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People’s Choice Award 2026

Performance Excellence Award 2026

The Performance Excellence Award leaderboard ranks CEOs based on total points earned through verifying their own or their companies' performance achievements under their leadership in the past year.
Rank NomineePoints
1 Wael Aloufi
Future Vision 		15650
2 Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq
Speedy Comics ME 		13000
3 Mario Kern
EAP 		5800
4 Brian J. Esposito
Esposito Intellectual Enterprises 		4300
5 Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan
Meena Health 		3100
6 Achille AGBE J
EIC Corporation 		2000
7 Amir Soufizadeh
BBGC 		800
8 Yousef Kamal
Joe 13 		600
9 Juarez Borges Filho
Checkout.com Brazil 		550
10 Antonio Cecere
Cecere Group 		400
11 Carmit Oron
 250
12 Shivam Vyas
 100
13 Takanori Saito
 100
14 Md Zahidul Islam
 100
15 Charles Vincent Kaluwasha
 100
16 Ritesh Dayal
 <10
17 Bob Richards
 <10
18 Nevin Lewis
 <10
19 Sameera Chattun Koyratty
 <10
20 Nabil GEBEILY
<10
21 Archer Chiang
 <10
22 Mohammad AlNouri
 <10
23 Ramzi Ghurani
 <10
24 Mutombo Kitenge
 <10
25 Misha Ford
 <10
26 Elio Keller
 <10
27 Robert Bruski
 <10
28 Amer Bekan
 <10
29 Hisham Al Hussainy
 <10
30 Tatsiana Lisiankova Hadjisavva
 <10
31 Ahmed Nasser Al Nowais
 <10
32 Ulf Thorsten Zierau
 <10
33 Warren Bobrow
 <10
34 Tracy Carson
 <10
35 Amer Almansoori
 <10
36 Zac Thomas
 <10
37 Antoinette Ortega
 <10
38 Shamila Gopalan
 <10
39 Mustafa Abusaada
 <10
40 Prithvi Jain
 <10
41 Luca Ruco
 <10
42 Leesa Robinson
 <10
43 Karunesh Arya
 <10
44 Philip Taylor
 <10
45 Gailord Bovrisse
 <10
46 Bojan Raketic
 <10
47 Saleem Karsaz
 <10
48 Naji Al-Riyami
<10
49 Fouad Hassoun
 <10
50 Chahrazed Boukoftane
 <10
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Performance Excellence Award 2026
Key Facts and Figures
Nominees:992
Countries:79
Points Deadline:Apr 16, 2027 17:00 GMT
Winners Announcement:Apr 16, 2027 18:00 GMT
Wael Aloufi
CEO of the Year 2025, Top Ranked CEO 2026 & All-Time CEO
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 7114
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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