Most Productive People – Marvin Ellison – CEO, Lowe's

Being the CEO of a company that brings in almost $100 billion in annual revenue, and has over 300,000 associates—there’s a lot of complexity.

Being the CEO of a company that brings in almost $100 billion in annual revenue, and has over 300,000 associates—there’s a lot of complexity. What I try to do is simplify everything. I don’t have a lot of wasted time during the day. You’re not going to see me at a business lunch downtown, because that is, to me, nonproductive. That one-hour lunch turns into a three-hour process. I can have a working lunch at the office and then get right back on my agenda. That’s one of the reasons why I can get out of here at 6:30, 7 o’clock at