Powerful & Top CEO's of World Wide Business Companies:

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Indians are dominating on world business scenario.Many Indians are contributing their hard
work for the upliftment of India's as well world market.I have mentioned the name of few Big
Indians of Business World.

List of CEO's of some of the Famous companies :

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)
Aleksey Borisovich Miller, Gazprom OAO [[OGZPY]]- Alexey Miller was born on January
31, 1962, in Leningrad.  He graduated from high school in 1979 and became a student of N. A.
Voznesenskii Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute. Upon graduation A. B. Miller was
engineer-economist, the General planning division,  LenNIIProekt – Leningrad Civil
Construction Research and Design Institute. Alexey Miller was a post-graduate student at N. A.
Voznesenskii Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute from 1986 to 1989, and obtained Ph. 
D. (Economics) degree in 1989.

Benjamin Steinbruch, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional [[SID]]- was born on June 28, 1953
and has been  Chairman of our Board of Directors since April 28, 1995 and Chief Executive
Officer since April 30, 2002.  Mr. Steinbruch is also Chief Executive Officer of Vicunha
Siderurgia, our controlling shareholder.

Bart Becht, Reckitt Benckiser Group [[RB]]- Reckitt Benckiser CEO Bart Becht has been
named as one of the top 20 best-performing CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review.
The list, compiled by collected data on  close to 2,000 CEOs worldwide, placed Bart Becht at 16
out of the top 100. In putting together the list, the  authors looked at who had led firms that
outperformed other firms in the same country and industry.

David B. Snow, Jr., Medco Health Solutions [[MHS]]- For the second year in a row, Medco
earned the  prestigious CEO eHealthcare Commitment Award, sponsored by eHealthcare
Strategy & Trends. The award recognizes Medco Chairman, President and Chief Executive
David B. Snow Jr. for his dedication to leveraging  the Internet and technology to achieve
strategic business objectives.

E.A.Graham Mackay, SABMiller plc [[SBMRY]]- Mr. E.A.Graham Mackay is Chief

Executive Officer, Executive Director of SABMiller plc. He joined The South African Breweries
Limited (SAB Ltd) in 1978 and has held a…

Eric E. Schmidt, Google [[GOOG]]- Eric Schmidt has served as Chief Executive Officer of
Google Inc. since  July 2001 and served as Chairman of Board of Directors of Google Inc. from
March 2001 to April 2004 and again from April 2007 to the present. In April 2004, Eric was
named Chairman of the Executive Committee of  the board of directors. Prior to joining the
company, from April 1997 to November 2001, Eric served as  Chairman of the board of Novell,
a computer networking company, and, from April 1997 to July 2001, as the  Chief Executive
Officer of Novell.

Gareth Davis, Imperial Tobacco Group [[ITYBY]]- Gareth led the successful demerger from
Hanson and subsequent listings on the London and New York Stock Exchanges. With 37 years’
experience across all aspects of the Company, he has played a key role in the development and
execution of the Group’s strategy and its development into one of the world’s leading
multinational tobacco businesses. Gareth will be retiring on 12 May 2010 and will be succeeded
by current Chief Operating Officer Alison Cooper.

Hugh Grant, Monsanto Company [[MON]]- Hugh Grant is chairman of the board, president,
and chief executive
officer of Monsanto.He joined the company as a product development representative for
Monsanto’s  agricultural business in 1981. Within one decade, he rose to the management level,
serving in a variety of  senior positions and became CEO and president of the company in
October 2003 after a 5-month search. Then  Chairman Frank AtLee said that Grant played an
instrumental role in the company’s transition from a  chemical-focused company into a
biotechnology one.

Jeffrey P. Bezos, Amazon.com [[AMZN]]- Mr. Jeffrey P. Bezos is a Principal Advisor of

A9.com, Inc. He is also the Founder of Bezos Expeditions. Mr. Bezos founded Amazon.com Inc.
and has been its Chief Executive  Officer since May 1996, the Chairman of the Board since
1994, and the President since October 2000.  Previously, he served as the President of
Amazon.com Inc. from 1994 to June 1999. Mr. Bezos served as the  President and Chief
Executive Officer at Padcom, Inc. Before heading west to start Amazon.com

John C. Martin, Gilead Sciences [[GILD]]- John C. Martin joined Gilead Sciences in 1990 and
currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. He served
as President and Chief  Executive Officer from 1996 through May 2008. Prior to joining Gilead,
Dr. Martin held several leadership  positions in the antiviral chemistry division at Bristol-Myers
Squibb and worked for six years with Syntex  Corporation, from 1978 until 1984.

John T. Chambers, Cisco Systems [[CSCO]]- John Chambers is Chairman and CEO of Cisco.
He has helped grow the  company from $70 million when he joined Cisco in January 1991, to
$1.2 billion when he assumed the role of  CEO, to its current run-rate of approximately $40
billion. In November 2006, Chambers was named Chairman of  the Board, in addition to his
CEO role.

John W. Thompson, Symantec Corporation [[SYMC]]- John W. Thompson is chairman of

the board of  directors of  Symantec Corporation. During his 10-year tenure as chief executive
officer, he helped transform Symantec  into a leader in security, storage and systems
management solutions delivered to a broad base of customers,  from individual consumers to the
largest enterprises in the world.

John C.S. Lau, Husky Energy [[HUSKF]]- A resident of Calgary, has been a Director of
Husky Energy Inc. since 2000. Prior to joining Husky in 1992, Mr. Lau served in a number of
senior executive roles within the Cheung  Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa
Limited group of companies.
Margaret C. Whitman, eBay Inc [[EBAY]]- Margaret C. Whitman signed up as CEO of eBay
Inc. (EBAY) three years  ago, the Long Island (N.Y.) native’s preppy appearance and Old
Economy experience didn’t seem to fit the online flea market’s freewheeling culture. So what?
Whitman, an alumna of Hasbro toys (HAS), Florists  Transworld Delivery, and children’s
shoemaker Stride Rite (SRR), was just what the funky upstart  needed–especially as dozens of
dot-coms crashed and burned last year.

Mark G. Papa, EOG Resources [[EOG]]- Mr. Papa was elected Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of EOG in August 1999, President and Chief Executive Officer and
director in September 1998, President and  Chief Operating Officer in September 1997 and
President in December 1996, and was President-North America Operations from February 1994
to December 1996. Mr. Papa joined Belco Petroleum Corporation, a predecessor of EOG, in
1981. Mr. Papa is also a director of Oil States International, Inc., an oilfield service company.

Mukesh D. Ambani, Reliance Industries [[RELIANCE]]- Mukesh D. Ambani is a Chemical

Engineer from University Institute of Chemical Technology (earlier University Department of
Chemical Technology), University of  Mumbai (earlier University of Bombay). He has pursued
MBA from Stanford University, USA.

Robert L. Tillman,  Lowe’s Companies, Inc. [[LOW]]- Joined Lowe’s Companies as entry–
level employee, 1962; worked his way up through the ranks to manager of one of the chain’s
most successful outlets in Wilmington,  North Carolina; joined ranks of corporate management
in the 1980s, serving as senior vice president of  merchandising and marketing, executive vice
president of merchandising, and executive vice president and  chief operating officer; named to
company’s board of directors in 1994; became president and chief executive  officer, 1996;
named chairman, 1998.

Steve Jobs, Apple [[AAPL]]- Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple, which he co-founded in 1976.
Apple leads the industry in innovation with its award-winning Macintosh computers, OS X
operating system, and consumer and  professional applications software. Apple is also leading
the digital music revolution, having sold more  than 200 million iPods and over eight billion
songs from its iTunes online store. Apple has also entered the  mobile phone market with its
revolutionary iPhone.

Terry P. Leahy , Tesco [[TSCO]] -Terry Leahy became Chief Executive in 1997. Joining Tesco
in 1979, he held a number of marketing and commercial positions prior to being appointed to the
Board of Tesco PLC on 5 October 1992.

Warren Buffett,  Berkshire Hathaway [[BRK.A]]- Warren Buffett was born in Nebraska,
Omaha USA on the 30th of  August in 1930. He is one of the worlds richest men, with a fortune
that is only surpassed by Bill Gates of  Microsoft fame. He is considered one of the most
successful investors of all time and has picked up the  nickname of the “Oracle of Omaha”.

Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile [[CHL]]- Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the  Company, joined the Board of Directors of the Company in November 2004. Mr.
Wang is in charge of the overall  management of the Company. He is also the President of China
Mobile Communications Corporation (the ultimate  controlling shareholder of the Company),
and Chairman of China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.. He formerly  served as Deputy
Director General and Director General of the Posts and Telecommunications Bureau of 
Hangzhou, Deputy Director General of the Posts and Telecommunications Administration of
Zhejiang, Director  General of the Department of Planning and Construction of the Ministry of
Posts and Telecommunications,  Director General of the Department of General Planning of the
Ministry of Information Industry (“MII”),  Director, Executive Vice President, President and
Chairman of China United Telecommunications Corporation,  Executive Director, President,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Unicom Limited, and Chairman and President of
China United Telecommunications Corporation Limited. Mr. Wang graduated in 1985 from 
Department of Management Engineering of Zhejiang University with a Master’s Degree in
Engineering, and holds  a doctoral degree in business administration from Hong Kong
Polytechnic University. Mr. Wang is a  professor-level senior engineer with extensive knowledge
and 31 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

Yun Jong-Yong, Samsung Electronics [[SMSD]]- He has been with Samsung Electronics Co.,
one of the most conservative of South Korea’s chaebol , for 37 years. He was made chief
executive in 1997 not because of any  great vision but because he had the skills to get Samsung
out of a bad mess: As prices of computer chips  tumbled, the company was barely

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

CEO Company 2006 2005
N.R. Narayana Murthy Infosys Technologies 1 1
Ratan Tata Tata Group 2 3
Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries 3 2
Nandan M Nilekani Infosys Technologies 4 6
Azim Hasham Premji Wipro 5 5
Anil Ambani Reliance ADAG 6 12
Vijay Mallya UB Group 7 8
Sunil Mittal Bharti Enterprises 8 9
K.V. Kamath ICICI Bank 9 4
Kumar Mangalam Birla AV Birla Group 10 9
Rahul Bajaj Bajaj Auto 11 7
Rajiv Bajaj Bajaj Auto 12 13
S Ramadorai TCS 13 15
Chanda Kochhar ICICI Bank 14 NA
G.R. Gopinath Air Deccan 15 19
Deepak S Parikh HDFC 16 11
Jagdish Kattar Maruti Udyog 17 16
Anand G Mahindra Mahindra & Mahindra 18 28
Naresh Goyal Jet Airways 19 25
Adi B Godrej Godrej Group 20 18
Subhash Chandra Zee Telefilms 21 20
Brij Mohan Lall Munjal Hero Group 22 22
Naina Lal Kidwai HSBC India 23 45
Sameer Nair Start TV India 24 NA
A.M. Naik Larsen & Toubro 25 32
Shiv Nadar HCL Technologies 26 26
Y.V. Reddy Reserve Bank of India 27 42
Uday Kotak Kotak Mahindra Bank 28 31
O.P. Bhatt State Bank of India 29 NA
B Ramalinga Raju Satyam Computers 30 41
K Anji Reddy Dr Reddy’s Lab 31 24
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Biocon 32 23
Gautam Singhania Raymonds 33 52
B Muthuraman Tata Steel 34 60
Rajeev Bakshi PepsiCo India 35 59
Kishore Biyani Pantaloon Retail 36 39
A.K.Sinha BSNL 37 44
Yogesh C Deveshwar ITC 38 27
Venu Srinivasam TVS Motors 39 21
Suresh Krishna Sundaram Fastners 40 38
Renuka Ramnath ICICI Ventures 41 35
Asim Gosh Hutch 42 47
Sanjay Nayar Citigroup India 43 66
Shankar Annaswamy IBM 44 NA
Malvinder Singh Ranbaxy 45 NA
M Damodaran SEBI 46 43
S.P.Hinduja Hinduja Group 47 61
Ravi Venkatesan Microsoft India 48 52
Aditya Puri HDFC Bank 49 30
Karsanbhai Patel Nirma 50 67

Meanings Behind Famous Car Logos

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Abarth

Alfa Romeo

History of Logo Design

Cars are the universal status symbol and just as many car manufacturers have interesting
histories behind their names, many company logo’s quite often have unusual stories too.
Sometimes it may be the town of manufacture or a previous incarnation that inspires the design,
on other occasions it’s the strange viewpoint on the world taken by a particular designer that
creates an iconic image.

Alfa Romeo

Made in Milan and use the city’s coat of arms, which feature a red cross on a white field and a
serpent eating a man and evolved during the crusades.

Abarth

The Italian car manufacturer, who in 1971 were incorporated into Fiat. The founder Carlo Abarth
was born on the 15th November 1908, which made his astrological, sign scorpio. Hence the
badge, it also incorporates the colours of the Italian flag and the red and yellow of the racing
world.
Audi

Bentley

BMW

Buick

Audi

Comprises four interlinked rings which represent the four companies that in 1932 combined to
form the Audi name. Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer

Bentley

The British manufacturer started out building aircraft engines during World War One and so
naturally used stylised wings as part of its logo.

BMW

The Bavarian company uses the colours of the Bavarian flag and its circle with a cross comes
from the fact that the early company manufactured engines for aeroplanes during the Second
World War and the logo is representative of a propeller.

Buick
Their logo is made up of three shields that area meant to represent the three initial marques that
Buick originally manufactured. The Le Sabre, Invicta and the Electra.

Cadillac

Chevrolet

Citroen

Ferrari

Cadillac

The company was named after a famous French explorer who discovered Detroit, the logo is
based around Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac’s  coat of arms.

Chevrolet

The famous Chevy bowtie has two conflicting stories attached to it, founder William C. Durant
maintained it came from a wallpaper design in a French hotel he once stayed, while his wife said
that he saw it in a newspaper whilst on holiday in Virginia in 1912.

Citroen
The inverted chevrons on the Citroen logo were from an earlier company that founder Andre
Citroen ran that manufactured gears for engines. The double << were meant to represent the
interlocking teeth of gear cogs.

Ferrari

The Italian World War One flying ace, Count Francesco Baracca, first used the internationally
renowned prancing horse on the side of his aircraft and was symbolic of the Calvary Regiment
with whom he. In 1923 the Counts mother persuaded Enzo Ferrari to use it on his racing cars for
luck. The yellow background on which the horse dances is representative of the town of Modena
where Ferrari grew up. 

Maserati

Mercedes

Peugeot
Pontiac

Maserati

The Maserati logo is another marque that takes its design from the town of its manufacture,
Bologna, Italy. The trident is part of a well-known sculpture in the centre of town. 

Mercedes

The tri-star was came from a doodle that Grottlieb Daimler drew on a post card he send his
children from Cologne, showing them where he was staying. When the Daimler and Benz
companies merged in the 1920’s the wreath from the Benz logo and the Daimler tri-star were
joined too.

Peugeot

Again derived from the town where the brand was first manufactured, in Peugeots case it was
Belfort. Bartholdi whose other famous icon was the Statue of Liberty conceived the logo. 

Pontiac

The original logo used on the Pontiac brand until 1956 was a native American in full headdress
meant to represent Chief Pontiac who led an unsuccessful revolt against the British. On later
models a stylised arrow was used, harkening back again to the Indian Chief who inspired the
company’s name.

Porsche
Renault

SAAB

Vauxhall

Porsche

Porsche were founded in 1931 in Stuttgart and created a logo that closely resembles that of the
town.

Renault

The French companies diamond logo came from a design feature on the bonnet of their early
cars. A boss that was originally fitted to surrounded the hole through which air escaped when the
horn was pressed. 

SAAB

The SAAB logo, a mythical birds head is from the coat of arms of the company’s founder Count
Von Skane and the Swedish province of Skane where the company was formed.

Vauxhall

The company took its name from the Faulk Le Breant’s family house, a fourteenth century
mercenary of employed by King John. Le Breant’s emblem features a griffin and along with
Faux Hall, Manor House in Luton, the nearby car company took its name and badge.
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