InfluenceAsia Top 100 CEOs 2026
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Chanel’s Return to Growth Gives Leena Nair Room to Invest, Not Permission to Relax
Chanel’s 2025 revenue, profit and free cash flow all improved. The strategic question for Leena Nair is whether creative renewal, supplier ownership and boutique expansion can sustain rarity in an uneven luxury market.
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Ferry Unardi Is Taking Traveloka Beyond Southeast Asia. Local Intelligence Must Still Travel
Traveloka is widening its Asia-Pacific reach under Ferry Unardi. The strategic test is exporting its operating system without diluting local relevance.
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Ali Ghodsi Has the Capital to Rebuild the Data Stack. Now Databricks Must Compound
Ali Ghodsi has built Databricks into a $5.4 billion revenue run-rate company. Its next phase depends on turning a widening product estate into one compounding platform.
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Aravind Srinivas Is Turning Perplexity Into a Product Portfolio. Focus Is the Next Breakthrough
Aravind Srinivas has expanded Perplexity far beyond search. The next leadership test is turning product velocity into a focused, repeatable business system.
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Tan Teck Long Inherited a Record OCBC Franchise. His Next Frontier Must Outrun Falling Rates
Tan Teck Long took charge of OCBC in January 2026 with record income, strong capital and a diversified franchise. His first strategic test is to replace rate-driven earnings with fee growth and deeper regional customer relationships.
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Sridhar Ramaswamy Is Building Snowflake’s Agentic Control Plane. Consumption Must Follow
Sridhar Ramaswamy has recast Snowflake around enterprise AI, open data and agentic work. The strategy now has to produce lasting usage, margins and trust.
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Jay Chaudhry Is Extending Zero Trust to AI Agents. Zscaler Must Keep It Coherent
Jay Chaudhry is adapting Zscaler’s zero-trust architecture to AI agents and data. The company must now turn rapid expansion into a coherent, profitable platform.
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Loh Boon Chye Made SGX a Multi-Asset Exchange. Singapore’s Equity Market Still Needs More Depth
Loh Boon Chye’s multi-asset strategy has made SGX more resilient and profitable. The unresolved test is whether Singapore can attract more listings, improve liquidity and broaden participation in its own equity market.
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Raj Subramaniam Has Unbundled FedEx. Now He Must Make the Network Earn Its Keep
FedEx enters its post-Freight era with stronger revenue, lower capital intensity and a simpler structure. The next test is whether Raj Subramaniam can make network reform durable through a volatile trade cycle.
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma Has Restored Paytm's Profit. Trust Is Still the Scarcer Asset
Paytm's financial recovery gives Vijay Shekhar Sharma a new starting point. Sustainable leadership now depends on institutional trust as much as growth.
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Peyush Bansal Has Taken Lenskart Public. The Harder Test Is Making Scale Sharper
Lenskart's public-market debut has been followed by strong growth. Peyush Bansal's next task is to make a larger system more precise and capital-efficient.
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George Kurian Has Made NetApp Relevant to AI. Now Data Readiness Must Pay
George Kurian has moved NetApp from a storage incumbent to an intelligent data infrastructure contender. Fiscal 2027 will show whether AI demand can widen that opportunity.
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Yuen Kuan Moon Has Repriced Singtel Around Digital Infrastructure. Now the Capital Must Work Harder
Yuen Kuan Moon has moved Singtel beyond a conventional telecoms model by recycling mature assets and scaling digital infrastructure. His next challenge is to turn greater strategic exposure into durable returns without weakening the core networks.
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Lim Chow Kiat Is Building GIC for a World That Cannot Be Forecast. The Price Is More Selectivity
Lim Chow Kiat is adapting GIC to geopolitical fragmentation, AI disruption and climate risk through granular investing and stronger cross-asset leadership. The strategy depends on liquidity, selectivity and institutional patience.
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Sanjiv Puri Has Made ITC More Focused. The Consumer Business Must Now Prove It Can Carry More Weight
Sanjiv Puri has sharpened ITC through the hotels demerger and a broader consumer portfolio. The next phase depends on turning double-digit FMCG growth into returns strong enough to reduce reliance on cigarettes.
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Eric Yuan Has Restored Zoom’s Growth. AI Must Become More Than a Meeting Feature
Eric Yuan has repositioned Zoom as an AI-first system of action. The next test is converting product adoption into sustained enterprise expansion without losing simplicity.
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Ynon Kreiz Has Turned Mattel Into an IP Company. Tariffs and Margin Pressure Will Test the Sequel
Ynon Kreiz has taken Mattel beyond its turnaround and into a broader entertainment strategy. The next test is whether intellectual property can deliver durable growth without weakening the margins rebuilt under his leadership.
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Rajesh Magow Is Turning MakeMyTrip From a Booking Site Into India's Travel Operating Layer
Rajesh Magow is using AI and selective acquisitions to widen MakeMyTrip's role. The test is whether one platform can improve every stage of Indian travel.
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T.V. Narendran Has Improved Tata Steel's Numbers. Now the Green Transition Must Carry Its Own Weight
T.V. Narendran has restored operating momentum across Tata Steel. His next test is making a multi-country green transition produce acceptable returns.