Becker's Healthcare February 4, 2025
Fortune has released the results of its cross-industry survey of business executives who voted on the “most underrated” and “most overrated” CEOs.
Fortune released the results alongside its list of most admired companies, which was published Jan. 29.
For its list of most admired companies, analysts examined about 1,500 candidates: the 1,000 largest U.S. companies, ranked by revenue, along with non-U.S. companies in Fortune’s Global 500 database that earn revenue of at least $10 billion. They then narrowed candidates to the highest-revenue companies in each industry, a total of 650 in 30 countries.
Korn Ferry and Fortune then examined those 650 companies and surveyed more than 3,300 executives to measure reputation based on nine different attributes. As part...