2014 Rank
|
Company/CEO
|
2013 Rank
|
Company/CEO
|
1 |
P&G / A.G. Lafley |
1 |
P&G / Robert McDonald |
2 |
IBM / Virginia Rometty |
3 |
General Electric / Jeffrey Immelt |
3 |
General Electric / Jeffrey Immelt |
2 |
IBM / Virginia Rometty |
4 |
Accenture / Pierre Nanterme |
|
Dow Chemical / Andrew Liveris |
5 |
Unilever / Paul Polman |
|
Verizon Communications / Lowell McAdam |
6 |
Dow Chemical / Andrew Liveris |
4 |
Caterpillar / Douglas Oberhelman |
7 |
McDonald’s / Donald Thompson |
18 |
Hitachi Data Systems / Jack Domme |
8 |
Monsanto / Hugh Grant |
11 |
Arthur J. Gallagher / J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. |
9 |
Hormel Foods / Jeffrey M. Ettinger |
|
Boeing / W. James McNerney, Jr. |
10 |
General Mills / Kendall Powell |
15 |
3M / Inge Thulin |
11 |
VF Corporation / Eric C. Wiseman |
|
Monsanto / Hugh Grant |
12 |
W.W. Grainger / James T. Ryan |
|
PepsiCo / Indra Nooyi |
13 |
Caterpillar / Douglas Oberhelman |
6 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises / Richard Fain |
14 |
Verizon Communications / Lowell McAdam |
5 |
The Cooper Companies / Robert Weiss |
15 |
TJX Companies / Carol Meyrowitz |
|
General Mills / Kendall Powell |
16 |
Sprint / Daniel Hesse |
16 |
Sprint Nextel / Daniel Hesse |
17 |
Maxim Integrated / Tunc Doluca |
37 |
Bridgestone Americas / Gary Garfield |
18 |
Southwest Airlines / Gary Kelly |
|
McDonald’s / Donald Thompson |
19 |
DENTSPLY International / Bret Wise |
|
ADP / Carlos Rodriguez |
20 |
ADP / Carlos Rodriguez |
19 |
Shoppers Drug Mart / Domenic Pilla |
21 |
HNI / Stan A. Askren |
|
Bayer MaterialScience / Patrick Thomas |
22 |
McKesson / John Hammergren |
|
Barnes Group / Gregory Milzcik |
23 |
3M / Inge Thulin |
10 |
NOVA Chemicals / Randy Woelfel |
24 |
Konecranes / Pekka Lundmark |
30 |
Bristow Group / William Chiles |
25 |
Ecolab / Douglas M. Baker, Jr. |
28 |
Cardinal Health / George Barrett |
26 |
EMC Insurance / Bruce Kelley |
35 |
BP China / Robert Dudley |
27 |
Cardinal Health / George Barrett |
25 |
Dimension Data / Brett Dawson |
28 |
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters / Brian P. Kelley |
|
Ecolab / Douglas M. Baker, Jr. |
29 |
RPM International / Frank C. Sullivan |
|
Johnson Matthey / Neil Carson |
30 |
Emerson Electric / David Farr |
|
Konecranes / Pekka Lundmark |
31 |
Comcast / Brian Roberts |
|
Olympic Steel / Michael Siegal |
32 |
Shoppers Drug Mart / Domenic Pilla |
20 |
Phillips NV / Frans van Houten |
33 |
Barnes Group / Patrick Dempsey |
22 |
Autoliv / Jan Carlson |
34 |
Cash America Int’l / Daniel R. Feehan |
|
Hyatt / Mark Hoplamazian |
35 |
Dangote Cement / Aliko Dangote |
|
EMC Insurance / Bruce Kelley |
36 |
The Cooper Companies / Robert Weiss |
14 |
Harman International / Dinesh Paliwal |
37 |
Huntington Bancshares / Stephen Steinour |
|
Maxim Integrated / Tunc Doluca |
38 |
Citigroup / Michael Corbat |
|
Libbey / Stephanie Streeter |
39 |
Paychex / Martin Mucci |
|
ResMed / Peter Farrell |
40 |
Esterline / Curtis Reusser |
|
Kelly Services / Carl Camden |