Fortune European Businessman of the Year

Last updated August 12, 2025

Fortune magazine gives an annual award for the person it considers to be the European Businessman of the Year. Fortune is based in the United States, but it has a European edition which features this award prominently. Currently the award is announced in January for the preceding calendar year. Other organisations also issue similar awards.

Recipients

This list is incomplete.

Year	Choice	Notes
2001	Michael O'Leary	Irish CEO of budget airline Ryanair.
2002
2003	Terry Leahy	British CEO of retailer Tesco.
2004	Lakshmi Mittal	British based Indian CEO/majority owner of Mittal Steel Company
2005	Patrick Ricard	French Chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard
2006	Gerard Kleisterlee	Dutch CEO of Philips
2007	Robert Polet	Dutch CEO of the Gucci Group
2008	Wendelin Wiedeking	President and CEO of Porsche

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