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	218
2		Farrukh Adeeb XGroup	162
3		Mubarak Alayyar GIG Takaful	139
4		Md Zahidul Islam UK Management College	81
5		Juarez Borges Filho Checkout.com Brazil	62
6		Carmit Oron SaliCrop	52
7		Nicole Avez-Nana African Business Accelerator	41
8		Brian J. Esposito Esposito Intellectual Enterprises	18
9		Lian Ospelt Lian Management	15
10		Victor Cobos Avantgard Group	<10
11	László Popovics		<10
12	Dr. Rohit Gupta		<10
13	Sirar Salih		<10
14	Gailord Bovrisse		<10
15	Shivam Vyas		<10
16	Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq		<10
17	Andrew Mirams		<10
18	Imad Ahmed		<10
19	Ciprian Baciu		<10
20	Ismael Abu Freh		<10
21	Habib ATTIK		<10
22	Charles Vincent Kaluwasha		<10
23	Mario Kern		<10
24	Denny Bohme		<10
25	Ebrahim Ahmed		<10
26	Wael Aloufi		<10
27	Maher Qubain		<10
28	Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan		<10
29	Anna Amelia Szewczyk		<10
30	Raynald Okanta		<10
31	Kai Leibold		<10
32	Andrea Zanella		<10
33	Bob Richards		<10
34	Amer Bekan		<10
35	Satish Hirpara		<10
36	Kaushal Sutaria		<10
37	Abdulaziz Almasradi		<10
38	Karina Murray		<10
39	Ibrahim Siyal		<10
40	Milan Maksimovic		<10
41	Hanis Harmiles		<10
42	Joseph Hurley		<10
43	John Church		<10
44	Armin D. Blassnig		<10
45	Norbert Szatmari		<10
46	Rashmi Agarwal		<10
47	Ritesh Dayal		<10
48	Nevin Lewis		<10
49	Sameera Chattun Koyratty		<10
50	Nabil GEBEILY		<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	11605
3	Mario Kern	7812
4	Brian J. Esposito	4318
5	Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan	4008
6	Farrukh Adeeb	3167
7	Amir Soufizadeh	2530
8	Anna Amelia Szewczyk	2509
9	Yousef Kamal	2318
10	Achille AGBE J	2053
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