CEO of the Year Obermatt Pin


Large Companies: Switzerland - Multi-Year Ranking

2011 - 2022

Competition: Companies with revenues above $2 bn.

With the CEO of the Year rankings, Obermatt identifies the true performers in the marketplace – without subjective judgment as is common in CEO rankings. The Obermatt CEO of the Year rankings only measure outperformance against a company’s competition – and this, based solely on financial figures. That’s why there’s no judge in the Obermatt rankings. The numbers speak for themselves.

The long-term winners

The CEO of the Year rankings are published annually and, as such, show a CEO’s performance in one year. Performance can only be considered sustainable when performance is judged over multiple years. That’s why we present cumulative rankings over several years.

The multi-year rankings include those CEOs who placed in the Obermatt rankings at least five times. For each CEO, you can see their cumulative ranking over the number of years they made it in the Obermatt rankings.


CEO Years Combined Growth Operating Investment
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (EMS-Chemie) 12
84
77
88
92
Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider (Nestlé) 12
79
72
77
88
Gilles Andrier (Givaudan) 12
74
74
78
77
Dr. Severin Schwan (Roche) 12
69
61
74
75
Nick Hayek (Swatch) 12
69
65
73
71
Urs Riedener (Emmi) 11
71
59
71
85
Julián Díaz González (Avolta) 11
66
64
73
68
Dr. Jacques Sanche (Bucher) 10
72
69
73
79
Dr. Suzanne Thoma (BKW) 9
74
71
72
81
Jan Jenisch (Holcim) 9
71
68
72
82
Riet Cadonau (dormakaba) 9
68
62
69
69
Bracken Darrell (Logitech) 8
81
80
78
85
Dr. Detlef Trefzger (Kuehne + Nagel) 8
76
78
69
80
Prof. Gustavo Möller-Hergt (ALSO) 8
74
74
63
84
Yves Serra (Georg Fischer) 8
72
64
70
86
Lorenz Wyss (Bell) 8
67
63
70
70
Hariolf Kottmann (Clariant) 8
64
57
67
74
Christian Buhl (Geberit) 7
75
75
71
77
Urs Schaeppi (Swisscom) 7
61
56
61
69
Marco Gadola (Straumann) 6
85
73
96
94
Jens Breu (SFS) 6
73
69
72
78
Dr. Jean-Paul Clozel (Actelion) 6
72
60
88
80
Anton Affentranger (Implenia) 6
71
73
65
80
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume (Sulzer) 6
68
65
65
74
Frankie Ng (SGS) 6
64
60
66
65
Paul Bulcke (Nestlé) 6
59
47
64
65
Joseph Jimenez (Novartis) 6
52
39
58
62
Alain Dehaze (Adecco) 6
47
38
42
60
Richard Ridinger (Lonza) 5
75
64
68
95
Ernst Tanner (Lindt & Sprüngli) 5
74
68
80
84
Dr. Dieter Weisskopf (Lindt & Sprüngli) 5
73
68
69
84
Roland Fischer (OC Oerlikon) 5
70
79
69
63
Philip Mosimann (Bucher) 5
69
64
66
80
Jürgen B. Steinemann (Barry Callebaut) 5
64
62
61
68
Albert M. Baehny (Geberit) 5
64
55
70
78
Chris Kirk (SGS) 5
58
57
64
57
Michael Mack (Syngenta) 5
58
55
58
62
Kurt Bobst (Repower) 5
54
59
60
42
Baron Patrick de Maeseneire (Adecco) 5
53
39
63
58
Jasmin Staiblin (Alpiq) 5
49
45
45
59
Clemens Iller (Swiss Steel) 5
45
43
51
42