Ratan Tata has done it again – He is the Most Powerful CEO in India. The Economic Times Corporate Dossier magazine has not only voted Mr. Ratan Tata as India Inc’s Most Powerful CEO, second year running, but also India Inc’s CEO of the Decade.
The Top 4 CEOs keep their positions as they had previous year as well – Mukesh Ambani is on 2nd position followed by NR Narayan Murthy (I am not sure as he is not CEO of Infosys anymore) and Anil Ambani takes the 4th position.
The Biggest Jump however has been made by Sunil Mittal, from 9th position last year to 5th this year. I think one of the main reasons has been his aggressiveness in pursuing global acquisitions for Bharti Airtel. In last 12 months, Bharti has made foray in Large African as well as Bangladesh Telecom Market. Bharti Airtel now stands to be the 5th largest telecom company in the world.
Azim Premji (6th), KM Birla (7th), Rahul Bajaj (8th), Anand Mahindra (9th) and Vijay Mallya (10th) round up the top ten positions in the Powerful CEO’s in India.
The Top 100 Powerful CEO’s in India
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Name
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Company/Group
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Rank
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2010
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2009
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Ratan Tata
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Tata Sons
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1
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1
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Mukesh Ambani
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Reliance Industries
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2
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2
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NR Narayana Murthy
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Infosys Technologies
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3
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3
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Anil Ambani
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Reliance ADAG
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4
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4
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Sunil Mittal
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Bharti Group
|
5
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9
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Azim Hasham Premji
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Wipro
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6
|
10
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Kumar Mangalam Birla
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AV Birla Group
|
7
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11
|
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Rahul Bajaj
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Bajaj Auto
|
8
|
19
|
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Anand G Mahindra
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Mahindra & Mahindra
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9
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13
|
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Vijay Mallya
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UB Group
|
10
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6
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S Gopalakrishnan
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Infosys Technologies
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11
|
12
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OP Bhatt
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State Bank of India
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12
|
17
|
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Chanda Kochhar
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ICICI bank
|
13
|
14
|
|
Vinita Bali
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Britannia
|
14
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NA
|
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Venu Srinivasan
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TVS Motors
|
15
|
26
|
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Shiv Nadar
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HCL Technologies
|
16
|
25
|
|
Uday Kotak
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Kotak Mahindra
|
17
|
35
|
|
Harsh Goenka
|
RPG
|
18
|
42
|
|
A B Godrej
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Godrej Group
|
19
|
27
|
|
Shashikant N Ruia
|
Essar Group
|
20
|
38
|
|
AM Naik
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L&T
|
21
|
15
|
|
Ravikant N Ruia
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Essar Group
|
22
|
NA
|
|
T S Vijayan
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LIC
|
23
|
33
|
|
Aditya Puri
|
HDFC Bank
|
24
|
22
|
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Kishore Biyani
|
Future Group
|
25
|
24
|
|
Shikha Sharma
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Axis Bank
|
26
|
52
|
|
Subhash Chandra
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Zee Telefilms
|
27
|
40
|
|
K P Singh
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DLF Group
|
28
|
39
|
|
Vineet Nayyar
|
HCL Technologies
|
29
|
39
|
|
Rajiv Bajaj
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Bajaj Auto
|
30
|
18
|
|
Manoj Kohli
|
Bharti Airtel
|
31
|
NA
|
|
K R Kamath
|
Punjab National Bank
|
32
|
NA
|
|
Deepak S Parekh
|
HDFC
|
33
|
7
|
|
G M Rao
|
GMR Infrastructure
|
34
|
44
|
|
Gautam Singhania
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Raymond
|
35
|
53
|
|
Hari Shankar Singhania
|
JK Tyre
|
36
|
NA
|
|
Vineet Nayar
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Tech Mahindra
|
37
|
NA
|
|
Naina Lal Kidwai
|
HSBC
|
38
|
32
|
|
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
|
ITC
|
39
|
16
|
|
Pawan Munjal
|
Hero Honda Motors
|
40
|
31
|
|
Anand Burman
|
Dabur
|
41
|
NA
|
|
Neeraj Swaroop
|
Standard Chartered
|
42
|
84
|
|
Naresh Goyal
|
Jet Airways
|
43
|
20
|
|
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
|
Biocon
|
44
|
28
|
|
SP Hinduja
|
Hinduja Group
|
45
|
59
|
|
Shinzo Nakanishi
|
Maruti Suzuki India
|
46
|
77
|
|
Naveen Jindal
|
Jindal Steel
|
47
|
36
|
|
Jaiprakash Gaur
|
Jaypee Group
|
48
|
NA
|
|
N Chandrasekaran
|
TCS
|
49
|
NA
|
|
MA Alagappan
|
Murugappa Group
|
50
|
46
|
|
Nusli N Wadia
|
Bombay Dyeing
|
51
|
NA
|
|
M M Murugappan
|
Murugappa Group
|
52
|
NA
|
|
R Seshasayee
|
Ashok Leyland
|
53
|
49
|
|
Deepak Puri
|
Moser Baer
|
54
|
NA
|
|
Yogesh Aggarwal
|
IDBI
|
55
|
78
|
|
Ajay G Piramal
|
Piramal Enterprises
|
56
|
91
|
|
PM Telang
|
Tata Motors
|
57
|
NA
|
|
Nitin Paranjpe
|
Hindustan Unilever
|
58
|
62
|
|
Ratan Jindal
|
JSL
|
59
|
60
|
|
Venugopal N Dhoot
|
Videocon International
|
60
|
51
|
|
Gautam Adani
|
Adani Enterprise
|
61
|
92
|
|
B N Kalyani
|
Bharat Forge
|
62
|
88
|
|
Habil F Khorakiwala
|
Wockhardt
|
63
|
NA
|
|
PRS Oberoi
|
East India Hotels
|
64
|
37
|
|
Sajjan Jindal
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JSW Steel
|
65
|
56
|
|
R K Krishna Kumar
|
Tata Sons
|
66
|
NA
|
|
Analjit Singh
|
Max India
|
67
|
NA
|
|
P R Menon
|
Tata Power
|
68
|
63
|
|
Suneel M Advani
|
Bluestar
|
69
|
NA
|
|
N Srinath
|
Tata Communications
|
70
|
NA
|
|
R S Sharma
|
ONGC
|
71
|
54
|
|
K M Mammen
|
MRF
|
72
|
34
|
|
Dilip S Shanghvi
|
Sun Pharmaceuticals
|
73
|
90
|
|
Anil Agarwal
|
Sterlite Industries
|
74
|
50
|
|
Atul Sobti
|
Ranbaxy
|
75
|
NA
|
|
K Anji Reddy
|
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
|
76
|
41
|
|
Narendra K Patni
|
Patni Computer Systems
|
77
|
NA
|
|
K K Patel
|
Nirma
|
78
|
NA
|
|
Ramesh Chandra
|
Unitech
|
79
|
NA
|
|
T V Ramanathan
|
Exide Industries
|
80
|
NA
|
|
Percy Siganporia
|
Tata Tea
|
81
|
72
|
|
Amitabh Jhunjhunwala
|
Reliance Capital
|
82
|
NA
|
|
Sanjeev Aga
|
Idea
|
83
|
NA
|
|
S K Roongta
|
Sail
|
84
|
97
|
|
Malvinder Singh
|
Religare
|
85
|
67
|
|
Rajan Nanda
|
Escorts
|
86
|
NA
|
|
Ashok Sinha
|
Bharat Petroleum
|
87
|
73
|
|
Sarthak Behuria
|
Indian Oil Corporation
|
88
|
NA
|
|
Debu Bhattacharya
|
Hindalco Industries
|
89
|
57
|
|
Harsh Mariwala
|
Marico
|
90
|
87
|
|
B C Tripathi
|
Gail
|
91
|
NA
|
|
Tulsi R Tanti
|
Suzlon
|
92
|
NA
|
|
Ajay Shriram
|
DCM Shriram
|
93
|
98
|
|
Atul Punj
|
Punj Lloyd
|
94
|
NA
|
|
Onkar S Kanwar
|
Apollo Tyres
|
95
|
81
|
|
Shyam Bhartia
|
Jubilant Organosys
|
96
|
NA
|
|
B P Rao
|
BHEL
|
97
|
75
|
|
Ashwin Dani
|
Asian Paints
|
98
|
71
|
|
Arun Balakrishnan
|
Hindustan Petroleum
|
99
|
76
|
|
Meher Pudumjee
|
Thermax
|
100
|
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that ceo list very useful for me……………
good information to me
Do we have updated list of CEO’s – BTW – this is very useful. Thanks for sharing.
I wanted to see my self in this list in future……………………….
I ll be there as a ceo in future…..
is this latest? I think so many companies ceo's changed.
Thanks for the updation…May i know in which basis the report was made….I am sure ratan tata is should be in the number 1 position.
MY ASSIGHMENT PROFILE.
Top 100 powerful CEO’s in India.
Develop as a sunil Mittal.
shortly………i will also be there.
m waitin 2 see u dere….:)…..
den der will be big competion between us
shortly i m going to listed in top 10:-)
I wil b their in top 100 ceo's in nxt 9yrs mind it.
how u r so sure buddy
Thanks for the information i really inspired .
also I make a ceo after 5 year………..
Pledge: "Within 5 Years I will be one among the 50 TOP CEOs in India".
Ya like it… Ya like it….no …no i like it….really i appreciate it….really..,… joke finished…….. But i wish dat definetely 1 day u may b..good luck
All the very best… Hope to see u as a CEO soon… And reserve a position for myself :-
lolz.. manni..
TATA IS MY MOST FAVOURITE COMPANY.I HAD ONCE READ THE HISTORY OF MAKING OF TATA GROUP.IT JUST MADE ME FEEL PROUD AS AN INDIAN.I APPRECIATE TATA’s BECAUSE OF MY OWN EXPERIENCE.OVER THE TIME I OBSERVED THAT TATA’s HAVE WORKED FOR THE INDIANS SELFLESSLY.TODAY I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE FILL OF HAVING MONEY.AND ALWAYS GIVE TO THE PUBLIC BACK.I HAVE NEVER READ IN PAPERS WHICH TATA HAS GIVEN AN AEROPLANE TO THEIR WIFE ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS OR MADE AN EXCEPTIONALLY MASSIVE PLACE TO LIVE, WHERE ONLY 4 OR 5 PEOPLE WILL LIVE.THIS IS HOARDING.WHERE AS A COMMON MAN IS STRUGGLING TO HAVE ONE FLAT OF EVEN 1000SQ.FT. WHILE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF MUMBAI, TRAVELLING IN TRAINS, BEARING ALL THE HARDSHIPS ALONG WITH INFLATION.THE RICH AND THE SLUM PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF HAVING A HOME.
COMING BACK TO TATAS THEY ARE VERY DOWN TO EARTH PEOPLE.WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM.
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Thanks Arun its gaugeous work u had done
thx for ceo infomation…………well i m persuing B.Tech I.T ..in ur line….so need some guidence….. i m in 3rd yr…..!!
Thanks for the information i inspired from above ceo’s
Tata group have liences to make steel till 2017 but why they do salt mfg
mr Ravi kumar i am ambadas u sent me about BHEL CEO , B, P, RAO Name but who are u
I know the personal detail of BHEL – CEO – B.P. RAO
hi
Though the positions of the Tata and the Ambanis are justified, it is nothing but funny to find the CEO of Tata tea more powerful than IOC, BPCL, Gail and HPCL. It is criminal to hold BPCL CEO more powerful than IOC CEO. Anybody with knowledge of petroleum industry will know the standing of IOC over other petroleum Cos.
some CEO’s are vary power full one of the ambani
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