Over twenty
thousand votes were cast for 8 bosses, chosen for their abuses of workers’
rights, along with other activities which undermine the interests of working
people. From tax avoidance, to corporate bullying or attempts to influence
public opinion the rogues gallery of worst bosses represents the worst in
global corporate excess.
C. Douglas McMillon, CEO Wal-Mart STORES
Jeff Bezos
CEO of Amazon was the winner of the world’s worst boss.
Bezos is
listed as the 17th wealthiest person in the world with an estimated nets worth
of $32.3 billion Amazon operating in Germany 15 miles / 24 km a day. Ambulances
regularly wait outside facilities to collect workers. Amazon has been at the
forefront of tax avoidance scams and difficult working conditions.
The CEO of
Qatar Airways blamed unions for the global unemployment in an interview with
Arabian Business (May 2013) he said “If you did not have unions you wouldn’t
have this jobless problem in the western world.”
The World’s
Worst Boss poll included:
C. Douglas McMillon, CEO Wal-Mart STORES
Jamie
Dimon, CEO JP Morgan Chase
Loyd
Blankfein, CEO Goldman Sachs Group
Charles
Koch, CEO Koch Industries
Lee
Kun-Hee, Chairman Samsun GROUP
Ivan
Glasenberg, CEO Glencore Xstrata
