The 25 best CEOs of large companies, ranked by female employees

Madison HoffJul 12, 2021, 18:57 IST

Shantanu Narayen, chairman, president, and CEO of Adobe.Jeff Bottari/Invision for Adobe/AP Images

Career site Comparably released its latest ranking of the best CEOs according to female employees.
The list is based on female ratings over a 12-month period, starting on June 23, 2020.
The following are the top 25 CEOs at companies with more than 500 employees.

25. Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe

Anne Wojcicki. Courtesy of Comparably

24. Kenneth Lin, Credit Karma

Kenneth Lin. Courtesy of Comparably

23. Amy Zupon, Vertafore

Amy Zupon. Courtesy of Comparably

22. Andrew Wang, Beacon Hill Staffing Group

Andrew Wang. Courtesy of Comparably

21. Keith G. Myers, LHC Group

Keith G. Myers. Courtesy of Comparably

20. Chris Caldwell, Concentrix

Chris Caldwell. Courtesy of Comparably

19. Tim Cook, Apple

Tim Cook. Courtesy of Comparably

18. Pierre Naudé, nCino

Pierre Naudé. Courtesy of Comparably

17. Arvind Krishna, IBM

Arvind Krishna. Courtesy of Comparably

16. Eric Yuan, Zoom Video Communications

Eric Yuan. Courtesy of Comparably

15. Bert Bean, Insight Global

Bert Bean. Courtesy of Comparably

14. Robert G. Painter, Trimble

Robert Painter. Courtesy of Comparably

13. Annette Brüls, Medela

Annette Brüls. Courtesy of Comparably

12. Craig Boundy, Experian

Craig Boundy. Courtesy of Comparably

11. Jim Loree, Stanley Black & Decker

Jim Loree. Courtesy of Comparably

10. Kumsal Bayazit, Elsevier

Kumsal Bayazit. Courtesy of Comparably

9. Satya Nadella, Microsoft

Satya Nadella. Courtesy of Comparably

8. Dan Rosensweig, Chegg

Dan Rosensweig. Courtesy of Comparably

7. John Foley, Peloton

John Foley. Courtesy of Comparably

6. Vladimir Shmunis, RingCentral

Vladimir Shmunis. Courtesy of Comparably

5. Sarah Friar, Nextdoor

Sarah Friar. Courtesy of Comparably

4. Brian Halligan, HubSpot

Brian Halligan. Courtesy of Comparably

3. Leslie Stretch, Medallia

Leslie Stretch. Courtesy of Comparably

2. Jeffrey Dailey, Farmers Insurance

Jeffrey Dailey. Courtesy of Comparably

1. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe

Shantanu Narayen. Courtesy of Comparably

Here is the full list for large companies:

Courtesy of Comparably

Method and data source

Comparably creates several rankings a year using employee ratings collected on the website. In addition to producing a list of the best companies for women, the career site also publishes an annual list of the best CEOs for women.

To compile the rankings, the career site only used anonymous female ratings from June 23, 2020 to June 23, 2021. The large company list only includes companies with over 500 employees.

There are still not that many women in executive positions, and only five female CEOs made the top 25 of the large company list.

Nextdoor's CEO Sarah Friar ranked the highest among female CEOs that made the top 25. Elsevier's CEO Kumsal Bayazit was the only other female CEO that made the top 10 this year coming in at No. 10. Both of these CEOs have approval ratings of at least a 90 (out of 100) on the career site.

The full list, including the top CEOs of small and midsize companies according to women, can be found on Comparably. Employee quotes and industries noted above are from Comparably and provided to Insider.

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