Top talent | Best performing CEOs in the world

As the highest-ranking executive in a company CEOs usually oversee business operations, directing the flow of resources within a company.

They should make major corporate decisions, pre-empt forthcoming challenges and dictate strategy. Most importantly, CEOs have an executive view of the business that allows them to synthesis the projects that individual departments are working on – uniting employees, business and consumers.

So, CEOs have a wealth of responsibility to contend with and this is only heightened the bigger the company gets. But, business success is only achieved when CEOs have a wealth of knowledge and experience, a great skillset and star leadership qualities that keep employees on the right tracks.

To find out the best-performing CEOs from around the world each year, Harvard Business Review (HBR) collates a list of the world’s top chief execs.