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Most Admired CEOs, 2005
Rank
Name
Company
Country
1.
Bill Gates
Microsoft
U.S.
2.
Steve Jobs
Apple
U.S.
3.
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
U.S.
4.
Michael Dell
Dell
U.S.
5.
Richard Branson
Virgin Group
U.K.
6.
John Browne
BP
U.K.
7.
Carlos Ghosn
Nissan Motor & Renault
Japan/France
8.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Infosys Technologies
India
9.
Jeffrey Immelt
General Electric
U.S.
10.
Rupert Murdoch
News Corporation
Australia
The 2005 CEO Capital study was conducted in 65 countries online with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) between May and July 2005. It was completed by 685 business influentials.
Source:
Burson Marsteller
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