Facebook Inc (FB), Accenture Plc (ACN): America’s Seventh Best CEO Will Give You an Investing Edge

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Though its official address is in Ireland, Nanterme looks at it differently: “We are a company with no physical headquarters. We operate on a virtual level.”

That kind of flexibility has two big advantages. First, it allows for the type of flexibility that can lure top talent with the promise of staying in one’s home country (Nanterme himself still operates from France, not Ireland.) And second, it cuts down on overhead costs, as most meetings are conducted via teleconferencing or on-site visits to clients’ businesses.

These are the types of advantages Nanterme is going to need in taking on International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), which has more than double the employees and a market capitalization five times Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN)’s. IBM also has healthier returns and margins than Accenture.

Source: Yahoo! Finance.

The numbers being what they are, Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN)’s employees clearly approve of the direction Nanterme is leading the company, as 95% give him their vote of confidence.

The article America’s 7th Best CEO Will Give You an Investing Edge originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Brian Stoffel.

Fool contributor Brian Stoffel has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Accenture and Facebook. The Motley Fool owns shares of Facebook and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM).

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