Star leadership | FT envisions Nobel Prize for managers

The Nobel Prize awards are some of the highest accolades awarded to the public to celebrate significant breakthroughs or consistent innovation in the fields of academia, culture and science.

Since the accolades were created by Swedish Philanthropist Alfred Nobel in 1895, they have honoured the likes of Albert Einstein, T.S. Elliott, Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemmingway.

However, whilst subjects such as physics, literature and peace are taken into account when the awards are dolled out, achievements in the world of business are never on the agenda – leaving many to wonder who may have made the list if such criteria were created.

One such individual is Andrew Hill, Editor at the Financial Times, who recently not only pondered the concept of a Nobel Prize for management but actively created a list of those who, in his mind, were ideal candidates for consideration.