Thursday, 4 July 2013
Top 5 Family Business Leaders 2013 (
1.SAAD ABDULLAH AL KHORAYEF
Role: CEO
Company: Alkhorayef Group
Country: Saudi Arabia
Saad Abdullah Al-Khorayef has the top position at the
Alkhorayef Group, whose interests range from oil and lubricants to printing and
paper. Under his leadership, the Riyadh-based firm has strengthened its
international presence and now has operations in 40 countries. Third-generation
Saad Abdullah Al-Khorayef has been behind the internationalisation and
diversification of the business, which employs more than 5,000 people, since he
took the top job.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH
2.ERRAMON ABOITIZ
Age: 55
Role: President and CEO
Company: Aboitiz Equity Ventures
Country: Philippines
Revenues: €1.3 billion (2011)
Erramon Aboitiz has a reputation as an innovator in the
business world. Having focused on expanding the assets of his group’s big
subsidiary Aboitiz Power, he’s overseen growth of more than 100% at Aboitiz
Equity Ventures since 2008.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH
3.JOHAN ANDRESEN
Age: 51
Role: Chairman
Company: Ferd
Country: Norway
Revenues: €1.2 billion (2011)
Two things sum up Johan Andresen – entrepreneurship and
openness.
NOMINATED FOR: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
4.GIANLUIGI APONTE
Age: 72
Role: President
Company: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
Country: Switzerland
Organic growth, decentralised management and alliances with
competitors – Gianluigi Aponte turned MSC into the world’s second-largest
container shipping company in 30 years.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH, ENTRPENEURSHIP
5.SIMONE BAGEL-TRAH
Age: 44
Role: Chairwoman of shareholders’ committee &
supervisory board
Company: Henkel
Country: Germany
Revenues: €15.6 billion (2011)
Considered one of the most powerful businesswomen in
Germany, Simone Bagel-Trah has been at the helm of consumer goods business
Henkel since 2009. With a doctoral degree in microbiology and two years’
experience as a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry, she has the science
background needed to understand the essentials of Henkel’s products – which
include Schwarzkopf, Persil and Loctite. Under her watch, the company has been
expanding heavily, buying stakes in businesses in Central America, Denmark and
Germany.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
