Leadership,
measured.
A source-first study of completed CEO, CFO, and operating-leader tenures—built to separate durable execution from market noise.
August 2, 2016–August 2, 2026
What the database
can support today.
Explore verified evidence now. Treat comparative conclusions as provisional until the completed-tenure population is representative.
Top three.
Bottom three.
Completed tenures ranked by annualized company price return minus SPY over identical dates. Price returns exclude dividends. Results are a curated historical sample—not a final all-company ranking.
Read the ranking policy →Short tenures can produce unusually large annualized results. Gary Cohn's displayed measurement begins at the fixed study-window boundary, not his original 2006 appointment. CFO coverage includes approximate day-level dates; Jacek Olczak's COO dates are month-confirmed. Treat close comparisons cautiously.
Transparent about
what remains.
Only completed, source-verified terms can enter the final model. Ongoing and ambiguous roles remain searchable but are excluded from rankings.
All companies
Every company in the current U.S. listed-company universe is shown. A listing is coverage—not an assertion that its executive history is complete.
Executive tenures
| Executive | Company | Role | Tenure | Duration | Status |
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Three lenses.
One balanced view.
Shareholder return
Company performance measured against SPY and sector benchmarks during the exact tenure.
MARKET OUTCOMEOperating execution
Revenue, earnings, cash flow, and issuer-selected measures kept separate from market sentiment.
BUSINESS OUTCOMEPay efficiency
SEC-reported compensation assessed against operating results and shareholder value creation.
ALIGNMENTRead the evidence,
then the limits.
This is independent historical research, not investment advice. Rankings are methodology-specific and remain provisional while coverage is incomplete.
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