2025 CEO Pinnacle Awards - Call for Applicants

CHICAGO, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 CEO Pinnacle(TM) Awards is now accepting applications. The annual program recognizes the highest achievements of CEOs and related roles/titles including Presidents and Founders. The annual program is produced by the Chief Executives Council, a community and platform focused on best practice resources, career development and training, peer networking and recognition.

Registration is now open for the 2025 CEO Pinnacle Awards; the program is free to both Chief Executives Council subscribers and non-subscribers. Registrants may self-nominate, or nominate a colleague or peer via a brief, online survey form. Registrants must select from 7 categories for company size and type (Small/Medium/Enterprise/Startup/Not-For-Profit/Government/Other; Public vs. Private). Registrants anonymously submit brief information about 2025 financial performance, work experience, volunteer or philanthropic activities, and educational background.

All registrations are then screened by an algorithm to identify finalists by category. Then a blue-chip panel of judges select the CEO Pinnacle Award winners by category, and ultimately a 2025 National CEO Pinnacle Award. Winners will be announced by January 15, 2026, and all winners will receive a frame-quality Certificate. The 2025 National CEO Pinnacle Award winner will receive a gold-plated and engraved statuette/trophy manufactured by the makers of the Oscar® Awards.

"The responsibilities of Presidents and CEOs continue to be more complex and challenging in the 2025 business environment", states Neil Brown, CEO of Chief Executives Council. "The annual CEO Pinnacle Awards recognizes some of the most effective executives."

To register for the 2025 CEO Pinnacle(TM) Awards before the December 15 deadline, link here: https://chiefexecutivescouncil.org/ceo-awards/

The national Chief Executives Council community is headquartered in Chicago, and available to executive professionals in the United States and worldwide.

ABOUT the Chief Executives Council
Chief Executives Council(TM) is a platform and community for CEOs, Presidents, Founders and related professionals focused on best practice resources, career development and training, peer networking and recognition. Programs include research studies on strategic topics, webinars and roundtable panels, informative articles and whitepapers, the CEO Insights(TM) Interview Series, and the annual CEO Pinnacle(TM) Awards. Chief Executives Council publishes the annual CEO Sentiment(TM) Study that quantifies a CEO Financial Performance Index(TM) (FPI), and the CEO Spending/Budget Index (SBI). For more information, visit www.ChiefExecutivesCouncil.org.

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