Excel formula

[Mike]

I want to find the highest number in a column and display the name in the
column to the left of the highest number

 

[Ken Wright]

=INDEX(A1:A30,MATCH(MAX(B1:B30),B1:B30,0))

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Since it cannot be excluded that there can be many names having the same
max value, try the approach I describe in:

http://tinyurl.com/64mz3