Three Indian-origin chief executives have made it to the top 10 of Harvard Business Review’s The CEO 100, 2019 Edition. Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen, Mastercard’s Ajay Banga and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella were among the top ten CEOs in the list headed by Nvidia’s co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang.
10: Bernard Arnault: The French billionaire who heads the world’s largest luxury-goods company LVMH is in the 10th position.
9: Satya Nadella: The Microsoft chief executive officer (CEO) who was in news for his recent salary hike is in 9th position.
8: Johan Thijs Johan Thijs: The Belgian banker who heads KBC Group NV, a Belgian banking and insurance group is 8th in the list.
7: Ajay Banga: The Indian-American business executive is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mastercard.
6: Shantanu Narayen: He heads the operations of Adobe Inc as chairman and CEO. The Padma Shri award winner is also rated among the best CEOs on the planet.
5: José Ignacio Sánchez Galán: The Spanish businessman heads Iberdrola, a multinational group present in dozens of countries making him one among the top CEOs in the globe.
4: Richard K. Templeton: The electrical engineer and business executive who serves as the chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments is next in the list.
3: François-Henri Pinault: The French businessman heads Kering, a French international luxury group based in Paris.
2: Marc Russell Benioff: The American Internet entrepreneur is the chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco.
1: Jensen Huang: Topping the list is Jensen Huang. The Taiwanese born American billionaire is the co-founder and CEO of graphics-processor company Nvidia.