People’s Choice Award 2026

The People’s Choice Award leaderboard ranks CEOs based on total points from public votes.

Rank	Nominee			Points
1		Yousef Kamal Joe 13	VOTE	210
2		Mubarak Alayyar GIG Takaful	VOTE	137
3		Farrukh Adeeb XGroup	VOTE	124
4		Md Zahidul Islam UK Management College	VOTE	61
5		Carmit Oron SaliCrop	VOTE	49
6		Brian J. Esposito Esposito Intellectual Enterprises	VOTE	44
7		Ibrahim Siyal WePaySmart	VOTE	18
8		Lian Ospelt Lian Management	VOTE	15
9		Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq Speedy Comics ME	VOTE	12
10		Nicole Avez-Nana African Business Accelerator	VOTE	10
11	Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan		VOTE	<10
12	Jasmine Renée		VOTE	<10
13	Juarez Borges Filho		VOTE	<10
14	László Popovics		VOTE	<10
15	Victor Cobos		VOTE	<10
16	Gailord Bovrisse		VOTE	<10
17	Shivam Vyas		VOTE	<10
18	Andrew Mirams		VOTE	<10
19	Dr. Amir Ali Salemi Zadeh		VOTE	<10
20	Philippe Schmit		VOTE	<10
21	Ariz Ahmad		VOTE	<10
22	Imad Ahmed		VOTE	<10
23	Ciprian Baciu		VOTE	<10
24	Ismael Abu Freh		VOTE	<10
25	Habib ATTIK		VOTE	<10
26	Charles Vincent Kaluwasha		VOTE	<10
27	Mario Kern		VOTE	<10
28	Denny Bohme		VOTE	<10
29	Wael Aloufi		VOTE	<10
30	Anna Amelia Szewczyk		VOTE	<10
31	Dr. Rohit Gupta		VOTE	<10
32	Raynald Okanta		VOTE	<10
33	Kai Leibold		VOTE	<10
34	Bob Richards		VOTE	<10
35	Satish Hirpara		VOTE	<10
36	Robert Ancill		VOTE	<10
37	Kaushal Sutaria		VOTE	<10
38	Karina Murray		VOTE	<10
39	Kunihisa Chiba		VOTE	<10
40	Lukas Schuetz		VOTE	<10
41	Grant Norwood		VOTE	<10
42	Emma Maye		VOTE	<10
43	Shane Scanlan		VOTE	<10
44	Milan Maksimovic		VOTE	<10
45	Hanis Harmiles		VOTE	<10
46	Joseph Hurley		VOTE	<10
47	John Church		VOTE	<10
48	Armin D. Blassnig		VOTE	<10
49	Norbert Szatmari		VOTE	<10
50	Rashmi Agarwal		VOTE	<10

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People’s Choice Award 2026
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CEO of the Year 2026

1	Wael Aloufi	20706
2	Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq	15522
3	Mario Kern	7812
4	Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan	7113
5	Brian J. Esposito	4344
6	Farrukh Adeeb	3129
7	Amir Soufizadeh	2530
8	Anna Amelia Szewczyk	2509
9	Yousef Kamal	2310
10	Achille AGBE J	2053
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