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The Best Asian Performers
THE ASIAN
BUSINESSWEEK
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The Best Asian Performers
In this first annual ranking of Asia's outstanding publicly listed companies, energy and natural-resource producers rule the roost
Reading The Tables
Methodology for ranking the Asian 150
Scoreboard: The Asian BusinessWeek 150 (.pdf)
Performance rankings of the top 150
LEADERS
No. 1: PTT
Prasert Bunsumpun, 53, CEO since 2003
No. 2: PetroChina
Chen Geng, 58, chairman since 2004
No. 5: Tata Steel
B. Muthuraman, 61, CEO since 2001
Online Extra: Tata: Industrial Oomph with IT Smarts
CEO B. Muthuraman talks about the challenges of corporate growth and social responsibility while building a world-class company
No. 6: Posco Steel
Lee Ku Taek, 57, CEO since 2003
No. 7: Shinhan Financial Group
Lee In Ho, 61, CEO since May, 2005
Online Extra: For Shinhan, Survival Through Growth
After a crisis that nearly toppled many of its larger competitors, the bank is thriving, thanks to acquisitions and added services
No. 9: Samsung Electronics
Yun Jong Yong, 61, CEO since January, 1997
No. 11: TSMC
Rick Tsai, 54, CEO since July
No. 12: Hon Hai Precision Industry
Terry Gou, 54, CEO since 1974
No. 14: Formosa Chemical & Fibre
Y.C. Wang, 88, Chairman and CEO since 1965
No. 15: Mitsui OSK Lines
Akimitsu Ashida, 62, president since June, 2004
No. 20: Komatsu
Masahiro Sakane, 64, president since June, 2001
Online Extra: Komatsu Digs Itself Out of a Hole
"If a customer doesn't pay," explains the bulldozer maker's president, Masahiro Sakane, "we can disable the machines remotely"
No. 21: LG Electronics
Kim Ssang Su, 60, CEO since October, 2003
No. 29: Kobe Steel
Yasuo Inubushi, 61, CEO since April, 2004
Online Extra: Avoiding "the Wrong Decision" at Kobe
After clawing its way into the black, CEO Yasuo Inubushi is moving warily. Investments, he says, must be winners
No. 36: Larsen & Toubro
Anil Manibhai Naik, 63, CEO since 1999
Online Extra: What India Needs Now
Anil Naik of Larsen & Toubro has been taking lessons from He says the key to growth is increased spending on manufacturing
No. 38: Esprit Holdings
Heinz Krogner-Kornalik, 64, CEO since 2002
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The Best and Worst
In Shareholder Returns
| Bottom Ten (one year)
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| Aromatics (Thailand) | -35.2% |
| Walsin Lihwa | -28.3 |
| Evergreen Marine | -22.5 |
| Yang Ming Marine Transport | -21.3 |
| Maanshan Iron & Steel | -14.3 |
| China Intl. Marine Containers | -9.4 |
| Powerchip Semiconductor | -8.8 |
| Nan Ya Plastics | -6.7 |
| Sinopec Shanghai Petrochem. | -2.1 |
| Jiangxi Copper | -1.9 |
| Top Ten (one year)
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| High Tech Computer | 279.5% |
| Sumitomo Metal Inds. | 209.7 |
| Yamada-Denki | 127.7 |
| Komatsu | 120.2 |
| Hynix Semicondutor | 119.0 |
| Kobe Steel | 117.5 |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals | 114.7 |
| ICICI Bank | 113.3 |
| SembCorp Industries | 111.8 |
| Fauji Fertilizer | 103.2 |
| Bottom Ten (three year)
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| United Microelectronics | 11.9% |
| Lite-On Technology | 28.0 |
| SMC | 39.9 |
| Cathay Pacific Airways | 51.4 |
| LG Chem | 52.8 |
| Asustek Computer | 54.3 |
| Sumitomo Chemical | 54.9 |
| Canon | 58.2 |
| Chi Mei Optoelectronics | 59.6 |
| Fanuc | 70.5 |
| Top Ten (three year)
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| BUMI Resources | 3,530.3% |
| livedoor | 1,619.2 |
| Thoresen Thai Agencies | 1,118.8 |
| Aromatics (Thailand) | 922.1 |
| U-Ming Marine Transport | 799.1 |
| Sumitomo Metal Inds. | 734.1 |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals | 678.1 |
| Mangalore Ref. & Petrochem. | 600.7 |
| Techtronic Industries | 575.2 |
| Aluminum Corp. of China | 574.5 |
Data: Standard & Poor's Global Data
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