Unsurprisingly, Walmart CEO Douglas McMillon came first in the CEOWORLD magazine’s global ranking of the best chief executives across all industries for 2019. He is followed by Royal Dutch Shell’s global chief executive Ben van Beurden, and ArcelorMittal Chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal. Saudi Aramco CEO Amin H. Nasser took the No. 4 spot.
Royal Dutch Shell’s global chief executive Ben van Beurden was ranked number 2
The 2019 rankings placed BP’s chief executive, Bob Dudley in fifth ahead of ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods into sixth; while Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess ranked seventh, and Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda eighth.
Overall, among the top 10 most influential CEOs in the world 2019, the ninth and tenth positions are held by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took the No. 11 spot, followed by the UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann (No.12) and Samsung Electronics Chief Executive Kim Ki-Nam (No.13).
Meanwhile, Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg ranked No. 14 in the CEOWORLD magazine’s ranking of the most influential CEOs in the world 2019. McKesson CEO Brian Tyler came in fifteenth place, followed by Daimler’s CEO Ola Kallenius (sixteenth), CVS chief executive officer Larry Merlo (seventeenth), Total SA Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne (eighteenth), and Ford CEO Jim Hackett, ranked nineteenth. Chevron CEO Michael K. Wirth ranked 20th in the list
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Company |
1 | C. Douglas McMillon | CEO | US | Walmart |
2 | Ben van Beurden | CEO | Netherlands | Royal Dutch Shell |
3 | Lakshmi Niwas Mittal | Chairman and CEO | Luxembourg | ArcelorMittal |
4 | Amin H. Nasser | CEO and President | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Aramco |
5 | Bob Dudley | Group CEO | UK | BP |
6 | Darren Woods | Chairman and CEO | US | ExxonMobil |
7 | Herbert Diess | Chairman and CEO | Germany | Volkswagen AG |
8 | Akio Toyoda | President | Japan | Toyota Motor |
9 | Timothy D. Cook | CEO | US | Apple |
10 | Warren E. Buffett | CEO | US | BerkshireHathaway |
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