Our annual assessment of the world’s business bigwigs
ANOTHER UNEASY year for chief executives is drawing to a close. A series of elections, from India to America, cast a shroud of uncertainty over 2024. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East kept geopolitics front and centre. China’s economy slowed and Europe’s continued to sputter. Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) was balanced by gnawing questions over the pace of adoption and the rate of further technological advances.