Charting the CEO 100 Index
article1997CEO 100 List


Top Stock-Market Performers: 1994 - 1996

Percentage Increase In Share Price Between December 31, 1993 and December 31, 1996

CEO 100   CEO
Ranking   Perf.    Company                        CEO                 Percent
96   97   Rank                                                        Change

      1    5    CHESAPEAKE ENERGY             Aubrey K. McClendon     5169.21
      2    23   ZITEL                         Jack H. King            2190.32
      3    43   MCAFEE ASSOCIATES             William L. Larson       1879.70
      4    51   ZOLTEK                        Zsolt Rumy              1578.59
3     5    85   CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA   Doctor R. Crants        1255.56
      6    11   DURA PHARMACEUTICALS          Cam L. Garner           1217.24
18    7    49   PEOPLESOFT                    David A. Duffield       1127.21
      8    7    VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR         Louis R. Tomasetta      1074.19
      9    69   COMPUTER HORIZONS             John J. Cassese         1005.69
      10   67   RATIONAL SOFTWARE             Paul D. Levy             955.01

      11   3    DELL COMPUTER                 Michael S. Dell          839.23
      12   4    CYTEC INDUSTRIES              Darryl D. Fry            819.90
      13   87   GARTNER GROUP                 Manny A. Fernandez       802.91
      14   30   PAIRGAIN TECHNOLOGIES         Charles S. Strauch       785.47
      15   32   VERITAS SOFTWARE              Mark Leslie              765.17
5     16   8    U S ROBOTICS                  Casey G. Cowell          731.77 
7     17   73   SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS         Warren V. Musser         693.71
      18   54   JLG INDUSTRIES                L. David Black           675.84
98    19   1    CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS        Joseph B. Costello       663.73
      20   9    OREGON METALLURGICAL          Carlos E. Aguirre        578.95

      21   98   WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS        William J. Rouhana Jr.   572.00
77    22   70   CONCORD EFS                   Dan M. Palmer            546.27
22    23   41   MONEY STORE                   Marc Turtletaub          545.44
      24   89   CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS James K. Sims            539.30
4     25   22   TELLABS                       Michael J. Birck         537.04
      26   84   CDW COMPUTER CENTERS          Michael P. Krasny        535.46
16    27   16   3COM                          Eric A. Benhamou         524.47
      28   2    WESTERN DIGITAL               Charles A. Haggerty      523.29
      29   63   JONES MEDICAL INDUSTRIES      Dennis M. Jones          510.36
6     30   71   BMC INDUSTRIES                Paul B. Burke            496.45

      31   72   AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS       Peter Johnson            476.60
32    32   65   MEDIC COMPUTER SYSTEMS        John P. McConnell        475.90
      33   25   NCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS         Roy A. Whitfield         472.22
      34   64   IMPERIAL CREDIT INDUSTRIES    H. Wayne Snavely         465.68
      35   60   JABIL CIRCUIT                 William D. Morean        451.72
      36   86   GLOBAL INDUSTRIES LTD         William J. DorÚ          441.82
      37   78   INTEGRATED SYSTEMS            David P. St. Charles     433.33
15    38   34   ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL     Harold M. Messmer Jr.    420.00
      39   24   NIKE                          Philip H. Knight         418.92
      40   44   AAMES FINANCIAL               Gary K. Judis            418.65

19    41   3    HBO & CO                      Charles W. McCall        416.30
      42   62   SMITH INTERNATIONAL           Doug Rock                412.86
40    43   12   GLOBAL MARINE                 C. Russell Luigs         400.00
      44   66   REGAL CINEMAS                 Michael L. Campbell      388.31
      45   93   DEKALB GENETICS               Bruce P. Bickner         385.76
      46   59   TARGET THERAPEUTICS           Gary R. Bang             383.45
      47   57   BOSTON SCIENTIFIC             Peter M. Nicholas        380.00
      48   39   FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS    V. Prem Watsa            373.47
57    49   36   ANDREW                        Floyd English            365.09
48    50   75   STERIS                        Bill R. Sanford          364.00

      51   96   AMERICA ONLINE                Stephen M. Case          354.70
      52   52   PRIDE PETROLEUM SERVICES      Ray H. Tolson            353.66
      53   6    BENTON OIL & GAS              Alex E. Benton           352.50
      54   29   HFS                           Henry R. Silverman       350.94
94    55   79   ACXIOM                        Charles D. Morgan Jr.    346.51
68    56   20   MENTOR                        Christopher J. Conway    345.28
      57   92   CABLE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY       Paul M. Olson            344.62
8     58   13   ALTERA                        Rodney Smith             343.90
      59   81   UNITED WASTE SYSTEMS          Bradley Jacobs           343.55
      60   48   CHAMPION ENTERPRISES          Walter R. Young          342.55

23    61   35   OXFORD HEALTH PLANS           Stephen F. Wiggins       341.98
      62   45   SANMINA                       Jure Sola                322.43
      63   18   INTEL                         Andrew S. Grove          322.38
      64   17   TENCOR INSTRUMENTS            Jon D. Tompkins          322.00
      65   27   COMPUSA                       James F. Halpin          317.61
      66   38   NEWPARK RESOURCES             James D. Cole            313.89
      67   94   BARRETT RESOURCES             William J. Barrett       310.84
      68   10   MICROSOFT                     William H. Gates III     309.92
36    69   90   TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES         Richard W. Ussery        309.52
      70   83   ENERGY VENTURES               Bernard J. Duroc-Danner  307.00

      71   42   HEXCEL                        John J. Lee              306.25
      72   40   SAFEWAY                       Steven A. Burd           302.35
49    73   53   WISCONSIN CENTRAL TRANSPORT   Edward A. Burkhardt      297.95
      74   46   TRIMARK FINANCIAL             Arthur J. Labatt         294.07
12    75   97   CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATION   L. Lowry Mays            292.66
      76   77   NATIONAL DATA                 Robert A. Yellowlees     286.65
      77   50   CANWEST GLOBAL                Israel H. Asper          285.44
      78   80   VARCO INTERNATIONAL           George I. Boyadjieff     285.42
21    79   14   ATMEL                         George Perlegos          282.67
      80   74   ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS Klaus D. Woerner        282.42

      81   21   DYNATECH                      John F. Reno             280.65
58    82   47   READING & BATES               Paul B. Loyd Jr.         278.57
      83   55   ST JOHN KNITS                 Robert E. Gray           274.19
      84   15   GENRAD                        James F. Lyons           272.00
      85   76   UNITED MERIDIAN               John B. Brock            270.64
      86   99   DELTA & PINE Land             Roger D. Malkin          265.70
24    87   28   MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS     John F. Gifford          261.36
27    88   26   ENSCO INTERNATIONAL           Carl F. Thorne           259.26
      89   31   SUN MICROSYSTEMS              Scott G. McNealy         252.80
      90   95   KEANE                         John F. Keane Sr.        252.76

81    91   82   ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS        William J. Cadogan       249.47
      92   100  GOLDCORP                      Robert R. McEwen         248.72
      93   37   BMC SOFTWARE                  Max P. Watson Jr.        244.79
      94   68   INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP       Melbourne F. Yull        243.93
      95   19   CINCINNATI BELL               John T. LaMacchia        242.36
      96   61   NETWORK GENERAL               Leslie G. Denend         238.46
17    97   56   LSI LOGIC                     Wilfred J. Corrigan      237.01
      98   88   DEVRY                         Dennis J. Keller         235.71
9     99   91   PHYCOR                        Joseph C. Hutts          233.05
      100  58   SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY            Alan F. Shugart          232.63

AVERAGE INCREASE OF 100 COMPANIES: 531.29
INCREASE OF S&P COMPANIES: 58.80


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