CEO Name |
Company Name |
Tenure |
Total Revenue Increase
(3yrs) |
Net Income Increase
(3yrs) |
Key Accomplishments |
Fred Smith |
FedEx |
8 yrs |
30% |
53.60% |
Fred Smith has led FedEx to success through restructuring existing
businesses, acquiring needed business, rebranding for company image, and
new business development by acquiring new business with large
organizations. |
Arthur Levinson |
Genentech |
11 yrs |
50.20% |
56% |
Since becoming CEO Arthur Levinson has increased total operating
revenues five fold, grown market capitalization 10 fold, tripled the
employee base, added two new manufacturing sites, and grown the pipeline
from approximately 18 projects to more than 30. |
Pat Russo |
Lucent Technology |
3 yrs |
-17.80% |
returned to profit from
-2 bil. To +32 mill |
Russo has sustained profitability in one of the worst periods in telecom
history by: implementing a new operating model; developing a more
customer - and market driven culture; winning new business in emerging
markets; and expanding the role of Bell Labs with its customers. |
Jim Donald |
Starbucks |
2 yrs |
56.30% |
84.26% |
Under Donald Starbucks has opened 1,672 new stores that can be found in
37 countries. It is because of Donald's focus on international expansion
and branding that Starbucks has achieved such success. |
Robert Ulrich |
Target Corporation |
12 yrs |
9.25% |
30.80% |
Under Ulrich Target has: opened more than 200 stores nationwide; created
SuperTarget and Target Greatland stores to compete with rivals;
consolidated the business by selling less profitable businesses; and
created a new image by hiring designers. |
Wendell Weeks |
Corning Incorporated |
1 yr |
18.80% |
returned to profit from
-2 bil to 585 mil |
Under Weeks Corning has returned to investment grade credit ratings with
all three major credit agencies. Corning ended the year with more cash
than debt for the first time in 25 years, grew sales by 19% and turned
net profit after taxes from a $2.2 billion loss to a $585 million gain. |
Kevin Rollins |
Dell |
2 yrs |
34.90% |
35% |
Under Rollins Dell has diversified its PC offerings, acquired Alienware;
begun using both Intel and AMD chips; and achieving industry records for
shipments, revenue, operating income, and earnings per share. |
Andrew Liveris |
Dow Chemical |
2 yrs |
41.90% |
160.90% |
Under Liveris Dow completed a record year in 2005 in both earnings and
revenues despite escalating feedstock, energy costs and 2 major
hurricanes. Liveris has trimmed the debt size by $1.9 billion and has
introduced clear drivers to implement the company strategy. |
Meg Whitman |
eBay |
8 yrs |
110.30% |
144.90% |
With Whitman as CEO, eBay has become the world's online marketplace, the
number one consumer e-commerce site, launched a national ad campaign,
signed alliance deals with companies such as Disney, AOL, Wells Fargo
and Microsoft. And, Whitman has acquired more than 15 companies as head
of eBay. |
Bob Nardelli |
Home Depot |
6 yrs |
25.75% |
35.60% |
Under Nardelli, Home Depot has opened more than 900 stores, acquired 21
companies, and seen their earnings per share double. Nardelli has
created a plan to invest between $12-14 billion to remodel existing
stores, open 400-500 new stores, and launch new retail formats to better
meet the needs of their customers. |
Dick Kovacevich |
Wells Fargo |
13 yrs |
31.00% |
41.00% |
As
CEO, Kovacevich has purchased 2 high profile companies, making Wells
Fargo one of the 17th largest mutual funds managers in the
U.S. banking industry. Kovacevich moved retail banking headquarters from
San Francisco to Los Angeles serving LA's market's growing Hispanic &
Asian communities. |
Bill Sullivan |
Agilent Technologies |
1 yr |
-28.40% |
-6.30% |
Sullivan has created a divestiture plan designed to help it focus on its
measurement products. Sullivan has sold off Agilent's semi-conductor
operations as well as its stake in Lumileds lighting and purchased
Silicon Genetics and IBM's thin film transistor to focus solely on
measurement devices. |
Andrea Jung |
Avon Products |
7 yrs |
18.50% |
27.50% |
Andrea Jung has defined Avon's vision and has revitalized its reputation
as the world's foremost direct seller of beauty products while leading
the company into exciting new lines of business, launching a series of
bold and image-enhancing initiatives, and expanding career opportunities
for women globally. |
Brad Anderson |
Best Buy |
4 yrs |
25.60% |
61.70% |
Under Anderson Best Buy has added new and enhanced supply chain
capabilities and processes such as collaborative planning, forecasting,
replenishment, and tailored market assortments. Anderson improved
employee retention by 15% and has expanded both domestically and into
the Chinese markets. |
Jeff Immelt |
General Electric |
5 yrs |
11.50% |
9% |
Immelt has invested more than $60 billion to create a faster growing
company, acquired 6 companies, divided the former GE Capital into four
units for investors, and sold off most of GE's remaining insurance
business. |
Jim Skinner |
McDonald's |
2 yrs |
19.30% |
76.80% |
Under Skinner, McDonald's has generated a record cash flow and led the
Dow in share-price. Skinner has worked on offering demographically
correct menu options and defining the company's path to success. Skinner
has been accountable for McDonald's Limited, McDonald's second largest
market with almost 4,000 restaurants. |
A.G. Lafley |
P&G |
6 yrs |
30.80% |
39.90% |
Under Lafley, P&G has grown sales, more than doubled profits, and
generated $30 billion in free cash flow. Lafley has increased R&D
investment and seen 80% of initiatives succeed, and improvement of 25%
over 3 years. |
Ken Lewis |
Bank of America |
5 yrs |
71.30% |
52.20% |
Under Lewis, Bank of America has completed a merger with FleetBoston;
become the first US bank to invest directly in a major Chinese bank; and
acquired MBNA corporation making Bank of America the top provider of
debit and credit cards in the US. Lewis has also pushed Bank of
America's equity lending to the forefront by eliminating fees and
ceasing subprime lending. |
John Chambers |
Cisco Systems |
11 yrs |
-9.10% |
132.50% |
Under Chambers, Cisco has acquired some 23 companies; launched high
speed internet access; and grown the company's market capitalization
over $100 billion. In 2001, Chambers cut his salary to $1 to save jobs. |
Paul Pressler |
Gap Inc. |
4 yrs |
1% |
8% |
Under Pressler, Gap Inc. has generated nearly $1 billion of free cash
flow; completed a $2 billion share repurchase program; eliminated $2.9
billion in debt and turned it into $3 billion in cash and investments.
Pressler has created a computer system for the company with IBM and
launched its fourth chain nationwide. |
J.P. Garnier |
GlaxoSmithKline |
5 yrs |
-2.50% |
33.30% |
Under Garnier, GSK has created the industry's largest R&D pipeline;
improved access to its medicines for people who need them; acquired
research operations, vaccine products; and opened a facility in Germany.
Most recently GSK has created a bird flu vaccine that is on the fast
track to approval by the FDA. |
Michel Tilmant |
ING Group |
2 yrs |
86.10% |
returned to profit from
-10bil. To +9 bil. |
Under Tilmant, ING has realigned its management structure and sold its
Asian equity operations along with 6 other portions of the business to
focus the company on its money making segments. |
Paul Otellini |
Intel |
1 yr |
28.80% |
53.60% |
Under Otellini, Intel has opened a cutting edge production plant in
Ireland; unveiled plans for a second plant in Israel; and designed plans
to develop the company in India. Intel has competed with AMD by
introducing deep cuts in price tags and developing an aggressive
schedule for introducing faster Pentium models. |
Anne Mulchahy |
Xerox |
4 yrs |
0 |
218.30% |
Under Mulcahy, Xerox has spearheaded a massive effort to regain market
share and improve the bottom line. Under her leadership, Xerox began
selling manufacturing operations; authorized a $1 billion repurchase in
shares; and reduced company debt by $2.8 billion. |
Bill Weldon |
Johnson & Johnson |
3 yrs |
29.10% |
44.65% |
Under Weldon,
Johnson & Johnson has achieved record financial results; invested $6.3
billion in R&D in 2005 (a $1.1 billion increase from 2004); reorganized
employees based on performance; and closed on several critical
acquisitions. |