10 Longest Serving CEOs in the World

Bangalore: Longevity is the most significant aspect of a company. CEOs of the companies are considered to be the most powerful individuals in an organization. They strive hard to reach all the necessary goals of an organization that is responsible for making it successful.

More often CEOs serve their companies for a long period of time, but here are few CEO’s who has managed to stick with the same company and are a part of the company’s history and growth for many decades. Infact, their names have become synonymous with the companies they have worked for.

1. Ray Irani
CEO: Occidental Petroleum
Time: 20 years

Earlier Armand Hammer was the CEO of Occidental Petroleum; Ray Irani worked under him from 1984 as a director and a chief serving officer. Hammer noticed Irani’s exceptional performance and in 1990 he chose him as the CEO of the company and named him as his successor.

Ray Irani has served the company for 20 years and is currently the Chairman of Occidental Petroleum which is an oil and gas production company based in California. From the year 2001 to 2005 his income was $460 million.

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