The World's 30 Best CEOs

1 Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway)

2 Kenneth Chenault (American Express)
3 George David (United Technologies)
4 Charlie Ergen (EchoStar)
5 Larry Fink (BlackRock)
6 Lew Frankfort (Coach)
7 Richard Fuld (Lehman Brothers)
8 Fred Goodwin (Royal Bank of Scotland)
9 Jeffrey Immelt (General Electric)
10 Satoru Iwata (Nintendo)
11 Steven Jobs (Apple)
12 Henning Kagermann (SAP)
13 Richard Kovacevich (Wells Fargo)
14 A G Lafley (Procter & Gamble)
15 Terry Leahy (Tesco)
16 John Mackey (Whole Foods)
17 Lakshmi Mittal (Arcelor Mittal)
18 Allan Moss (Macquaire Bank)
19 Angelo Mozilo (Countrywide Financial)
20 Rupert Murdoch (News Corp)
21 Michael O'Leary (Ryanair Holdings)
22 Franck Ribould (Groupe Danone)
23 Peter Rose (Expeditor International)
24 Steven Roth (Vornado Realty)
25 James Schiro (Zurich Financial)
26 Bob Simpson (XTO Energy)
27 James Sinegal (Costco Wholesale)
28 Fred Smith (FedEx)
29 Ratan Tata (Tata Steel)
30 Jong-Yong Yun (Samsung Electronics)
31 Dinesh Aggarwal (IndiaMArt Limited)

CEO's Of Famous Indian Companies

N.R. Narayana Murthy
Infosys Technologies

Ratan Tata
Tata Group

Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries

Nandan M Nilekani
Infosys Technologies

Azim Hasham Premji

Wipro

Anil Ambani
Reliance ADAG

Vijay Mallya
UB Group

Sunil Mittal
Bharti Enterprises

K.V. Kamath
ICICI Bank

Kumar Mangalam Birla

AV Birla Group

Rahul Bajaj
Bajaj Auto

Rajiv Bajaj
Bajaj Auto

S Ramadorai
TCS

Chanda Kochhar
ICICI Bank

G.R. Gopinath
Air Deccan

Deepak S Parikh
HDFC

Jagdish Kattar
Maruti Udyog
Anand G Mahindra
Mahindra & Mahindra

Naresh Goyal
Jet Airways

Adi B Godrej
Godrej Group

Subhash Chandra
Zee Telefilms

Brij Mohan Lall Munjal

Hero Group

Naina Lal Kidwai

HSBC India

Sameer Nair
Start TV India

A.M. Naik
Larsen & Toubro

Shiv Nadar
HCL Technologies

Y.V. Reddy
Reserve Bank of India
Uday Kotak
Kotak Mahindra Bank

O.P. Bhatt
State Bank of India

B Ramalinga Raju
Satyam Computers

K Anji Reddy
Dr Reddy’s Lab

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Biocon

Gautam Singhania
Raymonds

B Muthuraman
Tata Steel

Rajeev Bakshi
PepsiCo India

Kishore Biyani
Pantaloon Retail

A.K.Sinha
BSNL
Yogesh C Deveshwar
ITC

Venu Srinivasam
TVS Motors

Suresh Krishna
Sundaram Fastners

Renuka Ramnath
ICICI Ventures

Asim Gosh
Hutch

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS)is a Software services

consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, India. TCS is the largest provider of information
technology and business process outsourcing services in Asia.[2][3] TCS has offices in 42
countries with more than 142 branches across the globe. The company is listed on the National
Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange of India.

TCS is one of the operative subsidiary of one of India's largest and oldest conglomerate
company, the Tata Group or Tata Sons Limited, which has interests in areas such as energy,
telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, chemicals, engineering, materials,
government and healthcare.

Type Public (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) Industry IT services

IT consulting Founded 1968 Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Key people Ratan Tata (Chairman)
S Ramadorai (Vice Chairman)
[[N. Chandrasekaran]] (CEO & MD) Products TCS Bancs
Digital Certification Products
Healthcare Management Systems Services Outsourcing
BPO
Software Products
ITC was incorporated on August 24, 1910 under the name of 'Imperial Tobacco Company of
India'. In first six decades, the company solely focused on growth and strengthening its
cigarettes and leaf tobacco business. In seventies it witnessed an evolution leading towards
momentous changes in the life of company.

In 1975 through its acquisition of a hotel in Chennai , the company launched its hotel business
with name 'ITC-Welcomgroup Hotel Chola'.

In 1979 it entered into manufacturing paperboards, packaging & printing business.

In 1985 it set up Surya Tobacco Co. in Nepal, now a subsidiary of ITC.

In 1990 ITC set up the Agri Business Division for export of agri-commodities based on
partnership with farmers, for revolutionizing the rural agricultural sector.

In 2000, ITC launched a line of greeting cards  under the brand name ‘Expressions’. There has
been further extension in productline with introduction of gift wrappers, autograph books slam
books and stationery.

 In 2000, it entered in lifestyle retailing business with the Wills Sport, a range of international
quality wear for men and women.

ITC InfoTech India was set up in 2000 to provide outsourcing solutions to manufacturing, BFSI
(Banking, Financial Services & Insurance), CPG&R (Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail),
THT (Travel, Hospitality and Transportation) and media & entertainment.

ITC entered food business in 2001, its product line in this segment consist of  brands 'Kitchens
of India', ‘Aashirvaad atta’, ‘Candyman’, ‘Sunfeast’ & ‘Bingo!’.

In 2002 it entered in marketing of Agarbattis & matches, creating brands like Mangaldeep,
Spriha, Aim Metro and so on.

ITC created brands Essenza Di Wills, in July 2007 a product line of fragrances & body care
product. As an extension to its productline, it launched 'Fiama Di Wills', 'Superia', & Vivel De
Wills

Awards/Achievements:
ITC has won 'World Business Award', global recognisation for significant efforts to create
sustainable livelihood opportunities and enduring wealth in developing countries.

It won the Golden Peacock Awards for 'Corporate Social Responsibility (Asia)' in 2007,

ITC is the first Corporate to receive the Annual FICCI Outstanding Vision Corporate Triple
Impact Award in 2007 for its contribution in building economic, social and natural capital for
the nation

ITC is one of the eight Indian companies to figure in Forbes A-List for 2004, featuring 400 of
'the world's best big companies'.

ITC Infotech is certified SEI CMM Level 5 Company.

ITC has a range of diversified product in its portfolio. Recently ITC commissioned a 14 MW
wind power project in Tamil Nadu whose output would be used to meet energy requirement at its
packaging and printing plant in the state, having an investment of about Rs.90 crore.

The Indian FMCG sector is the fourth largest sector in the economy. According to analysis
conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), Fast
Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector will witness more than 50 per cent growth in rural and
semi-urban India by 2010.In totality, it is projected to grow at a CAGR (compounded annual
growth rate) of 10 per cent and increase its market size to Rs 100,000 crore from the present
level of Rs 48,000 crore. Companies in the sector to benefit will include known names such as
ITC, HLL, Dabur, Godrej, Britannia, among others.

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is the largest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, a
leader in home & personal care products and foods & beverages. HUL's brands are spread across
20 distinct consumer categories, touching lives of every 2 out of 3 Indian.
It has employee strength over 15000 & 1200 managers. It has created widespread network
through its 2000 suppliers & associaties.There 75 manufacturing locations in India itself. It
caters its wide range of products to 6.3million outlets. It has market capitalization of 11.5billion.

Brands

Home & personal care:- Under this it has brands that caters to every income segment of
population. In this segment it has brands like Lakme, Axe, Pepsodent, Surf Excel, Wheel, Lux,
Dove, Fair & Lovely & many more.

Foods & Beverages:-Under this segment it has brand like Kissan, Knnor Soups, Annapurna,
Kwality Walls, Brooke Bond & Lipton.

It has also launch water purifier with the name Pureit.

The FMCG market is set to treble from $11.6 billion in 2003 to $33.4 billion in 2015.
Penetration level as well as per capita consumption in most product categories like jams,
toothpaste, skin care, hair wash, etc in India is low indicating the untapped market potential.
Companies present in FMCG segment like HUL, Dabur, ITC, Godrej & many more have
potential to acquire market share.

Milestones achieved

 Five of HUL's leading brands – Lux, Dove, Pears, Clinic Plus and Sunsilk – won the
Reader's Digest Trusted Brand 2008 Awards.
 Four HUL brands featured in the top 10 list of the Economic Times Brand Equity's Most
Trusted Brands 2008 survey
 HUL was awarded the Bombay Chamber Civic Award 2007 in the category of
Sustainable Environmental Initiatives.
 HUL was selected as the top Indian company in the FMCG sector for the Dun &
Bradstreet - American Express Corporate Awards 2007.

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is the largest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, a
leader in home & personal care products and foods & beverages. HUL's brands are spread across
20 distinct consumer categories, touching lives of every 2 out of 3 Indian.

It has employee strength over 15000 & 1200 managers. It has created widespread network
through its 2000 suppliers & associaties.There 75 manufacturing locations in India itself. It
caters its wide range of products to 6.3million outlets. It has market capitalization of 11.5billion.

Brands
Home & personal care:- Under this it has brands that caters to every income segment of
population. In this segment it has brands like Lakme, Axe, Pepsodent, Surf Excel, Wheel, Lux,
Dove, Fair & Lovely & many more.

Foods & Beverages:-Under this segment it has brand like Kissan, Knnor Soups, Annapurna,
Kwality Walls, Brooke Bond & Lipton.

It has also launch water purifier with the name Pureit.

The FMCG market is set to treble from $11.6 billion in 2003 to $33.4 billion in 2015.
Penetration level as well as per capita consumption in most product categories like jams,
toothpaste, skin care, hair wash, etc in India is low indicating the untapped market potential.
Companies present in FMCG segment like HUL, Dabur, ITC, Godrej & many more have
potential to acquire market share.

Milestones achieved

 Five of HUL's leading brands – Lux, Dove, Pears, Clinic Plus and Sunsilk – won the
Reader's Digest Trusted Brand 2008 Awards.
 Four HUL brands featured in the top 10 list of the Economic Times Brand Equity's Most
Trusted Brands 2008 survey
 HUL was awarded the Bombay Chamber Civic Award 2007 in the category of
Sustainable Environmental Initiatives.
 HUL was selected as the top Indian company in the FMCG sector for the Dun &
Bradstreet - American Express Corporate Awards 2007.

The company was incorporated in 1987 as Manz Wear, which launched Pantaloons trousers. It
became India’s first formal trouser brand. Later it launched Bare, a jeans brand. In 1994 it
opened The Pantaloon Shoppe, a store in the franchise format exclusive for menswear. From
then company started the retail chain for branded garments.

Today Pantaloon Retail (India) is India’s leading retail chain and part of Indian conglomerate
Future Group. It operates retail space spread over 11 million square feet. It has a network of
more than 1000 stores across 63 cities in India and has employee strength of 30,000 people.
Business activities

Fashion Under this it offers a wide range of fashion necessities to all segments of people. It has
created brands namely aLL, Big Bazaar, Blue Sky, Lee Cooper, Brand Factory, Central, Navaras,
Pantaloons, Replay, and Top 10.

Home solutions It also caters to the home furnishing segment through its retail outlets namely
Home Town, eZone, Furniture Bazaar, Electronics Bazaar, Home Bazaar and Collection i.

Food Pantaloon Retail is engaged in the food segment through  Brew Bar, Cafe Bollywood,
Chamosa, Food Bazaar and Sports Bar.

Telecom and IT It also has electronics retails chains namely Gen M, M Bazaar and M-Port.

Leisure and Entertainment Under this it has Bowling Co. and F123.

Wellness and Beauty It has two branded retail chains Star & Sitara and Tulsi.

Books and Music It offers a wide range of books, stationary, gifts, and music through its retail
chain Depot.

Pantaloons Retails also has online shopping portal that markets a wide range of products from
apparels to electronics.

Awards

It bagged the Indiastar Award for innovation in packaging for its label Fresh And Pure Chakki
Atta.

It was honoured as Gold Winner- Top retailer 2008 Asia Pacific by Retail Asia Publishing Pte,
for its development in retailing in Asia- Pacific Area.

It was awarded Most Admired Retailer of the Year at Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008.

HomeTown, its home furnishing retail chain, was awarded Retailer of The Year in the category
of Home Products and Office Improvements at The Reid & Taylor Awards for Retail Excellence
2008.

Outlook

The Future Group plans to strengthen it brands in various categories like FMCG, household
consumer durables & electronics and apparel categories. This will lead to estimated earnings of
Rs.10,000 crore by 2012. It plans to create new brands in different categories that will generate
additional earnings.