People’s Choice Award 2025

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

Rank	Nominee		Points
1		Yousef Kamal Joe 13	210
2		Farrukh Adeeb XGroup	124
3		Achille AGBE J EIC Corporation	64
4		Carmit Oron SaliCrop	49
5		Brian J. Esposito Esposito Intellectual Enterprises	44
6		Juarez Borges Filho Checkout.com Brazil	24
7		Jasmine Renée Jasmin R. Wu Foundation	23
8		Lian Ospelt Lian Management	21
9		Ibrahim Siyal WePaySmart	18
10		Olga Silverman Silverman Consult Group	15
11	Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq		12
12	Fouad Hassoun		<10
13	Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan		<10
14	Victor Cobos		<10
15	Shivam Vyas		<10
16	Andrew Mirams		<10
17	Dr. Amir Ali Salemi Zadeh		<10
18	Darryl Sackett		<10
19	Christopher Balanzategui		<10
20	Lolwah Binsaedan		<10
21	Romeu Pacheco		<10
22	Max Gabriel		<10
23	Frank Forouzandeh		<10
24	Philippe Schmit		<10
25	Ariz Ahmad		<10
26	Imad Ahmed		<10
27	Ciprian Baciu		<10
28	Wael Aloufi		<10
29	Anna Amelia Szewczyk		<10
30	Philip Taylor		<10
31	Debasish Guha Roy		<10
32	Karina Murray		<10
33	Raynald Okanta		<10
34	Kai Leibold		<10
35	Bob Richards		<10
36	Ahmed Nasser Al Nowais		<10
37	Krishna Mohan		<10
38	Nazmi SENTURK		<10
39	Robert Ancill		<10
40	Majid Ahmad		<10
41	Giampaolo Dini		<10
42	Rasmus Aksglæde		<10
43	Gopal Kumar		<10
44	Yasien Kashef		<10
45	Stanislas LAVOREL		<10
46	Kunihisa Chiba		<10
47	Lukas Schuetz		<10
48	Grant Norwood		<10
49	Emma Maye		<10
50	Shane Scanlan		<10

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People’s Choice Award 2025
Key Facts and Figures

CEO of the Year 2025

1	Wael Aloufi	15706
2	Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq	13022
3	Brian J. Esposito	4344
4	Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan	4092
5	Khalid Al Gahtani	4000
6	Farrukh Adeeb	3129
7	Achille AGBE J	2916
8	Fouad Hassoun	2550
9	Yousef Kamal	2310
10	Abdulaziz Almasradi	2000
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