Check out the 25 most innovative CMOs in the world in 2018

Today, chief marketing officers play a far more active role in the C-suite than ever before.

They don business hats in the boardroom, chart out innovation strategies and ways to integrate technology at scale, and drive measurable results.

With marketers emerging as stewards who steer organizations forward at a time of great disruption, Business Insider is celebrating the global marketers rising to the occasion.

Here we present the third installment of our annual ranking of the world's most innovative CMOs. The list is a little different from last year's as we have 25 honorees this time instead of 50.

Click here to read the full list.

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