These are the Top 100 highest-rated CEOs of 2020, according to anonymous employee feedback on Comparably.com over the past 12 months. This distinction is segmented into two ranked lists: Top 50 CEOs from Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 CEOs from Small/Mid-Size companies (500 employees or fewer). Methodology is outlined below the lists. For 2019 rankings, click here.
Best CEOs (Large Companies)
1. Eric Yuan Zoom Video Communications San Jose, CA
2. Brian Halligan HubSpot Cambridge, MA
3. Sundar Pichai Google Mountain View, CA
4. Satya Nadella Microsoft Redmond, WA
5. Shantanu Narayen Adobe San Jose, CA
6. Ryan Smith Qualtrics Provo, UT
7. Patrick Pacious Choice Hotels Rockville, MD
8. Timothy Cook Apple Cupertino, CA
9. Annette Brüls Medela McHenry, IL
10. Vlad Shmunis RingCentral Belmont, CA
11. Robert Frist, Jr. HealthStream Nashville, TN
12. Mitch Snyder Bell Fort Worth, TX
13. Ian Siegel ZipRecruiter Santa Monica, CA
14. Daniel Dines UiPath New York, NY
15. Lynn Jurich Sunrun San Francisco, CA
16. Manny Medina Outreach Seattle, WA
17. Bert Bean Insight Global Atlanta, GA
18. John Foley Peloton New York, NY
19. Dan Rosensweig Chegg Santa Clara, CA
20. Henry Schuck ZoomInfo Vancouver, WA
21. Carlos Rodriguez ADP Roseland, NJ
22. Doug Mack Fanatics Jacksonville, FL
23. Steve Bilt Smile Brands Irvine, CA
24. Kenneth Lin Credit Karma San Francisco, CA
25. John Van Siclen Dynatrace Waltham, MA
26. Kevin Phillips ManTech Herndon, VA
27. Carl Russo Calix San Jose, CA
28. Sam Malouf Malouf Logan, UT
29. Pierre Naudé nCino Wilmington, NC
30. Bryce Maddock TaskUs San Antonio, TX
31. Jay Kreps Confluent Mountain View, CA
32. Mark Marron ePlus Herndon, VA
33. Cesar Carvalho Gympass New York, NY
34. Karen White RMS Newark, CA
35. Mahe Bayireddi Phenom People Ambler, PA
36. Barry Litwin Systemax Port Washington, NY
37. Sam Gilliland Cherwell Software Colorado Springs, CO
38. Amr ElSawy Noblis Reston, VA
39. Mike Walsh LexisNexis Legal & Professional New York, NY
40. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Menlo Park, CA
41. David Doctorow Realtor.com Santa Clara, CA
42. David Meredith Everbridge Burlington, MA
43. Robert Keane Vistaprint Waltham, MA
44. Thomas Troy CSAA Insurance Group Walnut Creek, CA
45. Jeff Dailey Farmers Insurance Woodland Hills, CA
46. Mike Salvino DXC Technology Tysons Corner, VA
47. Sumit Singh Chewy Dania Beach, FL
48. Tomer Weingarten SentinelOne Mountain View, CA
49. Mike Rosenbaum Guidewire Software San Mateo, CA
50. Clark Valberg InVision All-Remote
Best CEOs (Small/Mid-Size Companies)
1. Jason Purcell Salsify Boston, MA
2. Sarah Friar Nextdoor San Francisco, CA
3. Gus Malezis Imprivata Lexington, MA
4. Michael Werner HomeX Chicago, IL
5. Peter McKay Snyk Boston, MA
6. Doug Hirsch/Trevor Bezdek GoodRx Santa Monica, CA
7. Larry Dunivan Namely New York, NY
8. Tope Awotona Calendly Atlanta, GA
9. Mark Faggiano TaxJar All-Remote
10. Ryan Malone SmartBug Media All-Remote
11. Christian Gormsen Eargo San Jose, CA
12. Brady Brim-DeForest Theorem Encino, CA
13. Ellis McCue Territory Foods Arlington, VA
14. Hernan Lopez Wondery West Hollywood, CA
15. Joanna McFarland HopSkipDrive Los Angeles, CA
16. Ryan Westwood Simplus Salt Lake City, UT
17. Alex Goode GoSite San Diego, CA
18. David Cancel Drift Boston, MA
19. Paddy Spence Zevia Los Angeles, CA
20. Alexis Borisy EQRx Cambridge, MA
21. Ashvin Kumar Tophatter San Francisco, CA
22. Karl Mehta EdCast Mountain View, CA
23. Alex Austin Branch Metrics Redwood City, CA
24. Ellen Kullman Carbon Redwood City, CA
25. Chris DeWolfe Jam City Culver City, CA
26. Brian Hartnack Archer Education Los Angeles, CA
27. Alvaro Alonso (General Manager) Beiersdorf North America Wilton, CT
28. Joel Hyatt Globality Menlo Park, CA
29. Dave Thomas ThomasARTS Farmington, UT
30. John Benson Verisys Corporation South Jordan, UT
31. Shiv Gaglani Osmosis Kaysville, UT
32. Jessica Mah inDinero Portland, OR
33. Jeffrey Smith Smule San Francisco, CA
34. Kyle Nakasuji Clearcover Chicago, IL
35. Allison Robinson The Mom Project Chicago, IL
36. Jack Altman Lattice San Francisco, CA
37. Jeanne Knutzen PACE Staffing Network Bellevue, WA
38. Mitch Thrower Events.com La Jolla, CA
39. David Woodhouse NGM Biopharmaceuticals San Francisco, CA
40. Bruce Card Paragon Technology Group Scott AFB, IL
41. Larry O’Connor Other World Computing Woodstock, IL
42. John Berger Sunnova Houston, TX
43. Todd Olson Pendo Raleigh, NC
44. David Wennberg Quartet Health New York, NY
45. Matthew Gross Newsela New York, NY
46. Gleb Polyakov Nylas San Francisco, CA
47. Nobuyuki Ashida (President) MISUMI USA Shaumburg, IL
48. Joseph Hansen Buy Box Experts Lindon, UT
49. Jason Chicola Rev.com Austin, TX
50. Kyle Ford ArbiterSports Sandy, UT
Methodology
- This set of Comparably Awards are derived from sentiment ratings provided by employees who anonymously rated their CEOs on Comparably.com during a 12-month period (December 1, 2019-December 1, 2020).
- Rankings were determined based on a series of questions about the CEO. The answer to each question was given a numerical score and then compared to companies of similar size across North America.
- There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required. The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 North American companies.
- To qualify, Large companies (more than 500 employees) must have met a minimum of 75 employee participants and Small/Mid-Size companies (500 employees or fewer) needed a minimum of 25 employee participants. For fairness and statistical significance, additional weight was given to companies with more participation from their employee base.
About Comparably
Comparably (www.comparably.com) is a leading workplace culture and compensation monitoring site that provides the most comprehensive and accurate representation of what it’s like to work at companies. Employees can access salary data and anonymously rate their workplaces in 20 different culture categories, providing the public a transparent and in-depth look at the experiences workers have based on their gender, ethnicity, age, tenure, industry, location, and education. Since launching in 2016, Comparably has accumulated 10 million ratings from employees across 60,000 North American companies. It has become one of the most used SaaS solutions for employer branding and one of the most trusted third party sites for salary and workplace culture data. For highly-cited workplace culture and compensation studies, including Comparably’s annual Workplace Culture Awards: www.comparably.com/news.
