Recipients

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• 1993 Keith Lemon
  Keith Lemon
  -Background:In an interview, Francis claimed that Lemon is loosely based on his best friend. The character is easily distinguished by hiscamp demeanour, exaggerated Yorkshire accent, bleached mullet, ginger moustache and fake tan...
  
   - Business man of the year '93.
• 2001 Michael O'Leary
  Michael O'Leary (Ryanair)
  Michael O'Leary is an Irish businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Irish airline Ryanair. He is one of Ireland's wealthiest businessmen.-Early life:...
  
   - Irish CEO of budget airline Ryanair
  Ryanair
  Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....
  
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• 2003 Terry Leahy
  Terry Leahy
  Sir Terry Leahy is a former CEO of Tesco, the largest British supermarket chain.He lives in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, with his wife, Alison and his three children.- Early life :...
  
   - British CEO of retailer Tesco
  Tesco
  Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
  
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• 2004 Lakshmi Mittal
  Lakshmi Mittal
  Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company....
  
   British based Indian CEO/majority owner of Mittal Steel Company N.V..
• 2005 Patrick Ricard
  Patrick Ricard
  Patrick Ricard is a French entrepreneur and Chairman and CEO of the liquor & wine group Pernod Ricard.After studying business in France, Germany and the United States, Patrick Ricard joined the Ricard company, founded by his father Paul Ricard in 1932. He held successive positions in the company’s...
  
  , of Pernod Ricard
  Pernod Ricard
  Pernod Ricard is a French company that produces distilled beverages. The company's eponymous products, Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are both anise-flavoured liqueurs and are often referred to simply as Pernod or Ricard...
  
  
• 2006 Gerard Kleisterlee
  Gerard Kleisterlee
  Gerard Kleisterlee is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Philips Electronics .-Biography:Born in Germany in 1946 to a mixed Dutch and German couple, he was raised in the Netherlands...
  
   Dutch CEO of Philips
  Philips
  Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
  
  
• 2007 Robert Polet
  Robert Polet
  Robert Polet is the CEO of Gucci Group and formerly worked as the president of the ice cream and frozen foods division of Unilever. A self-described "modern gypsy", he moved frequently from country to country and his international experience was one of the attributes the Gucci owner, PPR, was...
  
   Dutch CEO of the Gucci
  Gucci
  The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci , is an Italian fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company PPR...
  
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• 2008 Wendelin Wiedeking
  Wendelin Wiedeking
  Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the German car manufacturer, Porsche AG, a post he held from 1993 through July 23, 2009...
  
  , of Porsche
  Porsche
  Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....