The 25 Best-Performing CEOs In The World, According To The Harvard Business Review

The Harvard Business Review has come out with a list of the 100 most effective CEOs on the planet.

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos stands at the top.

According to HBR, Amazon has seen its value increase by $140 billion with Bezos at the helm and has delivered a whopping 15,189% on industry-adjusted shareholder returns.

As we've noted before, Bezos has taken the long view in building his empire.

"Amazon often reports quarterly losses, even as sales continue to rise," writes HBR editor Adi Ignatius. "And though the company is subject, like many firms, to dramatic share-price swings, Amazon and Bezos have a long-term track record of delivering shareholder value that is second to none."

To come up with the list, HBR number crunchers sorted through 832 current CEOs from the S&P Global 1200. They then calculated daily company returns for each CEO from the first day that he or she took office through April 30, 2014.

Some fascinating trends emerged. MBAs are still a badge of honor - 29 of the top 100 have the increasingly controversial degree. Engineers make good bosses, as shown by the fact that 24 have an undergrad or grad degree in engineering. But diversity remains a problem: Only two of the top 100 are women.

Here are the top 25 most effective CEOs, according to HBR:

1. Jeff Bezos of Amazon2. John Martin of Gilead Sciences3. John Chambers of Cisco Systems4. David Pyott of Allergan5. David Simon of Simon Property Group6. Lars Rebien Sørensen of Novo Nordisk7. Hugh Grant of Monsanto8. J. Michael Pearson of Valeant Pharmaceuticals9. Mark Donegan of Precision Castparts10. William Doyle of PotashCorp11. Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing12. David Novak of Yum Brands13. Michael Wolf of Swedbank14. Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera of Inditex15. Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com16. Oscar Gonzalez Rocha of Southern Copper17. Stephen Wynn of Wynn Resorts18. James Taiclet Jr of American Tower19. Elmar Degenhart of Continental20. George Paz of Express Scripts21. Tsai Ming-Kai of MediaTek (tie)21. Paolo Rocca of Tenaris (tie)23. Reed Hastings of Netflix24. Ronald Havner Jr. of Public Storage25. Michael Balmuth of Ross Stores

For the full list, head to HBR.

Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.