Founders Hall of Fame

Of Fortune 500 companies with founder-CEOs, the best 10-year average annual stock returns were: 1) Whole Foods ( John Mackey) 36.6%, 2) Kinder Morgan (Richard Kinder) 31.6%, 3) Capital One Financial (Richard Fairbank) 27.4%, EchoStar Communications (Charles Ergen) 24.9 %, and Apple Computer (Steven Jobs) 24.6%.