CEO Prize
The Singleton Foundation CEO Prize
Designed to reward an exceptional managerial record over a very long period of time.
Celebrating Excellence with the Singleton Foundation CEO Prize.
This is the first prize of its kind to focus on performance. It’s designed to reward an exceptional managerial record over a very long period of time. It’s not based on vague ideas about leadership, charisma and other subjective attributes, but recognizes excellence in business leadership as evidenced by the data, a reflection of talent, vision, focus and achievement.
Singleton Foundation CEO Prize | Highlights Reel
Singleton Foundation CEO Prize | Highlights Reel
2023 CEO Prize Jury
Nick Howley
Founder and Executive Chairman, Transdigm Group; 2022 CEO Prize Honoree
Bob Peck
Managing Director, FPR Partners
Will Thorndike
Founder, Housatonic Partners Author, The Outsiders
Steve Blass
Chief Investment Officer, Ashe Capital
Kelly Granat
Co-CIO, Lone Pine Capital
Anne-Marie Peterson
Capital Group - Partner and PIO of Growth Fund of America
Rob Small
Managing Director, Berkshire Partners - Stockbridge
Tod Combs
Investment Officer, Berkshire Hathaway, CEO, GEICO
Mark Leonard
President and Chairman, Constellation Software, Inc.
Looking to the future, the Singleton Next Generation CEO Prize for Excellence recognizes up and coming CEOs in the mold of Henry Singleton. The Next Generation CEO prize focuses on recognition of extraordinary leaders in business management who have achieved greatly in their initial years as executives, such as Patrick and John Collison, Founders of Stripe and recipients of the inaugural prize.
2023 Next Generation CEO Prize Selection Committee
Bob Peck
Managing Director, FPR Partners
Will Thorndike
Founder, Housatonic Partners Author, The Outsiders
Alex Wolf
Managing Partner, Partners Fund Capital
Steve Blass
Chief Investment Officer, Ashe Capital
Patrick O’Shaugnessy
Chairman Colossus, LLC
A lifetime achievement award for outstanding management.
A resurgence of American entrepreneurship is critical to ensure economic prosperity. As part of our goal to encourage this renewal, we’ve created the CEO Prize for Excellence in Business Leadership, an annual award which honors a living CEO whose work demonstrates, over a long period of time, a combination of talent, vision, focus and commitment, thereby producing exceptional shareholder returns for decades. By recognizing business leaders we highlight the successes we try to inspire in our users.
Our Inspiration
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success, by Will Thorndike, has resonated powerfully among CEOs and investors. Acclaimed by critics and called by Warren Buffett “an outstanding book,” The Outsiders has been described by Forbes Magazine as one of the most important business books in America. The CEOs profiled are: Tom Murphy of Capital Cities, Henry Singleton of Teledyne, Bill Anders of General Dynamics, John Malone of TCI, Katharine Graham of The Washington Post Co., Bill Stiritz of Post Holdings, Dick Smith of General Cinema, and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway.