CEO of the Year
Large Companies: Switzerland – 2018
Published: July 30, 2018
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Switzerland, 2018. 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 |
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | |
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | |
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | |
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) | ||
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) |
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 |
Jasmin Staiblin (Alpiq) | |
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Anton Affentranger (Implenia) | |
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | |
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) |
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 |
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | |
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | ||
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | |
Riet Cadonau (dormakaba) | ||
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) | ||
Michael Mueller (Valora) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
Thomas Oetterli (Schindler) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | |
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) | ||
Anton Affentranger (Implenia) |
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 |
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) | |
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) | |
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Urs Schaeppi (Swisscom) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Michael Mueller (Valora) | |
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) | ||
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) | ||
Stefan Karlen (Panalpina) | ||
Richard Lepeu (Richemont) | ||
Clemens Iller (Swiss Steel) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Ulrich Spiesshofer (ABB) | ||
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (Barry Callebaut) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
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