CEO of the Year 
Mid-sized Companies: Switzerland – 2015
Published: August 26, 2015
Below are all the winners in the competition Mid-sized Companies, Switzerland, 2015. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:
Criteria to participate: Companies with revenues between 0.1 and $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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Rudolf Hadorn (Gurit) | |
| Felix Sulzberger (Calida) | ||
| Peter Pauli (Meyer Burger) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Thomas Seiler (u-blox) | |
| Dr. Beat Kälin (Komax) | ||
| Markus Graf (Swiss Prime Site) | ||
| Ronald Fehlmann (Comet) | ||
| Marc Müller (Groupe Minoteries) | ||
| Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner (Schweiter Technologies) | ||
| Marco Syfrig (Burkhalter) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Dr. Norbert Klapper (Rieter) | |
| Marcel Pawlicek (Burckhardt Compression) | ||
| Cyrill Schneuwly (Intershop) | ||
| Dr. Thomas Eisenring (Hochdorf) | ||
| Pierre-Alain Urech (Romande Energie) | ||
| Christoph Tonini (TX Group) | ||
| Dr. Michael Hauser (Tornos) | ||
| Stephan Bauer (Forbo) | ||
| Dr. Thomas Früh (Bachem) | ||
| Thomas Bodenmann (Hügli) | ||
| Francois Manach (Loeb) | ||
| Heinz Baum (Loeb) | ||
| Riet Cadonau (dormakaba) | ||
| Marco Gadola (Straumann) |
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.
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.
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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Financial Institutions