CEO of the Year Obermatt Pin


Mid-sized Companies: Switzerland - Multi-Year Ranking

2011 - 2022

Competition: Companies with revenues between 0.1 and $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
André Kudelski (Kudelski) 12
56
53
62
61
Marco Syfrig (Burkhalter) 11
75
79
71
80
Thomas Seiler (u-blox) 11
75
81
80
76
Jean-Pascal Bobst (Bobst) 11
72
71
78
70
Alexander Hagemann (Cicor Technologies) 11
70
72
73
64
Vittorio Rossi (Carlo Gavazzi) 11
63
56
61
72
Dr. Peter Schildknecht (CPH Chemie + Papier) 11
58
64
58
56
Paul Zumbühl (Interroll) 10
83
82
86
84
Lukas Winkler (Inficon) 10
79
77
74
93
Dr. Michael Hauser (Tornos) 10
64
64
66
62
René Rothen (Adval Tech) 10
59
52
69
60
Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner (Schweiter Technologies) 9
82
80
78
82
Bruno Cathomen (Mikron) 9
70
76
63
68
Marcel Pawlicek (Burckhardt Compression) 9
69
75
75
69
Rudolf Hadorn (Gurit) 9
67
69
69
64
Martin Schaufelberger (Coltene) 9
66
57
68
79
Pierre-Alain Urech (Romande Energie) 9
64
64
64
72
Marc Müller (Groupe Minoteries) 9
55
46
58
61
Cyrill Schneuwly (Intershop) 8
71
70
75
74
Dr. Christoph Caviezel (Mobimo) 8
68
70
66
67
Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) 8
66
60
68
78
Claude R. Cornaz (Vetropack) 8
58
51
64
61
Dr. Norbert Klapper (Rieter) 8
57
58
56
61
David Dean (Bossard) 7
77
66
77
96
Simon Michel (Ypsomed) 7
74
77
79
66
Dr. Rudolf Hanko (Siegfried) 7
70
60
74
74
Stephan Bauer (Forbo) 7
64
58
64
72
Stephan Widrig (Flughafen Zürich) 7
62
56
66
62
Roger Herzog (Allreal) 7
62
51
59
75
René Zahnd (Swiss Prime Site) 7
61
57
58
68
Dr. Jürg Werner (Metall Zug) 7
61
59
62
67
Thomas Bodenmann (Hügli) 7
59
58
62
65
Markus Ehrle (APG|SGA) 7
58
53
55
69
Lars van der Haegen (Belimo) 6
81
75
79
90
Daniel Lutz (ORIOR) 6
76
80
72
77
Owen Killian (Aryzta) 6
74
70
86
66
Dr. Thomas Früh (Bachem) 6
74
74
79
70
Stéphane Bonvin (Investis) 6
74
63
74
84
Peter Pauli (Meyer Burger) 6
72
73
62
84
Markus Bernhard (mobilezone) 6
72
73
76
67
François Gabella (LEM) 6
69
57
67
87
Alexander von Witzleben (Arbonia) 6
68
68
63
72
Rene Kamm (MCH Group) 6
65
73
70
62
Matijas Meyer (Komax) 6
64
70
60
61
Christoph Tonini (TX Group) 6
61
60
61
62
Michael Mueller (Valora) 6
58
52
55
68
Claus Martini (IVF Hartmann) 6
52
52
49
56
David Arnott (Temenos Group) 5
81
80
67
100
Dr. Markus Blocher (Dottikon) 5
78
80
74
79
Jens Fankhänel (Kardex) 5
75
67
70
86
Michael Willome (Bystronic) 5
74
73
70
78
Felix Sulzberger (Calida) 5
72
58
77
82
Giacomo Balzarin (PSP Swiss Property) 5
71
69
71
73
Dr. Paul J. Hälg (Dätwyler) 5
69
70
63
78
Ronald Fehlmann (Comet) 5
69
62
76
86
Roger Von der Weid (Lalique) 5
68
67
60
77
Dr. Luciano Gabriel (PSP Swiss Property) 5
68
56
64
65
Dirk Lambrecht (Dätwyler) 5
66
53
61
83
Robert Suter (Bystronic) 5
65
63
67
68
Dr. David Martyr (Tecan Group) 5
65
63
66
70
Andreas Gisler (IVF Hartmann) 5
61
46
70
64
Urs Kaufmann (Huber+Suhner) 5
60
56
60
64
Dr. Rochus Kobler (Phoenix Mecano) 5
60
66
58
54
Fred Ruegg (Elma Electronic) 5
60
66
62
52
Urs Kessler (Jungfraubahn) 5
56
36
64
73
Thomas E. Kern (Flughafen Zürich) 5
55
46
49
70
Dr. Christian Hennerkes (Von Roll) 5
55
33
66
67
Matthias Bopp (Micronas) 5
53
50
54
47
Martin Steiger (Energiedienst) 5
52
60
49
46
Tim Talaat (Looser) 5
52
50
51
57