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Title 1000 CEOs / editor-in-chief, Andrew Davidson ; business editor, Marjan Bolmeijer ; introduction by Marshall Goldsmith
Edition 1st American ed
Published London ; New York : DK Pub., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents The Innovators -- William McKnight, President & Chairman (1949-66), 3M -- Steve Jobs, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, Apple -- Francisco González Rodríguez, CEO, BBVA -- Jamie Cooper-Hohn, President & CEO, CIFF -- John T. Chambers, Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems -- Walt Disney, Founder & CEO (1923-66), The Walt Disney Company -- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO, Facebook -- Henry Ford, Founder & President (1906-19), Ford Motor Company -- The inspired leader, by Marshall Goldsmith -- Muhammad Yunus, Founder & Managing Director, Grameen Bank -- Brian Goldner, President & CEO, Hasbro, Inc. -- David Packard, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO (1964-68), HP -- Amancio Ortega Gaona, Chairman, Inditex -- Andy Grove, President, Chairman & CEO (1987-98), Intel Corp. -- Ashok Khosla, President, International Union for Conservation of Nature -- Nicholas W. Moore, MD & CEO, Macquarie Group Ltd -- George W. Merck, President & Chairman (1925-57), Merck & Co., Inc. -- Innovate and thrive -- Bill Gates, Chairman & CEO (1976-2000), Microsoft Corp. -- Jochen Zeitz, CEO, Puma AG -- James Laurence Balsillie, Co-CEO, Research In Motion -- Ma Yun, Co-founder & CEO, Alibaba.com Ltd -- Jeff Raikes, CEO, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -- Richard D. Fairbank, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Capital One -- Jiang Nanchun, Founder, Chairman & CEO (2003-08), Focus Media -- Craig A. Dubow, Chairman, President & CEO, Gannett -- Hans Helmerich, President & CEO, Helmerich & Payne -- Qiu Bojun, Chairman & President, Kingsoft -- Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, CEO, LEGO -- Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm, Inc. -- Jeff M. Fettig, Chairman, President & CEO, Whirlpool Corp. -- Green innovations -- The Start-up Titans -- Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO, Amazon.com -- Sunil Mittal, Chairman & CEO, Bharti Airtel -- Michael Dell, CEO, Dell, Inc. -- Adrian Gore, Founder & CEO, Discovery Holdings Ltd -- Charles Ergen, President & CEO, DISH Network & EchoStar -- Estée Lauder, Founder & CEO, Estée Lauder -- Terry Tai-ming Gou, Founder & CEO, Hon Hai Precision -- Mukesh Jagtiani, CEO, Landmark Group -- The customer-centred approach -- Philip Knight, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO (1964-2004), Nike, Inc. -- Larry Ellison, Co-founder & CEO, Oracle -- Juan Trippe, Founder, Pan American World Airways -- Konosuke Matsushita, Founder & CEO (1918-61), Panasonic -- Mike Lazaridis, President & Co-CEO, Research In Motion -- Bob Simpson, Chairman & CEO, XTO Energy -- Li Yanhong, President & CEO, Baidu -- Wang Chuanfu, Chairman & CEO, BYD Group -- Charles R. Schwab Jr, Founder & Chairman, Charles Schwab Corp. -- Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman & CEO, Chesapeake Energy -- The power of instinct -- Li Ka-shing, Founder & Chairman, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd -- Francisco D'Souza, Co-founder, President & CEO, Cognizant -- Lisa N. Drakeman, President & CEO, Genmab -- Shi Yuzhu, Chairman & CEO, Giant Interactive -- Giorgio Armani, Co-founder & CEO, Giorgio Armani -- S. & G. Hinduja, Chairman & President, Hinduja Group -- Naresh Goyal, Founder & Chairman, Jet Airways -- Leslie H. Wexner, Chairman & CEO, Limited Brands -- Paul V. Galvin, Co-founder & CEO (1928-59), Motorola -- Huang Jen-hsun, Co-founder, President & CEO, NVIDIA -- Chen Tianqiao, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, Shanda Entertainment -- Charles Zhang, Chairman & CEO, Sohu.com -- Anil Agarwal, CEO, Vedanta Resources -- Ma Huateng, Chairman & CEO, Tencent Holdings Ltd -- William R. Berkley, Founder & CEO, W.R. Berkley Corp. -- Jerry Yang, Co-founder & CEO (2007-08), Yahoo! Inc. -- Family matters -- The Motivators -- Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group -- Marcio Cypriano, President, Banco Bradesco -- Amadeo Giannini, Founder, Bank of America -- Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., President & CEO (1960-90), Bechtel Group Inc. -- Bradbury Anderson, Chairman & CEO, Best Buy Co., Inc. -- W. James McNerney Jr., CEO, The Boeing Company -- Lawrence Kellner, Chairman & CEO, Continental Airlines -- Jean-François Decaux, CEO, JCDecaux -- Motivate success -- Paul Walsh, CEO, Diageo -- Peter Rose, Chairman & CEO, Expeditors International -- Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, General Electric -- Galen Weston Sr., Chairman & President, George Weston Ltd
Leo Burnett, CEO (1935-67), Leo Burnett Worldwide -- Jean-Paul Agon, CEO, L'Oréal -- Charles E. Merrill, Co-founder & Partner (1914-44), Merrill Lynch -- Alan George Lafley, Chairman & CEO, Procter & Gamble -- Talking the talk -- Geoff Dixon, CEO (2001-08), Qantas Airways Ltd -- Mukesh Ambani, CEO, Reliance Industries -- Susan M. Ivey, Chairman, President & CEO, Reynolds American -- Ricardo Semler, Majority Owner & CEO, Semco SA -- Muriel Siebert, President & CEO, Siebert Financial Corp. -- Om Prakash Bhatt, MD & Chairman, State Bank of India -- Ditlev Engel, CEO, Vestas Wind Systems -- Xavier Huillard, CEO, Vinci -- Good citizens -- Brett Godfrey, Co-founder & CEO, Virgin Blue -- Martin Winterkorn, CEO, Volkswagen AG -- H. Lee Scott Jr., President & CEO (2000-09), Wal-Mart Stores -- Katharine Graham, CEO (1963-91), Washington Post Company -- Angela Braly, President & CEO, WellPoint -- Christina Gold, President & CEO, Western Union -- Gail Kelly, CEO, Westpac Banking Corp. -- Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme -- Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization -- James Leape, Director-General, WWF International -- People power -- Nadine Chakar, Chair, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing B.V. -- Andrew Demetriou, CEO, Australian Football League -- Kevin W. Sharer, President, Chairman & CEO, Amgen, Inc. -- Richard E. Waugh, President & CEO, Bank of Nova Scotia -- Tony Hayward, CEO, BP -- Ben Verwaayen, CEO (2002-08), BT Group -- N. Murray Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Canadian Natural Resources -- R. Kerry Clark, Chairman & CEO, Cardinal Health, Inc. -- Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, President & CEO, Carlsberg A/S -- Leslie Moonves, President & CEO, CBS Corp. -- Sidney Toledano, President & CEO, Christian Dior -- Robert W. Lane, Chairman & CEO, Deere & Co. -- Fulvio Conti, CEO, Enel SpA -- Carl-Henric Svanberg, President & CEO, LM Ericsson -- Zhang Ruimin, Chairman & CEO, Haier Group -- David M. Cote, Chairman & CEO, Honeywell International -- Leading the team -- Carol Scott, Founder & CEO (1979-2006), Imperial Car Rental -- A.C.G. "Connie" Molusi, CEO (2003-07), Johnnic Comm. -- Ingrid Matthäus-Maier, CEO (1999-2008), KFW Bank Group -- Robert A. Niblock, CEO, Lowe's Companies, Inc. -- Luiza Helena Trajano Rodrigues, CEO, Magazine Luiza -- Mary Kay Ash, Founder & CEO (1963-2001), Mary Kay, Inc. -- Steven Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corp. -- Junior John Ngulube, CEO, Munich Re of Africa -- Sibongile Mkhabela, CEO, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund -- Daniel Vasella, Chairman & CEO, Novartis AG -- Daniel R. DiMicco, Chairman, President & CEO, Nucor Corporation -- Brenda C. Barnes, Chairman & CEO, Sara Lee -- Gary C. Kelly, Chairman, President & CEO, Southwest Airlines -- Peter Sands, CEO, Standard Chartered -- Richard Templeton, Chairman, President & CEO, Texas Instruments -- Jeffrey L. Bewkes, President & CEO, Time Warner -- Frederic M. Poses, Chairman & CEO (2000-08), Trane, Inc. -- David Morgan, CEO (1999-2006), Westpac Banking Corp. -- Carol A. Bartz, CEO, Yahoo!, Inc. -- David C. Novak, President & CEO, Yum! Brands, Inc. -- The diversity dividend --The Organizers -- Lynn Blodgett, President & CEO, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. -- Henri de Castries, CEO, AXA Group -- Helene D. Gayle, President & CEO, CARE -- Reto Francioni, Chairman & CEO, Deutsche Börse AG -- Fred Smith, Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx -- Alfred P. Sloan, CEO (1923-46), General Motors Company -- James Wood, President & CEO, J. Paul Getty Trust -- Andrew Witty, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline -- The anatomy of companies -- Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director, State Hermitage Museum -- Takeo Fukui, President & CEO (2003-09), Honda Motor Company Ltd -- Juan Manuel Suárez Del Toro Rivero, President, IFRC -- James E. Burke, Chairman & CEO (1976-89), Johnson & Johnson -- Richard T. Clark, CEO, Merck & Co., Inc. -- Barbara Stocking, Director, Oxfam GB -- Frédéric Oudéa, CEO, Société Générale -- Howard Stringer, President, Chairman & CEO, Sony Corp. -- Towards a collaborative future -- Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery -- Ann Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF -- D. Scott Davis, CEO, United Parcel Service
George David, President & CEO (1994-2008), United Technologies -- Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO, Vivendi -- James J. Schiro, CEO, Zurich Financial Services -- William C. Rhodes III, CEO, AutoZone -- Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman & CEO, BASF -- E. Hunter Harrison, President & CEO, Canadian National -- Koichi Fukaya, President & CEO (2003-08), Denso Corp. -- Dorothy Thompson, CEO, Drax Group -- Luis Ubiñas, President, Ford Foundation -- Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO (2000-08), GlaxoSmithKline -- Clara Furse, CEO, London Stock Exchange Group -- The oversight of the board -- Hisakazu Imaki, President & CEO (2003-08), Mazda Motor Corp. -- Paul G. Allen, Co-founder, Microsoft Corp. -- Terunobu Maeda, President & CEO, Mizuho Financial Group -- Mark G. Parker, President & CEO, Nike, Inc. -- Michio Kariya, President & CEO, Nikon Corp. -- Heliane Canepa, CEO (2001-07), Nobel Biocare -- Ray R. Irani, Chairman, President & CEO, Occidental Petroleum -- Jesús F. Reyes Heroles, CEO, PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos) -- José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, President & CEO, Petrobrás -- William H. Swanson, Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company -- Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Josh Silverman, CEO, Skype -- Richard L. George, President & CEO, Suncor Energy -- Marijn Dekkers, President & CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. -- Carol Meyrowitz, President & CEO, The TJX Companies, Inc. -- Philippe P. Dauman, President & CEO, Viacom -- Taking time out -- The Strategists -- Shantanu Narayen, CEO, Adobe Systems -- Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO (2005-07), Siemens AG -- Kenneth Chenault, Chairman & CEO, American Express -- Patricia Woertz, CEO, Archer Daniels Midland Company -- Warren Buffett, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway -- Laurence D. Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc. -- Norbert Reithofer, CEO, BMW -- David O'Reilly, Chairman & CEO, Chevron Corp. -- Josef Ackermann, CEO, Deutsche Bank -- Frank Appel, Chairman & CEO, Deutsche Post World Net -- Strategies for success -- The Rebuilders -- Margaret Whitman, CEO (1998-2008), eBay -- Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni SpA -- Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil -- Didier Lombard, CEO, France Telecom -- Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs -- Gerd Leipold, Executive Director, Greenpeace International -- Carlos Fernández González, CEO, Grupo Modelo SA de CV -- Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman & CEO, Heineken -- Darwin Smith, Chairman & CEO (1971-91), Kimberly-Clark -- Alwaleed Al Saud, Chairman & CEO, Kingdom Holding Co. -- Route to the top -- The Value Squeezers -- Eric Daniels, CEO, Lloyds TSB plc -- Nobuo Kuroyanagi, CEO, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group -- Satoru Iwata, President & CEO, Nintendo Company Ltd -- Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President & CEO, Nokia -- Marjorie Scardino, CEO, Pearson -- Tom Albanese, CEO, Rio Tinto -- Henning Kagermann, CEO, SAP AG -- Jeffrey Noddle, Chairman & CEO, Supervalu, Inc. -- Atsutoshi Nishida, President, Director & CEO, Toshiba Corp. -- Michael Frenzel, CEO, TUI AG -- Richard Bond, President & CEO (2006-09), Tyson Foods -- Richard Kovacevich, Chairman & CEO (1998-2007), Wells Fargo -- The first 100 days -- The Visionaries -- George W. Buckley, Chairman, President & CEO, 3M -- Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Chairman & CEO, Air France-KLM -- Thomas J. Wilson II, Chairman, President & CEO, Allstate Corp. -- Daniel Hajj Aboumrad, CEO, América Móvil -- Sergio Balbinot, Co-CEO, Assicurazioni Generali -- David R. Brennan, CEO, AstraZeneca -- Michael John Turner, CEO (2002-08), BAE Systems -- Mark Thompson, Director-general, British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) -- Todd Stitzer, CEO, Cadbury Global -- Fred Green, President & CEO, Canadian Pacific Railway -- Lou Jiwei, Chairman & CEO, China Investment Corporation (CIC) -- Wang Jianzhou, Chairman & CEO, China Mobile Ltd -- Vikram Pandit, CEO, Citigroup -- H. Lawrence Culp Jr., President & CEO, Danaher Corp. -- Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman & CEO, Deutsche Lufthansa -- Wulf H. Bernotat, Chairman & CEO, E. ON -- Randy Eresman, President & CEO, EnCana Corp. -- C. Kevin McArthur, President & CEO (2006-08), Goldcorp, Inc. -- Paul S. Otellini, President & CEO, Intel Corp. -- Olavo Egydio Setúbal, CEO (1986-2008), Banco Itaú -- The power of persuasion
Thomas J. Falk, Chairman, President & CEO, Kimberly-Clark -- Wolfgang Reitzle, CEO, Linde Group -- Mike Jatania, CEO, Lornamead Group -- Clarence Cazalot, President & CEO, Marathon Oil Corp. -- David B. Snow Jr., Chairman & CEO, Medco Health Solutions, Inc. -- Gerard Kleisterlee, CEO, Philips -- Alan Joyce, CEO, Qantas Airways Ltd -- Dai Houliang, Senior Vice-president & CFO, Sinopec Corp. -- Christopher Dale Pratt, Chairman & Director, Swire Pacific -- Mário Cesar Pereira de Araújo, CEO, TIM Participações -- Ann Moore, Chairman & CEO, Time, Inc. -- W. Edmund Clark, President & CEO, TD Bank Financial Group -- Patrick Cescau, CEO (2005-08), Unilever -- William R. Klesse, Chairman & CEO, Valero Energy Corp. -- Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications -- Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Group plc -- Leif Johansson, President, Director & CEO, Volvo -- Robert A. Iger, President & CEO, Walt Disney -- Richard Goyder, CEO, Wesfarmers -- Michael Luscombe, CEO & MD, Woolworths Ltd -- Passing on the torch -- Herbert Hainer, CEO, Adidas AG -- Gail J. McGovern, President & CEO, American Red Cross -- Cynthia Carroll, CEO, Anglo American -- Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman, President & CEO, AT & T, Inc. -- Andrea Jung, CEO, Avon -- Gunter Thielen, CEO (2002-07), Bertelsmann AG -- John Chidsey, Chairman & CEO, Burger King -- Lee Iacocca, President, Chairman & CEO (1978-92), Chrysler -- Sergio Marchionne, CEO, Fiat -- G. Richard Wagoner Jr, Chairman & CEO (2000-09), GM -- Leading turnarounds -- Lou Gerstner, Chairman & CEO (1993-2002), IBM -- Samuel Palmisano, President & CEO, IBM -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, IMF -- Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan & Renault -- Rochelle B. Lazarus, Chairman & CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Inc. -- Mary Sammons, CEO, Rite Aid -- John Rose, CEO, Rolls-Royce plc -- Jeroen van der Veer, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell -- Yun Jong-yong, CEO (1996-2008), Samsung Electronics Company -- Mervyn Davies, Chairman & CEO (2001-06), Standard Chartered -- Cool heads in a crisis -- Harold Kvisle, President & CEO, TransCanada Corp. -- Anne Mulcahy, Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corp. -- Miles D. White, Chairman & CEO, Abbott Laboratories -- William P. Sullivan, President & CEO, Agilent Technologies -- Patricia Russo, CEO (2006-08), Alcatel-Lucent -- Gregory Case, President & CEO, Aon -- Rahul K. Bajaj, Chairman & CEO (1968-2005), Bajaj Auto -- James M. Cornelius, Chairman & CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Willie Walsh, CEO, British Airways -- Douglas R. Conant, President & CEO, Campbell Soup Company -- Wendell P. Weeks, Chairman & CEO, Corning Incorporated -- Oswald J. Grübel, Co-CEO (2003-07), Credit Suisse -- René Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom -- David N. Farr, Chairman, President & CEO, Emerson Electric -- Shigetaka Komori, President & CEO, FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. -- Nicholas D. Chabraja, Chairman & CEO, General Dynamics -- James L. Ziemer, President & CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc. -- Jack Bovender, Chairman & CEO, HCA -- Making the numbers -- John B. Hess, CEO, Hess Corp. -- Corrado Passera, CEO, Intesa Sanpaolo -- Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Chairman & CEO, ITC -- Nam Joong-soo, CEO, KT Corp. -- James S. Tisch, President & CEO, Loews Corp. -- Stuart Rose, CEO, Marks & Spencer plc -- Brian Duperreault, President & CEO, Marsh & McLennan (MMC) -- James A. Skinner, Chairman & CEO, McDonald's Corp. -- John H. Hammergren, Chairman & CEO, McKesson Corp. -- Eckhard Cordes, Chairman & CEO, Metro AG -- Gregory Brown, President & CEO, Motorola -- Bart Becht, CEO, Reckitt Benckiser -- Antonio Brufau, Chairman & CEO, Repsol YPF -- Alan J. Lacy, Chairman & CEO (2000-06), Sears, Roebuck & Co. -- Toshifumi Suzuki, Chairman & CEO, Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd -- Peter Löscher, CEO, Siemens AG -- Daniel R. Hesse, CEO, Sprint Nextel -- Ekkehard D. Schulz, Chairman, ThyssenKrupp AG -- John Murphy, CEO, Visy -- Alan Parker, CEO, Whitbread -- The business of ethics -- Michael Diekmann, Chairman & CEO, Allianz -- Kenneth D. Lewis, CEO, Bank of America -- Fujio Mitarai, President & CEO, Canon, Inc. -- José Luis Durán, Chairman & CEO (2005-08), Carrefour SA -- Ralph Norris, MD & CEO, Commonwealth Bank of Australia -- James Sinegal, Founder & CEO, Costco
Louis Gallois, CEO & Co-CEO, Airbus & EADS -- Jack Welch, Chairman & CEO (1981-2001), General Electric -- Driving efficiency -- Mark Hurd, CEO, Hewlett-Packard -- Frank Blake, CEO, Home Depot -- Ingvar Kamprad, Founder & CEO (1943-86), IKEA -- James Dimon, Chairman & CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. -- Ray Kroc, Founder & CEO, McDonald's -- Dominic D'Alessandro, President & CEO, Manulife Financial -- Jeffrey B. Kindler, Chairman & CEO, Pfizer, Inc. -- Gordon M. Nixon, President & CEO, Royal Bank of Canada -- From values to value -- Steve Burd, Chairman, President & CEO, Safeway, Inc. -- Andrew Gould, Chairman & CEO, Schlumberger Ltd -- Osamu Suzuki, President, COO & CEO, Suzuki Motor Corp. -- Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco -- Katsuaki Watanabe, President & CEO (2005-09), Toyota Motor Corp. -- Koichiro Matsuura, Director-general, UNESCO -- Sam Walton, Founder, Wal-Mart -- Nils Smedegaard Andersen, CEO, A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group -- Alain J.P. Belda, Chairman & CEO, Alcoa -- Matthew K. Rose, Chairman, President & CEO, BNSF Corp. -- Gregg Engles, Chairman & CEO, Dean Foods Company -- John Donahoe, President & CEO, eBay -- William P. Lauder, President & CEO, Estée Lauder Companies -- The advantages of power sharing -- Kendall J. Powell, Chairman & CEO, General Mills -- John Rishton, President & CEO, Koninklijke Ahold N.V. -- Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President & CEO, Lockheed Martin -- Akimitsu Ashida, President & CEO, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines -- John J. Mack, Chairman & CEO, Morgan Stanley -- Steve Odland, Chairman & CEO, Office Depot, Inc. -- Marco Tronchetti Provera, Chairman & CEO, Pirelli Group -- Harry Roels, CEO (2003-07), RWE AG -- Paula Rosput Reynolds, CEO (2006-08), Safeco -- Mats Jansson, CEO, SAS -- Gregg W. Steinhafel, President & CEO, Target Corp. -- John E. Potter, Postmaster General & CEO, US Postal Service -- Giving a little back -- Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty International -- Frank Chapman, CEO, BG Group -- Bill Allen, President (1945-68) & Chairman (1968-78), Boeing Company -- Angela Ahrendts, CEO, Burberry -- Lew Frankfort, Chairman & CEO, Coach, Inc. -- Roberto Goizueta, Chairman & CEO (1981-97), Coca-Cola -- Kushal Pal Singh, CEO, DLF -- Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical Company -- The vision thing -- Pierre Gadonneix, CEO, EDF -- Alexei Borisovich Miller, Deputy Chairman & CEO, Gazprom -- Roberto Civita, Chairman & CEO (1990-2000, 2005-07), Abril Group -- Chung Mong-koo, Chairman, Hyundai-Kia -- Kundapur Vaman Kamath, CEO, ICICI Bank -- Sarthak Behuria, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Oil Corp. -- Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman & CEO, Kraft Foods, Inc. -- Allan Moss, CEO (1993-2008), Macquarie Bank -- J. Willard Marriott Sr., Founder & CEO (1927-72), Marriott -- Satoshi Miura, President & CEO, NTT Corp. -- Deciding factors -- Indra Nooyi, President, Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo, Inc. -- Roberto Marinho, Chairman (1931-2003), Globo -- Anil Ambani, CEO, Reliance ADA -- Edward Rogers Jr, President & CEO (1962-2008), RCI -- Abdullah S. Jum'ah, President & CEO (1995-2008), Saudi Aramco -- Ratan Tata, Chairman & CEO, Tata Group -- Ruben K. Vardanyan, President & CEO, Troika Dialog -- Steven Roth, CEO, Vornado Realty Trust -- Turning the company green -- John Mackey, Chairman & CEO, Whole Foods Market -- Nancy McKinstry, CEO, Wolters Kluwer -- Anna Christina Ramos Saicali, President & CEO, B2W -- Werner Wenning, Chairman & CEO, Bayer -- Laurent Beaudoin, CEO (1979-99, 2004-08), Bombardier, Inc. -- Cem Boyner, Chairman & CEO, Boyner Holdings AS -- Mark P. Mays, President & CEO, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. -- Antonio M. Perez, Chairman & CEO, Eastman Kodak Company -- Dale Vince, Founder & MD, Ecotricity -- Juliet Davenport, CEO, Good Energy -- Daniel Servitje, CEO, Grupo Bimbo -- Luis Frias, Chairman & CEO, Grupo Folha UOL -- Emilio Botín, President, Santander Group -- David J. Lesar, Chairman, President & CEO, Halliburton -- Focusing on the future -- Katherine J. Harless, President & CEO (2006-08), Idearc, Inc. -- John V. Faraci, Chairman & CEO, International Paper -- Yang Yuanqing, Chairman, Lenovo Group Ltd -- Håkan Samuelsson, Chairman & CEO, MAN AG
Stanley Fink, CEO (2000-07), Man Group -- Judith McGrath, Chairman & CEO, MTV Networks -- Miuccia Prada, Chief Designer, Prada -- Patrizio Bertelli, CEO, Prada -- Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Chairman & CEO (2005-08), ProLogis -- Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President & CEO, Public Service Enterprise Group -- Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO, Saint-Gobain -- Galina Ilyashenko, General Director & CEO, Seventh Continent -- Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman & CEO, GDF Suez -- Jonathan Schwartz, President & CEO, Sun Microsystems -- Tom Carroll, President & CEO, TBWA Worldwide, Inc. -- Catherine Elizabeth Hughes, CEO, Radio One -- Executive education -- The Controversialists -- Michael Szymanczyk, Chairman & CEO, Altria Group, Inc. -- August A. Busch IV, President & CEO (2006-08), Anheuser-Busch -- Philip Green, CEO, Arcadia Group -- François Pinault, Founder, PPR & Artemis Group -- Stelios Haji-Ioannou, CEO, easyGroup -- Gianni Agnelli, President (1966-2003, Honorary from 1996), Fiat -- Carlos Slim Helú, Founder & Chairman, Grupo Carso -- José Ignacio Sánchez Galán, CEO, Iberdrola -- The art of confidence -- Bernard Arnault, Chairman & CEO, LVMH & Christian Dior -- Maurice Saatchi, Co-founder, Saatchi & Saatchi & M & C Saatchi -- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corp. -- Michael O'Leary, CEO, Ryanair -- Subroto Roy, Chairman & CEO, Sahara Group -- Christophe de Margerie, CEO, Total SA -- Kerkor Kerkorian, President & CEO, Tracinda Corp. -- Donald Trump, Chairman & CEO, Trump Organization -- Polished public relations -- Vijay Mallya, CEO, United Breweries -- Richard Branson, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Virgin Group -- Fu Chengyu, CEO, China National Offshore Oil Corp. -- Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast Corp. -- John W. Rowe, Chairman, President & CEO, Exelon Corp. -- Andrew Forrest, CEO, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd -- Ren Zhengfei, President & CEO, Huawei Technologies Company Ltd -- Gareth Davies, CEO, Imperial Tobacco -- Koo Bon-moo, Chairman & CEO, LG Group -- Vagit Alekperov, Founder & President, LUKOIL -- Nabeel Gareeb, CEO (2002-08), MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. -- Hugh Grant, Chairman, President & CEO, Monsanto -- Christian Streiff, Chairman & CEO (2006-09), PSA Peugeot Citroën -- Sergey Bogdanchikov, President, Rosneft -- Older and wiser? -- The Globalists -- Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman & CEO, Arcelor Mittal -- Alfredo Sáenz Abad, CEO, Banco Santander -- Marius Kloppers, CEO, BHP Billiton -- Baudouin Prot, CEO, BNP Paribas -- Paul Adams, CEO, British American Tobacco -- Gregory Page, Chairman & CEO, Cargill -- James Mulva, Chairman & CEO, ConocoPhillips -- Dieter Zetsche, Chairman & CEO, Daimler AG -- Global opportunities -- Franck Riboud, Chairman & CEO, Groupe Danone -- Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google -- Thomas Krens, Director (1988-2008), Guggenheim Foundation -- Stefan Persson, CEO, H & M -- Michael Geoghegan, CEO, HSBC Group -- Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO (2002-07), Infosys -- Andrea Guerra, CEO, Luxottica -- Steen Riisgaard, President & CEO, Novozymes A/S -- Indian leaders -- Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO, Porsche AG -- Leigh Clifford, CEO (2000-07), Rio Tinto -- Graham Mackay, CEO, Sabmiller -- Jacques Lamarre, President & CEO, SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc. -- Howard Schultz, Chairman & CEO, Starbucks -- César Alierta, Chairman & CEO, Telefónica -- Solomon Trujillo, CEO (2005-09), Telstra -- Frank P. Lowy, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Westfield Group -- The China generation -- Azim Premji, Chairman & CEO, Wipro -- Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank Group -- Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP -- Michael Davis, CEO, Xstrata plc -- Michael Smith, CEO, ANZ -- Xu Lejiang, Chairman, Baosteel Group -- John Varley, CEO, Barclays Bank -- Martin Bouygues, Chairman & CEO, Bouygues Group -- Alberto Weisser, Chairman & CEO, Bunge Ltd -- John P. Wiehoff, Chairman & CEO, C.H. Robinson Worldwide -- Bill Gammell, CEO, Cairn Energy plc -- James W. Owens, Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar -- Brazil's new bosses -- Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Chairman & CEO, Cemex -- Roger Agnelli, CEO, Vale -- Muhtar Kent, President & CEO, Coca-Cola -- Wei Jiafu, President & CEO, China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) -- Brian A. McNamee, CEO, CSL Ltd
Charles O. Holliday Jr, Chairman & CEO (1998-2008), DuPont -- Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, CEO, Finmeccanica -- Luis Alejandro Pagani, President & CEO, Grupo Arcor -- Joaquín Ayuso García, Chairman & CEO, Grupo Ferrovial, SA -- Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, CEO, Hugo Boss AG -- Carlos Alves de Brito, CEO, InBev -- Brad D. Smith, President & CEO, Intuit -- Tigers of the far east -- Ian Cheshire, CEO, Kingfisher plc -- Bruno Lafont, Chairman & CEO, Lafarge -- Paul Bulcke, CEO, Nestlé -- Zhou Jiping, President & Vice-chairman, PetroChina Company Ltd -- Mohamed Hassan Marican, President & CEO, Petronas -- William J. Doyle, President & CEO, PotashCorp -- Paul Desmarais Jr, Chairman & Co-CEO, Power Corp. of Canada -- Prasert Bunsumpun, President & CEO, PTT -- Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric -- Helge Lund, President & CEO, StatoilHydro ASA -- Kunio Takeda, Chairman & CEO, Takeda Pharmaceuticals -- Masaaki Furukawa, President, Toyota Tsusho Corp. -- Alessandro Profumo, CEO, UniCredit Group -- Arun Sarin, CEO (2003-08), Vodafone -- James T. Ryan, President & CEO, W.W. Grainger, Inc. -- Yin Yimin, President & Executive Director, ZTE Corp
Summary From humble beginnings to the stratospheric heights of corporate leadership, with all the progress and pitfalls on the way--learn how to succeed from one thousand of the world's most successful CEOs. For anyone interested in developing their business leadership skills, particularly those in middle management looking to progress in their career, this book is full of colorful and instructive career anecdotes and advice from business leaders around the globe.--From publisher description
Notes Print version record
Subject Chief executive officers -- Anecdotes
Success in business -- Anecdotes
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
Chief executive officers
Success in business
Manager.
Unternehmer -- Biographie.
Businesspeople -- Anecdotes.
Success -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Anecdotes
Form Electronic book
Author Davidson, Andrew, 1959-
ISBN 9781405346658
1405346655
9781405352727
1405352728
9780756670573
0756670578
9780756661243
0756661242
Other Titles One thousand CEOs