CEOs: The most influential chief executive officers in the world 2002

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1. United Kingdom Sir John Browne Group CEO, BP Amoco Plc
   Perhaps the leading figure in the global petroleum industry, Sir John, 53, has become the chief advocate of its greening. His statement of a "commitment to do no damage to people or to the natural environment" seems a stretch for the oil busine
2. United States Philip M. Condit CEO, Boeing Co.
   In six years of piloting America's largest corporate exporter, Philip Condit has fought Europe's burgeoning Airbus Industrie for airliner orders while shepherding a McDonnell Douglas acquisition that assured Boeing's continuance as a major warplane manuf
3. United States Raymond V. Gilmartin CEO, Merck & Co.
4. Henry A. McKinnell CEO, Pfizer Inc.
   Number-one pharmaceuticals maker Pfizer and number-three Merck are poster children for an industry that has a negative impact on the bottom lines of most U.S. firms, yet holds the key to solving a worldwide scourge. In the United States, high drug prices
5. United States Jeffrey R. Immelt CEO, General Electric Co.
   Instead of having a smooth transition to CEO, Jeffrey Immelt has had a bumpy ride since he started on September 7, 2001. Almost overnight, GE's predictable earnings growth became a red flag for investors concerned about potential Enron-like earnings shen
6. Japan Yotaro Kobayashi Chairman, Fuji Xerox Co.
   As a key spokesman for Japanese industry, Kobayashi, 69, presses the government to bolster Japan's economy and move toward reform. It's often a thankless task. Lately, the result has been more encouraging, as he has sought "drastic, aggressive taxat
7. Hong Kong Li Ka-shing Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Cheung Kong Ltd.
   If Warren Buffett has a counterpart in Asia, it may be the 74-year-old head of Hutchison Whampoa, which operates ports globally and has other interests in telecommunications, real estate, retail, manufacturing, and energy. Li's far-flung businesses did a
8. United States/Australia Rupert Murdoch Chairman, News Corp.
   Who says all media are liberal? Murdoch, 71, runs his $14 billion intercontinental news and entertainment company with equal attention to profits and promotion of his conservative views. Last year Murdoch's growth plans were set back by the worldwide adv
9. Mexico Lorenzo H. Zambrano CEO, Cemex S.A. de C.V.
   Lorenzo Zambrano has won admiration for creating a global company from cement, arguably the least transportable product in the world. Investors love Zambrano's elite finance team, strategic use of technology, and Cemex's ability to grow operating cash fl