They run everything from auto manufacturers to social media companies, big banks, big tech and big oil. They are the corporate chiefs whose actions, work and opinions are reverberating through these financial markets. Meet the 14 CEOs on the MarketWatch 50 list of most influential people in markets.
Safra Catz Safra Catz became Oracle’s sole CEO on the eve of the pandemic. This year she put her mark on the database giant. Known as a dealmaker, Catz moved Oracle to expand into healthcare by buying health IT company Cerner in June in a $28 billion deal that valued Cerner at $95 a share. It was Oracle’s biggest deal ever and one of the biggest deals of the year.
Jamie Dimon When the head of the biggest U.S. bank speaks, people listen. And Dimon has been speaking a lot. In early May, Dimon said he saw only a 33% chance of the U.S. avoiding a recession—just before stock investors came around to their own pessimistic conclusions about the economy that drove all three major stock indexes to further double-digit losses this year. The doomsaying continued in June, with a warning in June to get ready for an economic “hurricane.” JPMorgan & Co.
Andy Jassy In 2022, Andy Jassy made his presence in the CEO position felt at the world’s fifth-biggest publicly traded company, which has an ecosystem of small businesses numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Confronted with one of the worst patches of financial performance in Amazon.com’s 28-year history, Jassy has looked to trim back costs at the company that had largely ignored Wall Street’s whims when it came to spending for years.
Amin Nasser Amin Nasser runs the world’s second-most valuable company. But it’s Saudi Aramco’s status as the world’s biggest oil producer that has made Nasser so crucial as the war in Ukraine pushes up energy prices. The company serves as the final barrier against exploding oil prices. Nasser has promised that Aramco can be relied upon to produce 12 million barrels per day if needed. The company was pumping out some 11 million barrels daily in the summer, flat out near capacity.
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