Pablo Isla, from Inditex, elected as the best CEO in the world

Pablo Isla, from Inditex, elected as the best CEO in the world

The executive president of the company of Zara heads for the second year in a row the ranking of the Harvard Business Review of the best executives

  The executive president of Inditex (Zara), Pablo Isla, heads for the second consecutive year the ranking prepared by the prestigious magazine Harvard Business Review on the 100 best top executives in the world, in which both business economic results and elements of responsibility are measured Social. Precisely these environmental, social and good corporate governance factors -which represent 20% of the total score- are what have pushed Isla to the first position, since in the measurement of financial returns, the president of Zara occupies the position of 29th place (it was 18 a year ago).

   This distinction has only been possible thanks to the work of all the people that are part of Inditex in all the stores, in all the countries, in the headquarters of all the chains, in the logistics centers, in the factories and in the corporate headquarters », Says Isla in an internal statement to the workers of the textile group. It also highlights "the very important weight of the aspects of sustainability and social action" and the effort and commitment of all Inditex employees.

Behind Isla are US businessman Jensen Huang, Nvidia's top executive, in second place, and the president of French luxury company LVMH, Bernard Arnault, in the third.

The presidents of ACS, Florentino Pérez (who falls from 10 to 24) and Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galán (who rises from position 58 to 36), also appear on the list of the hundred best CEOs and CEOs. The CEO of Amadeus, Luis Maroto, occupies the 82nd position in his first appearance in the ranking.

Until 2015, the Harvard Business Review magazine measured only the economic results of the companies. In that case it would be Jeff Bezos, the founder of AMazon, the one with the best position in the global list, occupying level 68 due to the low qualification achieved in social responsibility.

The only women on the list are Marillyn Hewson (Lockheed Martin), Debra Cafaro (Sales) and Nancy McKinstry (Wolters Kluwer). By country, the United States accounted for almost half of the posts, with 49 representatives; France has nine; China and Japan, six each; and Spain, four. Germany, Mexico and the United Kingdom have three elected each.