Joel Ewanick's marketing style earned him respect from Forbes.com readers and other marketing executives. Hyundai was the most-nominated company among readers who weighed in when asked to submit their ideas for the best marketer of the year. Hyundai was then selected as the year's most noteworthy marketer after editors submitted three companies--IBM and Wal-Mart were the other two--to six CMO judges, With that, Ewanick becomes CMO Network's CMO of the Year.
