CEO of the Year
Large Companies: Switzerland – 2016
Published: July 17, 2016
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Switzerland, 2016. 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 |
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | |
Dr. Jörg Kneubühler (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Søren Tulstrup (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Ernst Tanner (Lindt & Sprüngli) | |
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Bernard Fornas (Richemont) | ||
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Jean-Paul Clozel (Actelion) | |
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | ||
Michael Mueller (Valora) | ||
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) | ||
Anton Affentranger (Implenia) |
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 |
Ernst Tanner (Lindt & Sprüngli) | |
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Anton Affentranger (Implenia) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | |
Dr. Jörg Kneubühler (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Søren Tulstrup (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Michael Mueller (Valora) | ||
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Bernard Fornas (Richemont) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Joerg Wolle (DKSH) | |
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) | ||
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Dr. Jean-Paul Clozel (Actelion) | ||
Dr. Lukas Braunschweiler (Sonova) |
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) | |
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Dr. Jörg Kneubühler (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Søren Tulstrup (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Jean-Paul Clozel (Actelion) | |
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Bernard Fornas (Richemont) | ||
Ernst Tanner (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Anton Affentranger (Implenia) | ||
Michael Mueller (Valora) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | |
Peter Ulber (Panalpina) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Clemens Iller (Swiss Steel) | ||
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Julián Díaz González (Avolta) | ||
Dr. Joerg Wolle (DKSH) | ||
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) |
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. Jörg Kneubühler (Vifor Pharma) | |
Søren Tulstrup (Vifor Pharma) | ||
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | |
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
Ernst Tanner (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Jasmin Staiblin (Alpiq) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) | ||
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | |
Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) | ||
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Bernard Fornas (Richemont) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
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