2008年3月24日星期一

Features Main - Barron's Online

Features Main - Barron's Online

World's Best CEOs

By Andrew Bary
Word Count: 1,666  |  Companies Featured in This Article: FedEx, American Express, Expeditors International, Berkshire Hathaway, MBIA, JPMorgan Chase, Dish Network, Costco Wholesale, Research In Motion, Apple, XTO Energy, Coach, BlackRock, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, United Technologies, Countrywide Financial, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Vornado Realty Trust, Whole Foods, News Corp, Cisco Systems, Merck, Monsanto, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Canon, Dell, Royal Bank of Scotland

THE TEST OF A CHIEF EXECUTIVE comes in tough times. Not that it's easy managing a large corporation in good times. But when the economy and financial markets sour, you need more than moxie in order to prevail. CEOs need to confront a challenging business environment while juggling the demands of customers, employees and investors.

Crisis-management wasn't the main criterion we used to assemble our fourth annual list of the 30 best corporate leaders worldwide. Yet great CEOs shine in hard times, and our bet is that our 30 are up to the task.

It's a comfort to investors that ...

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