Fortune European Businessman of the Year

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.

• 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 N.V..
• 2005 Patrick Ricard, of Pernod Ricard
• 2006 Gerard Kleisterlee Dutch CEO of Philips
• 2007 Robert Polet Dutch CEO of the Gucci Group
• 2008 Wendelin Wiedeking, of Porsche