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Harvard hails the King

ORIGIN Energy chief executive Grant King has been named a Top 100 CEO in the latest issue of the ...

James McGrath

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The Origin chief came in with a ranking of 88, with the rankings calculated mainly on return for investors since the CEO took on the job.

King has managed to add $US8 billion ($A7.56 billion) to Origin’s market capitalisation since taking the helm in 2000, with the return an Australia-adjusted 985% increase, and an industry-adjusted return of over 1650%.

Former Apple chief Steve Jobs topped the pile, despite his death in October, with Amazon boss Jeffrey Bezos placing second.

Of the energy sector, chief executive of Indian company Oil & Natural Gas placed ahead of the rest, coming in at 13 overall.

Fifteen out of the top 100 came from the energy sector.

You can find the rankings at .

This article first appeared in ILN's sister publication EnergyNewsBulletin.net.

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