1. Roberto Goizueta (1931 - 1997) CEO and Chairman of The Coca-Cola Company from 1980 until his death from lung cancer in 1997 at age 65. Received Coca-Cola with a market value of $us 5 billion in 1980 and made it worth $us 150 billion at the time of his death in 1997 in only 16 years.
2. Michael Eisner (1942 - ) CEO and Chairman of the Disney Corporation from 1984 until 2005. Made it worth, from $us 2 billion in 1984, to $us 75 billion in 2005 - in 21years. According to TIME Magazine, one of the ten most powerful men in America during the 1990s, and in the first half of the 2000s. Michael Eisner has had the most profound impact on American Culture as well as on universal culture in the the last 40 years, more than anyone else, and at times, with the help of Barry Diller and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
3. Herb Kelleher (1931 - ) Founder, CEO and Chairman of Southwest Airlines, the company has been growing continuously since he created it in 1967. It has been named the best company to work for in America since 1997. Fortune Magazine as well as other publications have called Herb Kelleher perhaps "The Best CEO of all time" in 2004. He stepped down as CEO in 2002, and as Chairman in 2008, but he is still part of the company and is still in its Board. Today the company is worth $us 60 billion.
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