Ten youngest CEOs

Getting to the top takes time for most of us. Here, we countdown ten people who have bucked the trend and are the youngest CEOs in the world

 

 

Name Age
one Yolanda Cuba 29 Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Yolanda is CEO of the Mvelaphanda Group which has a turnover of $350 million

two

Adam Stewart 29 Based in Miami, Florida, United States, Adam heads up the hotel chain Sandals Resorts which has a turnover of $100 million

three

Harry Vafias 30 StealthGas is in the shipping sector and has Harry Vafias at its head. It is based in Athens, Greece and has a turno ver of $100 million

four

Sahba Abedian 31 Sahba is the CEO of Sunland, a property development company in Sydney, Australia

five

Gray Hudkins 33 Gray heads up Langer, a medical supply company based in New York, United States, and with a turnover of $43 million

six

Julie Smolyansky 33 Based in Illinois, United States, Lifeway Foods is a food processing company with a turnover of $180 million

seven

Dustin Shindo 35 Hoku Scientific is an electronics company headed by Dustin Shindo. Based in Hawaii, United States, the company has a turnover of $48 million

J. Mariner Kemper 35 Based in Colorado, United States, UMB Bank is headed by J. Mariner Kemper and has a turnover of $1.5bn

Matt Williams 35 Matt is the CEO for Topps Tiles, a retail sector company based in Cheshire, United Kingdom. Topps has a turnover of $300 million

Bin Zhao 36 Bin Zhao is head of Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical, an engineering company based in Shanghai China with a turnover of $200 million

The average age of a CEO across the world is 54 and the most common age is 57 (Figures: Cass Business School)