Award Winners : The World’s Best Companies 2005



Best Global Companies


AIRLINES Singapore Airlines
CEO: Chew Choon Seng

AUTOMOTIVE BMW
Chairman and CEO: Helmut Panke

BEVERAGES PepsiCo
Chairman and CEO: Steven S. Reinemund

CHEMICALS BASF
Chairman: Jrgen Hambrecht

COMPUTER HARDWARE Apple Computer
CEO: Steve Jobs

COMPUTER SOFTWARE Oracle
CEO: Lawrence J. Ellison

CONGLOMERATES United Technologies
Chairman and CEO: George David

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Bechtel
Chairman and CEO: Riley P. Bechtel

CONSUMER DURABLES Whirlpool
Chairman, President and CEO: Jeff Fettig

CONSUMER NON-DURABLES Procter & Gamble
Chairman, President and CEO: Alan G. Lafley

DEFENSE & AEROSPACE Lockheed Martin
President and CEO: Robert J. Stevens

ELECTRONICS Apple Computer
CEO: Steve Jobs

ENERGY SERVICES/ELECTRICITY RWE
President and CEO: Harry Roels

ENERGY SERVICES/EQUIPMENT GE Energy
President and CEO: John Krenicki Jr.

FOOD Kraft Foods (Altria)
CEO: Roger K. Deromedi

FRANCHISES McDonalds
Vice Chairman and CEO: Jim Skinner

HOTELS Marriott International
Chairman and CEO: JW Marriott Jr.

INSURANCE MetLife
Chairman and CEO: Robert H. Benmosche

LEISURE Carnival
Chairman and CEO: Micky Arison

LOGISTICS United Parcel Service (UPS)
Chairman and CEO: Michael L. Eskew

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT News Corporation
Chairman and CEO: Rupert Murdoch

METALS & MINING Anglo American
CEO: Tony Trahar

NETWORK SYSTEMS Cisco Systems
President and CEO: John Chambers

OIL & GAS ExxonMobil
Chairman and CEO: Lee R. Raymond

PHARMACEUTICALS Pfizer
Chairman and CEO: Henry A. McKinnell

RETAILING Wal-Mart Stores
President and CEO: H. Lee Scott Jr.

TELECOM EQUIPMENT Nokia
Chairman and CEO: Jorma Olilla

TELECOM SERVICES Vodafone
CEO: Arun Sarin

TOBACCO Altria Group
Chairman and CEO: Louis C. Camilleri



Worlds Best Companies



NORTH AMERICA


AIRLINES JetBlue Airways
Chairman and CEO: David Neeleman

AUTOMOTIVE Chrysler Group
CEO: Dieter Zetsche

BEVERAGES PepsiCo
Chairman and CEO: Steven S. Reinemund

CHEMICALS Rohm & Haas
Chairman, President and CEO: Raj L. Gupta

COMPUTER HARDWARE Apple Computer
CEO: Steve Jobs

COMPUTER SOFTWARE Oracle
CEO: Lawrence J. Ellison

CONGLOMERATES United Technologies
Chairman and CEO: George David

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Bechtel
Chairman and CEO: Riley P. Bechtel

CONSUMER DURABLES Whirlpool
Chairman, President and CEO: Jeff Fettig

CONSUMER NON-DURABLES Procter & Gamble
Chairman, President and CEO: Alan G. Lafley

DEFENSE & AEROSPACE Lockheed Martin
President and CEO: Robert J. Stevens

DIVERSIFIED SERVICES Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
Chairman and CEO: Arthur F. Weinbach

ELECTRONICS Apple Computer
CEO: Steve Jobs

ENERGY SERVICES/ELECTRICITY Southern Company
Chairman, President and CEO: David M. Ratcliffe

ENERGY SERVICES/EQUIPMENT GE Energy
President and CEO: John Krenicki Jr.

FOOD Kraft Foods (Altria)
CEO: Roger K. Deromedi

FRANCHISES Subway
President: Fred DeLuca

HEALTH SERVICES UnitedHealth Group
Chairman and CEO: William W. McGuire

HOTELS Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
CEO: Steven J. Heyer

INSURANCE MetLife
Chairman and CEO: Robert H. Benmosche

LEISURE Carnival
Chairman and CEO: Micky Arison

LOGISTICS United Parcel Service (UPS)
Chairman and CEO: Michael L. Eskew

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Viacom
Chairman and CEO: Sumner M. Redstone

METALS & MINING Alcoa
Chairman and CEO: Alain Belda

NETWORK SYSTEMS Cisco Systems
President and CEO: John Chambers

OIL & GAS ExxonMobil
Chairman and CEO: Lee R. Raymond

PHARMACEUTICALS Pfizer
Chairman and CEO: Henry A. McKinnell

RETAILING Wal-Mart Stores
President and CEO: H. Lee Scott Jr.

TELECOM EQUIPMENT Motorola
Chairman and CEO: Edward J. Zander

TELECOM SERVICES Verizon Communications
Chairman and CEO: Ivan G. Seidenberg

TOBACCO Altria Group
Chairman and CEO: Louis C. Camilleri

WHOLESALE Costco Wholesale
President and CEO: James Sinegal



EUROPE


AIRLINES EasyJet
CEO: Ray Webster

AUTOMOTIVE Renault
President and CEO: Carlos Ghosn

BEVERAGES Diageo
CEO: Paul Walsh

CHEMICALS BASF
Chairman: Dr. Jrgen Hambrecht

COMPUTER HARDWARE Logitech
President and CEO: Guerrino De Luca

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SAP
Chairman and CEO: Henning Kagermann

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Bouygues
Chairman and CEO: Martin Bouygues

CONSUMER DURABLES Philips Electronics
President and CEO: Gerard Kleisterlee

CONSUMER NON-DURABLES LOral
Chairman and CEO: Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones

DEFENSE & AEROSPACE EADS
Joint CEOs: Thomas Enders and Nel Forgeard

ELECTRONICS Siemens
President and CEO: Klaus Kleinfeld

ENERGY SERVICES/ELECTRICITY RWE
President and CEO: Harry Roels

FOOD Nestl
Vice Chairman and CEO:Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

HOTELS Hilton Group
CEO: David Michels

INSURANCE Zurich Financial Services
CEO: James J. Schiro

LOGISTICS Deutsche Post World Net
Chairman: Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Lagardre Groupe
Chairman and CEO: Arnaud Lagardre

METALS & MINING Anglo American
CEO: Tony Trahar

OIL & GAS Total
Chairman and CEO: Thierry Desmarest

PHARMACEUTICALS Roche Holding
Chairman and CEO: Dr. Franz B. Humer

RETAILING/DISCRETIONARY LVMH
Chairman: Bernard Arnault

RETAILING/STAPLES Tesco
CEO: Sir Terry Leahy

TELECOM EQUIPMENT Ericsson
CEO and President: Carl Henric-Svanberg

TELECOM SERVICES France Tlcom
CEO: Didier Lombard

TOBACCO Imperial Tobacco
CEO: Gareth Davis


ASIA



AIRLINES Singapore Airlines
CEO: Chew Choon Seng

AUTOMOTIVE Toyota Motor
President: Katsuaki Watanabe

BEVERAGES Fosters
President and CEO: Trevor OHoy

CHEMICALS Korea Kumho Petrochemical
Vice Chairman and CEO: Chan-Koo Park

COMPUTER HARDWARE Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing Company
Chairman and CEO: Morris Chang

COMPUTER SOFTWARE Infosys
CEO, President and MD: Nandan Nilekani

CONGLOMERATES Hutchison Whampoa
Chairman: Li Ka-Shing

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Hopewell Holdings
Chairman: Gordon Wu

CONSUMER DURABLES Samsung Electronics
Vice Chairman and CEO: Jong-Yong Yun

CONSUMER NON-DURABLES Kao Corporation
President and CEO: Motoki Ozaki

ELECTRONICS Samsung Electronics
Vice Chairman and CEO: Jong-Yong Yun

ENERGY SERVICES/ELECTRICITY CLP Holdings
Group Managing Director and CEO: Andrew Brandler

FOOD Ajinomoto
President and CEO: Norio Yamaguchi

FRANCHISES Seven-Eleven Japan
Chairman and CEO: Toshifumi Suzuki

HOSPITALITY TabCorp Holdings
MD and CEO: Matthew Slatter

HOTELS Shangri-La Hotels
Chairman: Edward Kuok

INSURANCE Mitsui Sumitomo
Chairman and CEO: Takeo Inokuchi

President and CEO: Hiroyuki Uemura

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT News Corporation
Chairman and CEO: Rupert Murdoch

METALS & MINING BHP Billiton
CEO and Executive Director: Charles Goodyear

OIL & GAS PetroChina
President: Jiang Jiemin

PHARMACEUTICALS Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical
President and CEO: Toichi Takenaka

RETAILING Esprit Holdings
Deputy Chairman and CEO: Heinz Krogner-Kornalik

TELECOM EQUIPMENT Samsung Electronics
Vice Chairman and CEO: Jong-Yong Yun

TELECOM SERVICES China Mobile (Hong Kong)
Chairman and CEO: Wang Jianzhou

TOBACCO Korea Tobacco & Ginseng
Chairman and CEO: Young-kyoon Kwak


LATIN AMERICA




AIRLINES GOL
President & CEO: Constantino de Oliveira Jr.

BEVERAGES AmBev
Co-Chairmen: John F. Brock and Victorio C. De Marchi

CHEMICALS Braskem
Chairman and President: Pedro Augusto Ribeiro Novis

CONGLOMERATES Grupo Carso
Chairman: Carlos Slim Domit

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Odebrecht
President: Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht

CONSUMER NON-DURABLES Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
Chairman: Claudio X. Gonzlez Laporte

DEFENSE & AEROSPACE Embraer
President and CEO: Mauricio Novis Botelho

ENERGY SERVICES/ELECTRICITY Copel
Chairman: Joo Bonifacio Cabral Jr.

FOOD Grupo Bimbo
Chairman: Roberto Servitje

FRANCHISES Grupo Posadas
Chairman and CEO: Gastn Azcrraga Andrade

HOTELS Sol Meli
CEO: Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Jr.

INSURANCE MetLife
Chairman, President and CEO: Robert H. Benmosche

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Grupo Televisa
Chairman, President, and CEO: Emilio Azcrraga Jean

METALS & MINING CVRD
CEO: Roger Agnelli

OIL & GAS Petrobras
President and CEO: Jos Srgio Gabrielli de Azevedo

PULP & PAPER Aracruz
President and CEO: Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar

RETAILING Wal-Mart de Mexico
President and CEO: Eduardo Solorzano

STEEL Gerdau
Chairman and President: Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

TELECOM SERVICES America Movil
CEO: Daniel Hajj Aboumrad

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