Powerometer: CEOs

Rank	CEO	Company	2000 Power Rating	1999 Power Rating	% Gain/ loss	1999 rank	More info
1	John Chambers	Cisco	76.7	72.4	5.9	2	Cisco CEO John Chambers looks ahead, Network World, 12/11/00 Official bio
2	Steve Ballmer	Microsoft	69.1	80.4	-14.1	N/A	Microsoft CEO sets business priorities, details plans to cut costs, Computerworld, 12/20/00 Official bio
3	Craig Barrett	Intel	68.3	63	8.4	6	Intel's Barrett champions standards for the enterprise, Network World, 10/3/00 Official bio
4	Scott McNealy	Sun	66.7	66.7	0	3	Sun's McNealy undaunted by stock market woes, Network World Fusion, 12/7/00 Official bio
5	Michael Dell	Dell	66.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dell: Bottom line rests on 'Net capabilities, Network World Fusion, 9/21/00 Official bio
6	Larry Ellison	Oracle	66	61.8	6.8	7	Oracle eats its own dog food, Network World, 7/17/00 Official bio
7	John Roth	Nortel	62.5	50.3	24.3	15	Nortel says fourth quarter is on track, The Edge, 11/21/00 Official bio
8	Lou Gerstner	IBM	61.8	65.2	-5.2	4	Gerstner upbeat on IBM's retreat from networking hardware market, Network World, 5/11/00 Official bio
9	Carly Fiorina	Hewlett-Packard	61.6	57.2	7.7	11	Fiorina to McNealy: What gives?, Network World, 10/17/00 Official bio
10	C. Michael Armstrong	AT&T	61	64.3	-5.1	5	AT&T's split decision, Network World, 10/30/00 Official bio
11	Richard McGinn	Lucent	59.7	60.9	-2	8	McGinn shown door at Lucent, Network World, 10/30/00 Official bio
12	Bernie Ebbers	WorldCom	55.5	59.8	-7.2	9	WorldCom troubles worsen, Network World, 11/18/00 Official bio
13	Bill Esrey	Sprint	54.9	51.8	6	14	Sprint executives sued over failed merger, Network World Fusion, 12/13/00 Official bio
14	Bill Larson	Network Associates	53.8	44.6	20.6	20	Network Associates plots course into service provider market, The Edge, 11/2/00 Official bio
15	Michael Capellas	Compaq	53.6	46.5	15.3	17	Compaq names Capellas as chairman, Network World Fusion, 9/28/00 Official bio
16	Eric Benhamou	3Com	53.3	53.9	-1.1	13	Benhamou to step down as 3Com CEO, Network World, 10/2/00 Official bio
17	Ivan Seidenberg	Verizon	50.1	N/A	N/A	18	FCC okays Bell Atlantic/GTE merger, Network World, 6/16/00 Official bio
18	Joseph Nacchio	Qwest	49.1	43.3	13.4	21	Qwest to cut loose 11,000 workers, Network World, 9/11/00 Official bio
19	Ed Whitacre	SBC	48.9	38	28.7	23	SBC hammered on customer woes, Network World, 12/19/00 Official bio
20	Eric Schmidt	Novell	48.7	58.6	-16.9	10	Eric vs. the Redmond Baron, Network World, /7/3/00 Official bio
21	Hasso Plattner	SAP	47.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	SAP reorganizes into three business groups, Network World Fusion, 6/7/00 Official bio
22	Sanjay Kumar	Computer Associates	47.1	54	-12.8	N/A	CA names new CEO; enterprises feel little impact, Network World, 8/14/00 Official bio
23	Duane Ackerman	BellSouth	46.3	47.5	-2.5	16	Those Baby Bells are growing up fast, Network World, 11/20/00 Official bio
24	Piyush Patel	Cabletron	40.4	37.5	7.7	24	CEO chops Cabletron into four chunks, Network World, 2/14/00 Official bio
25	Serge Tchuruk	Alcatel	38.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	Alcatel's Newbridge Acquisition could boost competition, Network World, 2/24/00 Official bio

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