Businessperson of the Year 2020
To create our annual ranking of star executives, we first screen for 10 metrics ranging from return on capital to total return to investors. Then we identify those who achieved the remarkable. This year, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took the top spot for a second time. Explore the full list below.
- 1 Elon Musk
- 2 Lisa Su
- 3 Jensen Huang
- 4 Reed Hastings
- 5 Elizabeth Gaines
- 6 Leonard Schleifer
- 7 Jeff Bezos
- 8 Shantanu Narayen
- 9 Ajay Banga
- 10 Tricia Griffith
- 11 Ken Xie
- 12 Peter Wennink
- 13 David Powers
- 14 Julie Sweet
- 15 Kristin Peck
- 16 Sasan Goodarzi
- 17 Daniel Zhang
- 18 Adena Friedman
- 19 Bruce Broussard
- 20 Cynthia Warner