CEO of the Year
Large Companies: Germany – 2015
Published: August 26, 2015
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Germany, 2015. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:
Criteria to participate: Companies with revenues above €2 bn.
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Ralph Dommermuth (United Internet) | |
Dr. Till Reuter (Kuka) | ||
Dr. Thomas Olemotz (Bechtle) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram (Symrise) | |
Dr. Jürgen Zeschky (Nordex) | ||
Claus-Dietrich Lahrs (Hugo Boss) | ||
Hans-Georg Frey (Jungheinrich) | ||
Thomas Ebeling (ProSiebensat.1) | ||
Dr. Dieter Zetsche (Mercedes) | ||
Dr. Armin Zitzmann (Nürnberger) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Ralf Dieter (Dürr) | |
Albrecht Hornbach (Hornbach Holding) | ||
Dr. Reinhard Ploss (Infineon) | ||
Reiner Winkler (MTU Aero Engines) | ||
Timotheus Höttges (Deutsche Telekom) | ||
Rice Powell (Fresenius Medical Care) | ||
Volker Kronseder (Krones) | ||
Jürg Oleas (GEA) | ||
Dr. Bernd Scheifele (HeidelbergCement) | ||
Andreas Joehle (Paul Hartmann) |
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.
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.
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Dr. Till Reuter (Kuka) | |
Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram (Symrise) | ||
Erich Sixt (Sixt) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Volker Kronseder (Krones) | |
Friedrich Joussen (TUI) | ||
Ralph Dommermuth (United Internet) | ||
Dr. Jürgen Zeschky (Nordex) | ||
Dr. Armin Zitzmann (Nürnberger) | ||
Dr. Thomas Olemotz (Bechtle) | ||
Albrecht Hornbach (Hornbach Holding) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Dieter Zetsche (Mercedes) | |
Christoph Vilanek (Freenet) | ||
Ralf Dieter (Dürr) | ||
Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger (thyssenkrupp) | ||
Rice Powell (Fresenius Medical Care) | ||
Dr. Johannes Teyssen (E.ON) | ||
Gisbert Rühl (Klöckner) | ||
Jürg Oleas (GEA) | ||
Claus-Dietrich Lahrs (Hugo Boss) | ||
Hans-Georg Frey (Jungheinrich) | ||
Andreas Joehle (Paul Hartmann) | ||
Timotheus Höttges (Deutsche Telekom) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Multi-Year Winners in Germany:
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