Columbus CEO’s 2025 CEO of the Year Awards Honor 17 Local Executives

Columbus CEO is proud to again recognize some of the region’s top leaders in our 15th annual CEO of the Year awards.

Our 2025 awards honor four winners and 13 finalists from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. They work in industries such as banking, retail, manufacturing, social services, construction and insurance. Honorees were chosen by their peers as part of the annual Survey of Economic Conditions conducted in partnership with Regionomics and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. It seeks to gain insights about the local business climate; challenges posed by the area’s growth; workforce and hiring trends; and expectations for the local, national and global economies.

The survey, adapted from the SMU Cox CEO Sentiment Survey, was open to all for-profit and nonprofit C-suite and cabinet-level executives, as well as general, district and store managers, in the Columbus metropolitan area. Responses, collected in September and October, were anonymous and were aggregated and analyzed by Regionomics owner Bill LaFayette.

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