CEOs seldom keep their spot at the helm of a single company for long, but occasionally a select few manage to stick in the same place for decades.
Many of their names have become synonymous with the companies they helped grow into global empires.
How did they manage to do it?
We've compiled a list of 18 current CEOs of public companies -- with upwards of $10 billion in revenue, according to Fortune -- who have stayed in the same spot for 15 years or more.
#18 Charlie Ergen
CEO of DISH Network for 15 years
Ergen founded DISH's predecessor parent company EchoStar Satellite in 1980 with his pal Jim DeFranco. EchoStar spawned DISH in 1996, launching its first satellite and subscription television services. DISH split off in 2008, but Ergan maintained control.
DISH competes primarily with rival satellite TV provider DirecTV and the throngs of cable providers in the industry. Ergen's latest move was to buy video rental company Blockbuster in a bankruptcy auction for $322 million. He just announced that he'll step down in June.
#17 Jeff Bezos
CEO of Amazon.com for 15 years
Bezos founded Amazon as an online bookstore in 1996. Fifteen years later, Amazon sells pretty much everything, from web services to groceries.
Its secret? Excellent operational efficiency. Bezos, a computer science guy and notorious micromanager, adapted his bookstore model to countless other products.
Bezos himself has become as big as his brainchild, being named Time's Person of the Year in 1999.
#16 John Hess
CEO of Hess Corporation for 16 years
Hess' father, Leon Hess, founded Hess Oil and Chemical in the 1930s, which became Amerada Hess after a merger in 1968. The father-son pair are the only CEOs in the history of the company, which was renamed Hess Corporation in 2006.
Under John Hess' leadership the company expanded further, buying Triton Energy in 2001. There hasn't been a major environmental accident for Hess Corp. since he took over.
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