The 16 best CEOs in tech, according to their employees
No. 16: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky
No. 15: Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen
CEO: Shantanu Narayen
Company: Adobe
Approval rating: 89% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list:#47
"Great culture awesome innovation, adobe does a few things really well and avoids the things they don't do well." – Director in Washington, DC
No. 14: Intel's Brian Krzanich
CEO: Brian Krzanich
Company: Intel
Approval rating: 90% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #39
"Intel management is generally open about why any decision, from why a project is kicking off to why Intel is exiting a business." – Software Engineer in Chandler, AZ
No. 13: Intuit’s Brad Smith
CEO: Brad Smith
Company: Intuit
Approval rating: 91% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #36
"Great company with great benefits and generally good pay. Offices and work environment are the best I have ever been at with my career. Generally the Senior Executive Management Team (CEO, CTO, COO, etc) are really good. All in all, Intuit is a great place to work." – Senior Business Analyst in Remote, OR
No. 12: Infosys’ Vishal Sikka
CEO: Vishal Sikka
Company: Infosys
Approval rating: 91% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: 35
"Clear and well defined career roadmap. The managers support and mentor their team mates to achieve their goals."– Senior Business Analyst in Bentonville, AR
No. 11: CDW’s Thomas Richards
CEO: Thomas Richards
Company: CDW
Approval rating: 91% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: 34
"Great environment, tons of resources to help you succeed, amazing management, easy to make money, really good benefits, tons of fun after hours events each month." – Account Manager in Dallas, TX
No. 10: Cognizant Technology Solutions’ Frank D’Souza
CEO: Frank D’Souza
Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Approval rating: 91% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: 33
"Friendly and helpful work environment. Higher Management is approachable. Bench period is short compared to most companies and also to the deserving, there are plenty of onsite opportunities." – Technical Analyst in Teaneck, NJ
No. 9: Yelp’s Jeremy Stoppelman
CEO: Jeremy Stoppelman
Company: Yelp
Approval rating: 91% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #22
“You'll often end up in the same elevator as Jeremy and he'll joke around as if he doesn't own a huge company.” – Yelp Elite Account Executive (San Francisco, CA)
No. 8: Salesforce’s Marc Benioff
CEO: Marc Benioff
Company: Salesforce
Approval rating: 92% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #21
“The CEO and executive leadership team do an excellent job ensuring all employees are aligned with the company vision and inspired to contribute.” – SalesForce UI/User Experience Designer (San Francisco, CA)
No. 7: T-Mobile's John Legere
CEO: John Legere
Company: T-Mobile
Approval rating: 93%
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: 14
“John Legere is a fun CEO to work under and is a part of the culture not an untouchable.” – T-Mobil Senior Business Analyst (Bellevue, WA)
No. 6: LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner
CEO: Jeff Weiner
Company: LinkedIn
Approval rating: 93% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #12
“Clear vision and mission, reinforced by CEO Jeff Weiner at bi-weekly all-hands meetings.” – LinkedIn Marketing Manager (San Francisco, CA)
No. 5: Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO: Dara Khosrowshahi
Company: Expedia
Approval rating: 94% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #11
“The leadership really cares about their employees and takes the time to make sure that everyone has the tools they need to succeed and excel.” – Expedia Credit Card Reconciliation Specialist (Springfield, MO)
No. 4: Apple’s Tim Cook
CEO: Tim Cook
Company: Apple
Approval rating: sx94% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #10
“Top level leadership is great. The common philosophy is all about doing the right thing for our customers.” – Apple Systems Design Engineer (Cupertino, CA)
No. 3: Ultimate Software’s Scott Scherr
CEO: Scott Scherr
Company: Ultimate Software
Approval rating: 95% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #5
“A CEO that truly cares about his people... he walks the walk.” – Ultimate Software Solutions Consultant (Arlington, VA)
“Always being able to talk openly, without conflict, the CEO knows every team member in Ultimate Software by name.” – Ultimate Software Services Mentor & Training Specialist (location, n/a)
No. 2: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
Company: Facebook
Approval rating: 95% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #4
Zuck is a legend in his own time, his Friday Q&A's are can't miss and it is awesome to hear him handle the tough unexpected questions.” – Facebook Client Partner(Menlo Park, CA)
“Leadership is driven by a tremendous and long-range vision, and does not optimize for near-term share price.” – Facebook Employee (location, n/a)
No. 1: Google's Larry Page
CEO: Larry Page
Company: Google
Approval rating: 97% approval
Overall ranking on Top 50 list: #1
“You’ll see Larry and Sergey at TGIF and you’ll admire how they lead the company. They are brilliant, goofy, low key but intense, and likeable.” – Google Employee (Mountain View, CA)
“Hires the best and the brightest people and works on ambitious goals. You work on things that matter in the world. Larry has a great vision for the company.” – Google Employee (location, n/a)
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