Gold-u.Silberscheideanstalt)	95
	Dr. Stefan Wolf (ElringKlinger)	93
	Marco R. Fuchs (OHB)	93
Operating Performance	Frank Göring (Villeroy & Boch)	96
	Brian Sullivan (Sky Deutschland)	94
	Wolfgang Bauer (Dyckerhoff)	93
Investment Performance	Robert Köhler (SGL Carbon)	100
	Dr. Adrian von Hammerstein (Kabel Deutschland)	98
	Stefan Klebert (Schuler)	96
	Dr. Markus Braun (Wirecard)	96

Rest of the winners

Winners over all years

Competition History

Find out which CEOs delivered superior performance in the past. Here are the rankings for each competition: