<br>Google’s Larry Page has emerged as Fortune magazine’s ‘Business Person of the Year’ for 2014, edging past star counterparts like Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Page, the CEO and co-founder of Google, came on top in the 20 global corporate leaders’ list compiled on the basis of factors like the company’s performance, leadership style and total shareholder returns. Interestingly, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who led Fortune’s list in 2012, failed to make in to the top-20 list. Here are the brief profiles of the CEOs who made the top-5 cut.</br> <b><br>Larry Page, CEO & co-founder, Google</b></br> After having built the Internet’s most profitable franchise, Larry Page is still aiming higher. Four years into the job he holds right now, Page continues to be one of the most daring CEOs in the world. Moving forward, Page is positioning Google for a dominant role in the era of wearables and Internet-connected cars and homes. 
<b><br>Tim Cook, CEO, Apple</b></br> Replacing a legend is a big ask. But three years into his role as the CEO of Apple, it is clear that Tim Cook knows his job. To name a few of his achievements, Apple’s stock is at an all-time high and booming sales of larger iPhones and renewed enthusiasm for Mac computers are making up for slowing growth in iPads. 
<b><br>John C Martin, Chairman & CEO, Gilead Sciences</b></br> Martin, a chemist who became Gilead’s CEO in 1996, was heavily criticised this year for the price of the company’s wonder drug that can cure hepatitis C. The medicine, Sovaldi, was priced at $84,000 — or about $1,000 a pill—in the US. Still, it has boosted Gilead’s health: The company’s stock is up 40%, and hep-C drug sales, projected to top $11 bn, will double revenues this year. 
<b><br>Montgomery Moran and Steve Ells, co-CEOs, Chipotle</b></br> Earlier this year, Ells called the burrito chain’s fast-food competition “a joke”. Ells has earned the bragging rights. In the past three years, Chipotle has had 20.5% annual sales growth, and its stock has soared 99%. This year, he and co-CEO Monty Moran combated rising beef, avocado, and dairy costs, but still managed to rake in the money. 
<b><br>Denise Ramos, CEO & president, ITT</b></br> <br>A 2011 spinoff that shed its water and military-technology units shaped ITT into its current form: a manufacturer of specialty components for the energy, transportation, and industrial markets. Denise Ramos, who assumed the CEO job during the split, has proved that ITT can be a profitable company on its own. In the past 12 months, the company has reported sales growth of almost 14% and its shares have increased by 10%.</br> <br>Others who made the top-10 cut:</br> Bob Iger, chairman & CEO, Walt Disney <br>Ken Hicks, CEO & president, Foot Locker</br> Mary Dillon, CEO, Ulta Beauty <br>George Scangos, CEO, Biogen</br> Jack Ma, founder & exec chairman, Alibaba
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