LEADER OF THE YEAR
2007 Martín Torrijos, President of Panama
2006 Leonel Fernandez, President of Dominican Republic
2005 Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
2004 Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia
2003 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
2002 Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
2001 Jose Maria Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain
2000 Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic
1999 Armando Calderon Sol, President of El Salvador
1998 Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
1998 Teodoro Petkoff, Planning Minister of Venezuela
1997 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil
1996 Ignacio Santillana, CEO of Telefonica Internacional

MOST INNOVATIVE LEADER
2007 María Antonieta de Bonilla, President, Central Bank of Guatemala
2006 Ricaurte Vásquez Morales,Minister of Canal Affairs, Panama
2005 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Prime Minister of Peru
2004 Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade of Brazil
2003 Roberto Lavagna, Minister of Economy of Argentina
2002 Francisco Flores, President of El Salvador
2001 Valentín Paniagua, ex-President of Peru
2000 Herminio Blanco, Commerce Secretary of Mexico
1999 Arminio Fraga Neto, President of Central Bank of Brazil
1998 Pedro Malan, Finance Minister of Brazil
1998 Alvaro Arzu, President of Guatemala
1997 Jaime Lerner, Governor of Parana
1996 Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, President of Bolivia

FINANCIER OF THE YEAR
2007 André Esteves, President, UBS Latin America
2006 Luis Peña Kegel, President, Banorte
2005 José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, President and COO, BBVA
2004 Roberto Setubal, CEO, Banco Itau
2003 Eduardo Eraña, President, Latin America and the Caribbean, Visa International
2002 Fabio Barbosa, CEO, ABN AMRO Banco Real
2001 Emilio Botín, Chairman, Banco Santander
2000 Susan Segal, General Partner, Chase Manhattan Bank
1999 Thomas O. Hicks, Partner, Hicks Muse, Tate & Furst
1998 Roberto Zamora, President, Lafise
1998 Emilio Botín, President, Banco Santander
1997 Henrique Meirelles, President, Bank of Boston
1996 Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank

CEO OF THE YEAR (More than US$1 billion sales)
2007 Roger Agnelli, CEO, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
2006 Constantino de Oliveira Junior, President, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
2005 Horst Paulmann Kemna, President and Chairman of the Board, Cencosud
2004 Roger Agnelli, CEO, CVRD
2003 Carlos Slim Helú, Chairman, América Movil, Telmex, Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa
2002 Ricardo Obregon, CEO, Bavaria
2001 Mauricio Novis Botelho, President and CEO, Embraer
2000 Lorenzo Zambrano, CEO, Cemex
1999 Valentin Diez Morodo, CEO of Sales, Grupo Modelo
1998 Roberto Monti, CEO, YPF
1998 Alfonso Romo Garza, CEO, Grupo Pulsar
1997 Antonio Fernandez Rodriguez, CEO, Grupo Modelo
1996 Lorenzo Zambrano, CEO, Cemex

CEO OF THE YEAR (Less than US$1 billion sales)
2007 Enrique Cibié Bluth, CEO, Masisa
2006 Pedro Heilbron, CEO, Copa Airlines
2005 Gerardo de Nicolás, CEO, Desarrolladora Homex

INTERNATIONAL CEO OF THE YEAR
2007 César Alierta, CEO, Telefónica
2006 Craig Herkert, President and CEO of the Americas, Wal-Mart International
2005 Thomas A. Gales, Vice President for the Latin America Division, Caterpillar
2004 Steven Shindler, CEO, NII Holdings
2003 Bruno Di Leo, President, IBM Latin America
2002 Cesáreo Fernández González, CEO, Wal-Mart de México
2001 Dennis Bakke, CEO, AES
2000 No Winner
1999 Charles Strauss, Vice President, Latin America, Unilever
1998 George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund
1998 Gustavo Cisneros, President, Grupo Cisneros
1997 Adolfo Carvajal, President, Carvajal
1996 Robert Crandall, Chairman and CEO, American Airlines

TECHNOLOGY LEADER OF THE YEAR
2007 Jorge Steffens, CEO, Datasul
2006 André Dayan, Founder, Vitrogen
2005 Keith Goodwin, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels, Cisco Systems
2004 Blanca Treviño, CEO, Softtek
2003 Luiz Meisler, Senior Vice President, Oracle Latin America
2002 Micahel Dell, CEO, Dell Computer Corp.
2001 Luís Frias, CEO, Universo Online
2000 Fernando Espuelas, CEO, Starmedia

ENVIRONMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
2007 Julio Cusurichi Palacios, Advisor, Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes
2006 Albina Ruiz Riós, Executive Director, Ciudad Saludable
2005 María Andrade Hernández, General Director, Pronatura Península de Yucatán
2004 Diana Pombo Holguín, Founder, Instituto de Gestión Ambiental
2003 Pedro Leitão, Executive Secretary, Brazilian Biodiversity Fund
2002 Clóvis Ricardo Schrappe Borges, Founder, Executive Director Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem e Educacao Ambiental
2001 Sven Olof Lindblad, Founder, Lindblad Expeditions
2000 John Forgach, CEO, Banco Axial
1999 Homero Aridjis, Founder, Grupo de los Cien
1998 Alexander Watson, Director of Latin America, The Nature Conservancy
1998 Stephan Scmidheiny - Founder of World Business Council on Sustainable Development Switzerland

HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
2007 Abel Albino, Founder, Cooperadora para la Nutricion del Infante
2006 Michel Chancy, Founder, Veterimed
2005 Milena Grillo, Founder and Executive Director, Fundación Paniamor
2004 Juan Carlos Blumberg, Founder, Fundación Axel
2003 Paulo Roberto Teixeira, Director of the HIV/AIDs Department, World Health Organization 2002 Oded Grajew, Founder and President, Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social
2001 Juan Hernández, Head of Office for Mexicans Abroad
2000 Rodrigo Baggio, Founder, Committee to Democratize Information Technology 1999 Baltasar Garzón, Spanish Judge 1998 Lázaro de Mello Brandão, President, Bradesco

CEO OF THE DECADE
2004 Carlos Slim Helú, Chairman, América Movil, Telmex, Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa

POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION
1997 Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce of USA
1996 Jose Estenssoro, CEO of YPF