The Harvard Business Review (HBR) has released its list of 100 global chief executives worldwide and it includes eight Indian CEOs.

ITC's YC Deveshwar and late Subir Raha of ONGC were included among the top 20 CEOs in the world. Other Indian finding a place in the list were Subir Raha of ONGC, at 13th place, of Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani at 28th rank, Larsen & Toubro's AM Naik was ranked 32nd, followed by BHEL's AK Puri at 38, Bharti Airtel's Sunil Bharti Mittal at 65, Jindal Steel and Power's Naveen Jindal on 87th postion and Steel Authority of India's VS Jain at 89st position.

Meanwhile, late Steve Jobs of Apple was rated as the best-performing CEO over the previous 17 years around the world. Under him, Apple was able to increase its market value by $359 billion from 1997 to 2011. Jeff Bezos of Amazon. com was at the second place.

The third position was taken by Samsung Electronics' Yun Jong-Yong (3rd), followed by Vale's Roger Agnelli (4), Gilead Sciences' John C Martin (5), Hyundai Motor Company's Chung Mong-Koo (6), ITC's Y C Deveshwar (7), Simon Property Group's David Simon (8), eBay's Margaret C Whitman (9) and Cisco Systems John T Chambers at the tenth spot.

The HBR 100 best performing CEOs analyzed long-term performance of each CEO from the date of their joining till their last date on the job or until August 31, 2012.