The Gala

The Best Brands gala took place in the ballroom of the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. This year, host and journalist Linda Zervakis guided us through this special 20th edition gala. As well as the Brazilian photographer and environmental activist Sebastião Salgado, we had another highlight during the evening line-up: the world record holder for the highest wave ever surfed, Sebastian Steudtner, opened the evening as our keynote speaker and fascinated everyone with his success story. 

In a ceremonial award show, the results of the underlying GfK study were announced and awards were presented to not only the top 10 winners but also each of the ‘Best Brands’ in the individual categories.

This year’s categories and winners are ‘Best Brand Overall’, ‘Best Corporate Sustainability Brand’ and the top 3 of the ‘Best of the Best Brands’.