CEO of the Year
Large Companies: Switzerland – 2022
Published: September 14, 2022
Below are all the winners in the competition Large Companies, Switzerland, 2022. 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 |
Guillaume Daniellot (Straumann) | |
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Jérôme Lambert (Richemont) | |
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
David J. Endicott (Alcon) | ||
Björn Rosengren (ABB) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Peter C. Spuhler (Stadler Rail) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Pierre-Alain Ruffieux (Lonza) | |
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Andreas Müller (Georg Fischer) | ||
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | ||
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Jens Breu (SFS) | ||
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) | ||
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) |
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 |
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | |
Jérôme Lambert (Richemont) | ||
Guillaume Daniellot (Straumann) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Pierre-Alain Ruffieux (Lonza) | |
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Peter C. Spuhler (Stadler Rail) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | ||
David J. Endicott (Alcon) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | |
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) | ||
Björn Rosengren (ABB) | ||
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | ||
Andreas Müller (Georg Fischer) | ||
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | ||
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) |
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 |
Guillaume Daniellot (Straumann) | |
Jérôme Lambert (Richemont) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | |
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) | ||
David J. Endicott (Alcon) | ||
André Wyss (Implenia) | ||
Peter C. Spuhler (Stadler Rail) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Nick Hayek (Swatch) | |
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) | ||
Frankie Ng (SGS) | ||
Björn Rosengren (ABB) | ||
Jens Breu (SFS) | ||
Andreas Müller (Georg Fischer) | ||
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) |
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. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) | |
Arnd Kaldowski (Sonova) | ||
Dr. Pierre-Alain Ruffieux (Lonza) | ||
Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) | |
Guillaume Daniellot (Straumann) | ||
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) | ||
Björn Rosengren (ABB) | ||
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) | ||
Urs Riedener (Emmi) | ||
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) | ||
Bronze Outperformer |
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) | |
Christian Buhl (Geberit) | ||
Andreas Müller (Georg Fischer) | ||
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) | ||
Jérôme Lambert (Richemont) | ||
David J. Endicott (Alcon) | ||
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) | ||
Marc Werner (Galenica) | ||
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) | ||
Samuel Sigrist (SIG Combibloc Group) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
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