Categories: CEO of the Year

Full List of Previous CEO of the Year Award Winners

2012 — David C. Novak
Yum! Brands

2011 — Alan Mulally
Ford Motor Company

2010 — Hugh Grant
Monsanto

2009 — Jim Skinner
McDonald’s

2008– Anne Mulcahy
Xerox

2007 –Bob Ulrich
Target

2006 — A.G. Lafley
Procter & Gamble

2005 — George David
United Technologies

2004 — Fred Smith
FedEx

2003 — Maurice R. Greenberg
American International Group

2002 — Sanford I. Weill
Citigroup

2001 — Michael Dell
Dell Computers

2000 — John T. Chambers
Cisco Systems

1999 — Herbert D. Kelleher
Southwest Airlines

1998 — Lawrence A. Bossidy
AlliedSignal

1997 — Andrew S. Grove
Intel

1996 — Roberto C. Goizueta
Coca-Cola

1995 — David D. Glass
Wal-Mart

1994 — William H. Gates III
Microsoft

1993 — John F. Welch, Jr.
GE Corp.

1992 — P. Roy Vagelos, PhD.
Merck

1991 — Wayne Calloway
PepsiCo

1990 — Anthony J.F. O’Reilly
H.J. Heinz

1989 — Donald E. Petersen
Ford Motor

1988 — J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Marriott Corporation

1987 — Charles F. Knight
Emerson Electric

1986 — Roger Smith
General Motors

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