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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