CEO of the Year
Large Companies: Switzerland – 2012
Published: September 26, 2012
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Switzerland, 2012. 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 |
Owen Killian (Aryzta) | |
Peter Rothwell (Kuoni) | ||
Dr. Michael Buscher (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Kurt Bobst (Repower) | |
Benedikt Niemeyer (Swiss Steel) | ||
Philip Mosimann (Bucher) | ||
Gerald Quindlen (Logitech) | ||
Joseph Hogan (ABB) | ||
Klaus Hellmich (ALSO) |
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Peter Rothwell (Kuoni) | |
Owen Killian (Aryzta) | ||
Klaus Hellmich (ALSO) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Kurt Bobst (Repower) | |
Gerald Quindlen (Logitech) | ||
Etienne Jornod (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Philip Mosimann (Bucher) | ||
Benedikt Niemeyer (Swiss Steel) |
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 |
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Gold Podium |
Owen Killian (Aryzta) | |
Peter Rothwell (Kuoni) | ||
Dr. Michael Buscher (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Kurt Bobst (Repower) | |
Monika Ribar (Panalpina) | ||
Joseph Hogan (ABB) | ||
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | ||
Benedikt Niemeyer (Swiss Steel) | ||
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Philip Mosimann (Bucher) | |
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Gerald Quindlen (Logitech) | ||
Paul Bulcke (Nestlé) | ||
Reinhard Lange (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Carsten Schloter (Swisscom) |
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 |
Jürgen Tinggren (Schindler) | |
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Dr. Michael Buscher (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Michael Mack (Syngenta) | |
Benedikt Niemeyer (Swiss Steel) | ||
Jürgen B. Steinemann (Barry Callebaut) | ||
Joseph Hogan (ABB) | ||
Chris Kirk (SGS) | ||
Philip Mosimann (Bucher) | ||
Ernst Tanner (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Carsten Schloter (Swisscom) | |
Paul Bulcke (Nestlé) | ||
Owen Killian (Aryzta) | ||
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Gerald Quindlen (Logitech) | ||
Joseph Jimenez (Novartis) | ||
Etienne Jornod (Vifor Pharma) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Multi-Year Winners in Switzerland:
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