Top CEOs reveal biggest fears on CNN's #WorryWall

There's fear in the air at Davos

If you're feeling really worried this year, you're not alone.

In many cases, top executives and leaders at the World Economic Forum^[1] in Davos are just as scared.

Tanking stock markets^[2], plunging oi l prices^[3], China's slowing economy^[4] and geopolitical conflicts^[5] are just some of the things that are keeping executives awake at night.

Richard Quest, anchor of CNN's Quest Means Business, pow wowed with a host of Davos VIPs to understand their deepest, darkest fears and had them rank their levels of anxiety on his Worry Wall^[6]. (Level 10 indicates extreme fear^[7], while zero indicates a relaxed attitude.)

He re's what they had to say...

Bob Dudley, CEO, BP

Fear level: 9

Most concerned about: The geopolitical consequences of falling oil prices

Bob Dudley,BP's chief exec.9/10 on the #worrywall.Most worried about geopolitical consequences of falling oil prices pic.twitter.com/CLGxHRx5nc^[8][9]

— saskya vandoorne (@SaskyaCNN) January 20, 2016^[10]

Jacob Frenkel, chairman, JPMorgan Chase International

Fear level: 9

Most concerned about: Russia

Ken Rogoff, economics professor, Harvard

Fear level: 8

Most concerned about: Emerging markets

Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Nissan Motor and Renault

Fear level: 5

Most concerned about: Russia and the Middle East

Who's feeling more relaxed?

But not all executives are getting the jitters. Here are some who feel pretty good about the future.

Richard Solomons, CEO, InterContinental Hotels Group

Fear level: 4

Most concerned about: Nothing in particular

Pierre Moscovici, European Economics Commissioner

Fear level: 3.5

Most concerned about: Situation surrounding refugees

Dennis Nally, chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International

Fear level: 3

Most concerned about: Geopolitical issues

Hans Vestberg, CEO, Ericsson

Fear level: 2.5 or 7.5

Explanation: Vestberg said the worry level in his heart is 2.5, but the worry in his head hits 7.5.

What's worrying you the most? @richardquest wants to know https://t.co/iYdgBEly7y #worrywall #davos2016 @wef https://t.co/wcNNX12oQV^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

— CNNMoney (@CNNMoney) January 19, 2016^[17]

And here's what Quest fans had to say:

@richardquest^[18] #worrywall^[19] Naturally Nigerian loss of Fx from Oil prices (short term -ve) Positive tho if it forces economic diversification

— Xorcyst (@Xorcyst) January 20, 2016^[20]

@richardquest^[21] no. 8 on #worrywall^[22] ....influenced by China's hard-landing

— Jay M (@zarkava) January 19, 2016^[23]

--CNN's Saskya Vandoorne contributed to this report.

References

1. < sup>^ World Economic Forum (money.cnn.com)
2. ^{^} Tanking stock markets (money.cnn.com)
3. ^{^} plunging oil prices (money.cnn.com)
4. ^{^} China's slowing economy (money.cnn.com)
5. ^{^} geopolitical conflicts (money.cnn.com)
6. ^{^} Worry Wall (vimeo.com)
7. ^{^} extreme fear (money.cnn.com)
8. ^{^} #worrywall (twitter.com)
9. ^{^} pic.twitter.com/CLGxHRx5nc (t.co)
10. ^{^} January 20, 2016 (twitter.com)
11. ^{^} @richardquest (twitter.com)
12. ^{^} https://t.co/iYdgBEly7y (t.co)
13. ^{^} #worrywall (twitter.com)
14. ^{^} #davos2016 (twitter.com)
15. ^{^} @wef (twitter.com)
16. ^{^} https://t.co/wcNNX12oQV (t.co)
17. ^{^} January 19, 2016 (twitter.com)
18. ^{^} @richardquest (twitter.com)
19. ^{^} #worrywall (twitter.com)
20. ^{^} January 20, 2016 (twitter.com)
21. ^{^} @richardquest (twitter.com)
22. ^{^} #worrywal l (twitter.com)
23. ^{^} January 19, 2016 (twitter.com)

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