who is the World's Fittest CEO?

"Why not marathon times?"

Because Ironman is harder.

Isn't DeanK a CEO? Since he is the world's fittest man and fittest CEO is a subset of fittest man, he would win by default.

"Must be CEO of a company with at least $20 million in annual gross revenue, or C-suite (CFO, COO,...) of a company with at least $100 million."

Isn't Haile Gebrselassie the CEO of Ethiopia?

My buddy has an uncle who is CEO of the parent company of Mr. Coffee and a few other businesses. A few years ago this CEO completed the Badwater135 and I think even an ironman.

http://ultramanlive.com/2008-ultraman-world-championships/2010-entrant-bios/

He is Martin Franklin

Actually, Martin Franklin is #19 on our list!

We did factor in marathon times, but we don't have as much data on marathon times for CEOs as we do for Olympic, Half, and Ironman results.

asdasd wrote:

"Why not marathon times?"

Because Ironman is harder.

Ironman plays to these CEO's strength, MONEY.

By the way, you can see the complete list of the Top 25 Fittest CEOs (and Honorable Mentions) here:

http://www.ceochallenges.com/triathlon/ceo-endurance-world-championship-lanai

If a CEO is wasting all those hours training for an Ironman, I wonder how much attention he puts into running the company? SELL! SELL! SELL!

The answer is 0. The vast majority of these people get up at 4:30 to get their workouts in before work. (They wouldn't last long in the position if this wasn't the case). Plus, how much time does it take to play golf 2 - 3 times per week?

And don't you agree that you perform better at work when you are fit?

Ted

Speaking of marathon times, I am willing to bet the number 2 on your list, Paul Gompers, has the best PR of any CEO. I see he has continued to channel his competitive instincts from running (or OCD depending on your take) and stay pretty fit as well.

Ted K wrote:

The answer is 0. The vast majority of these people get up at 4:30 to get their workouts in before work. (They wouldn't last long in the position if this wasn't the case). Plus, how much time does it take to play golf 2 - 3 times per week?

And don't you agree that you perform better at work when you are fit?

Ted

Ha ha - they are probably playing golf also! Man, I feel sorry for their wife and kids. Although the wives are probably getting banged on the side the kids are probably getting high to cope with it all.

Ted K wrote:

The vast majority of these people get up at 4:30 to get their workouts in before work.

I'm the CEO of a small business, and have seen enough of corporate life that I very much doubt that. When you're that senior, you can insist on stuff like a shower at work, or carry your $5000 bike up the stairs in your lycra, or head out for 3 hours in 'meetings' without fear of what anyone thinks. It's one of the perks. And it's also quite likely that these 25 come from (or indeed created) companies with a healthy view on work/life balance.

And don't you agree that you perform better at work when you are fit?

I think it's rather more important to your work performance to 'get enough sleep'. Especially at that level, when your real role is to motivate others, be the public face of your company and generally not get stressed. It's also rather important to your training performance; get too little sleep and you won't adapt.

I suspect that there is even more bullshit in business about how little sleep people get by on than there is on letsrun.com about how many miles people run.

I'm pretty sure Gomps at least was way too good a runner to screw things up by getting by on 5 hours sleep.

Gebrselassie IS a CEO though, isn't he? Seems like a shoe-in.

He's not white, though. So, he's not eligible.