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
|
Tata Sons
|
1
|
1
|
|
Mukesh Ambani
|
Reliance Industries
|
2
|
2
|
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NR Narayana Murthy
|
Infosys Technologies
|
3
|
3
|
|
Anil Ambani
|
Reliance ADAG
|
4
|
4
|
|
Sunil Mittal
|
Bharti Group
|
5
|
9
|
|
Azim Hasham Premji
|
Wipro
|
6
|
10
|
|
Kumar Mangalam Birla
|
AV Birla Group
|
7
|
11
|
|
Rahul Bajaj
|
Bajaj Auto
|
8
|
19
|
|
Anand G Mahindra
|
Mahindra & Mahindra
|
9
|
13
|
|
Vijay Mallya
|
UB Group
|
10
|
6
|
|
S Gopalakrishnan
|
Infosys Technologies
|
11
|
12
|
|
OP Bhatt
|
State Bank of India
|
12
|
17
|
|
Chanda Kochhar
|
ICICI bank
|
13
|
14
|
|
Vinita Bali
|
Britannia
|
14
|
NA
|
|
Venu Srinivasan
|
TVS Motors
|
15
|
26
|
|
Shiv Nadar
|
HCL Technologies
|
16
|
25
|
|
Uday Kotak
|
Kotak Mahindra
|
17
|
35
|
|
Harsh Goenka
|
RPG
|
18
|
42
|
|
A B Godrej
|
Godrej Group
|
19
|
27
|
|
Shashikant N Ruia
|
Essar Group
|
20
|
38
|
|
AM Naik
|
L&T
|
21
|
15
|
|
Ravikant N Ruia
|
Essar Group
|
22
|
NA
|
|
T S Vijayan
|
LIC
|
23
|
33
|
|
Aditya Puri
|
HDFC Bank
|
24
|
22
|
|
Kishore Biyani
|
Future Group
|
25
|
24
|
|
Shikha Sharma
|
Axis Bank
|
26
|
52
|
|
Subhash Chandra
|
Zee Telefilms
|
27
|
40
|
|
K P Singh
|
DLF Group
|
28
|
39
|
|
Vineet Nayyar
|
HCL Technologies
|
29
|
39
|
|
Rajiv Bajaj
|
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
|
Raymond
|
35
|
53
|
|
Hari Shankar Singhania
|
JK Tyre
|
36
|
NA
|
|
Vineet Nayar
|
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
|
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
|
N
|