Businessperson of the Year

businessperson of the year

It starts with results. Each December, when we choose Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year, we focus first on CEOs who are delivering the goods. Through an exhaustive screening process, we rank companies by 12- and 36-month increases in profits, revenues, and stock performance, then go deeper to include factors like return on capital. (We give more weight to the 12-month results to identify who’s on top today, but also include the 36-month figures to weed out those who may have just had a lucky year.) But it’s not only about the numbers. We lean toward CEOs with vision—those impacting the world beyond their companies. The 20 star executives that follow are doing nothing less than defining the future of business.

Jensen Huang

Jamie Dimon

Marc Benioff

Jeff Bezos

Mary Dillon

Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga

Huateng ("Pony") Ma

Dan Schulman

Marillyn Hewson

Francisco D'Souza

Tricia Griffith

Sheng Yue Gui

Mark Zuckerberg

Shantanu Narayen

Phebe Novakovic

Walt Bettinger

Michael Neidorff

Aditya Puri

Barbara Rentler

Frans van Houten

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Businessperson of the Year | Fortune

Rank	Name
1	Jensen Huang	View More details about Jensen Huang
2	Jamie Dimon	View More details about Jamie Dimon
3	Marc Benioff	View More details about Marc Benioff
4	Jeff Bezos	View More details about Jeff Bezos
5	Mary Dillon	View More details about Mary Dillon
6	Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga	View More details about Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga
7	Huateng ("Pony") Ma	View More details about Huateng ("Pony") Ma
8	Dan Schulman	View More details about Dan Schulman
9	Marillyn Hewson	View More details about Marillyn Hewson
10	Francisco D'Souza	View More details about Francisco D'Souza