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Performance Excellence 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 Nominee Points
1 Wael Aloufi
Future Vision 		15650
2 Dr. Rashid Mohammed Zubair Al Farooq
Speedy Comics ME 		13000
3 Brian J. Esposito
Esposito Intellectual Enterprises 		4300
4 Dr. Soleiman I. Al Towyan
Meena Health 		3500
5 Achille AGBE J
EIC Corporation 		2800
6 Amir Soufizadeh
BBGC 		800
7 Yousef Kamal
Joe 13 		600
8 Juarez Borges Filho
Checkout.com Brazil 		550
9 Fouad Hassoun
Kiwi Beach Resorts srl 		500
10 Antonio Cecere
Cecere Group 		400
11 Waleed Salah
 250
12 Carmit Oron
 250
13 Shivam Vyas
 100
14 Herbert Riener
 100
15 Gopal Kumar
 100
16 Takanori Saito
 100
17 Md Zahidul Islam
 100
18 Ritesh Dayal
 <10
19 Bob Richards
 <10
20 Nevin Lewis
 <10
21 Sameera Chattun Koyratty
 <10
22 Nabil GEBEILY
<10
23 Archer Chiang
 <10
24 Mohammad AlNouri
 <10
25 Ramzi Ghurani
 <10
26 Mutombo Kitenge
 <10
27 Misha Ford
 <10
28 Elio Keller
 <10
29 Robert Bruski
 <10
30 Amer Bekan
 <10
31 Hisham Al Hussainy
 <10
32 Tatsiana Lisiankova Hadjisavva
 <10
33 Ahmed Nasser Al Nowais
 <10
34 Ulf Thorsten Zierau
 <10
35 Warren Bobrow
 <10
36 Tracy Carson
 <10
37 Amer Almansoori
 <10
38 Zac Thomas
 <10
39 Antoinette Ortega
 <10
40 Shamila Gopalan
 <10
41 Mustafa Abusaada
 <10
42 Prithvi Jain
 <10
43 Luca Ruco
 <10
44 Leesa Robinson
 <10
45 Karunesh Arya
 <10
46 Philip Taylor
 <10
47 Gailord Bovrisse
 <10
48 Bojan Raketic
 <10
49 Saleem Karsaz
 <10
50 Naji Al-Riyami
<10
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Performance Excellence Award 2026
Key Facts and Figures
Nominees:893
Countries:79
Points Deadline:Apr 17, 2026 17:00 GMT
Winners Announcement:Apr 17, 2026 18:00 GMT
Wael Aloufi
CEO of the Year 2024, Top Ranked CEO 2025 & All-Time CEO
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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