CEO of the Year

Gold-winners: Germany – 2015

August 26, 2015

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 2015 ranking in each competition and category.

Competition: Large Companies

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Ralph Dommermuth (United Internet)	78
	Dr. Till Reuter (Kuka)	76
	Dr. Thomas Olemotz (Bechtle)	74
Growth Performance	Dr. Thomas Olemotz (Bechtle)	86
	Ralph Dommermuth (United Internet)	81
	Thomas Ebeling (ProSiebensat.1)	80
Operating Performance	Jose Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez (Esprit)	83
	Ralph Dommermuth (United Internet)	79
	Prof. Heinz Fuhrmann (Salzgitter)	69
Investment Performance	Dr. Till Reuter (Kuka)	97
	Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram (Symrise)	91
	Erich Sixt (Sixt)	82

Rest of the winners

Winners over all years

Competition: Mid-sized Companies

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Udo Müller (Ströer)	89
	Thomas Hegel (LEG Immobilien)	78
	Klaus Weinmann (Cancom)	77
Growth Performance	Dieter Holzer (Tom Tailor)	99
	Klaus Weinmann (Cancom)	96
	Max Müller (ALNO)	95
Operating Performance	Dr. Frank Asbeck (SolarWorld)	90
	Udo Müller (Ströer)	86
	Volker Feldkamp (Mediclin)	84
Investment Performance	Claus Sauter (VERBIO)	94
	Udo Müller (Ströer)	93
	Ulrich Dietz (GFT)	91

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: