Comparably’s annual list of Best CEOs for Diversity represents the top-ranked CEOs, based solely on anonymous sentiment ratings from employees of color (non-Caucasian) on Comparably.com in the previous 12 months (June 24, 2021-June 24, 2022). Derived from 15 million ratings across 70,000 companies, the list is segmented by Top 100 CEOs of Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 100 CEOs of Small/Mid-size businesses (500 or fewer employees). See below the lists for detailed methodology.
“Listening to and promoting the voices of all diverse employees is critical,” said Comparably CEO Jason Nazar. “This year’s list of CEOs implement equity and inclusion at the forefront of how they lead, according to feedback directly from their employees of color.”
Top-Rated CEOs According to BIPOC Employees: Large Companies
1 Satya Nadella Microsoft Redmond WA
2 Shantanu Narayen Adobe San Jose CA
3 Carlos Rodriguez ADP Roseland NJ
4 Yamini Rangan HubSpot Cambridge MA
5 Arvind Krishna IBM Armonk NY
6 Dara Khosrowshahi Uber San Francisco CA
7 Vladimir Shmunis RingCentral Belmont CA
8 Dan Rosensweig Chegg Santa Clara CA
9 Brian Cassin Experian Costa Mesa CA
10 Zander Lurie Momentive.ai San Mateo CA
11 Martin Migoya Globant San Francisco CA
12 Bryce Maddock TaskUs New Braunfels TX
13 Sarah Friar Nextdoor San Francisco CA
14 Leslie Stretch Medallia San Francisco CA
15 Nikesh Arora Palo Alto Networks Santa Clara CA
16 Kumsal Bayazit Elsevier New York NY
17 Carl Russo Calix San Jose CA
18 Archie Black SPS Commerce Minneapolis MN
19 Kenneth Lin Credit Karma Oakland CA
20 Mike Salvino DXC Technology Ashburn VA
21 Jim Loree Stanley Black & Decker New Britain CT
22 Robert G. Painter Trimble Sunnyvale CA
23 Bert Bean Insight Global Atlanta GA
24 Chris Caldwell Concentrix Fremont CA
25 Cesar Carvalho Gympass New York NY
26 Shoaib Makani Motive San Francisco CA
27 Jason Zintak 6sense San Francisco CA
28 Mike Walsh LexisNexis Legal & Professional New York NY
29 Ian Siegel ZipRecruiter Santa Monica CA
30 Robert Cadena Lean Solutions Group Coral Springs FL
31 Tomer Weingarten SentinelOne Mountain View CA
32 Jeffrey Dailey Farmers Insurance Woodland Hills CA
33 Mary Powell Sunrun San Francisco CA
34 Steve Vaughan Cafe Rio Mexican Grill Salt Lake City UT
35 Laurent Uberti Sitel Group Miami FL
36 Scott Staples First Advantage Atlanta GA
37 Venu Raghavan Encora Scottsdale AZ
38 Robert Quattrocchi Northside Hospital Atlanta GA
39 Kevin Ali Organon Jersey City NJ
40 Steve Bilt Smile Brands Irvine CA
41 Amy Zupon Vertafore Denver CO
42 Bruce Goodman Vector Marketing Olean NY
43 Michael Jackowski Duck Creek Technologies Boston MA
44 Tarun Raisoni Rahi Fremont CA
45 John Girard CIENCE Denver CO
46 Anji Reddy Maram CriticalRiver Pleasanton CA
47 Daniel Julien Teleperformance Miami FL
48 David Meredith Boomi Chesterbrook PA
49 Eugene Goland DataArt New York, NY
50 Dallas Tanner Invitation Homes Dallas, TX
51 Jorge Gonzalez City National Bank of Florida Miami FL
52 William J. (John) Berger Sunnova Energy International Miami FL
53 Harley Lippman Genesis10 New York NY
54 Andrew Wang Beacon Hill Staffing Group Boston MA
55 Mike Rosenbaum Guidewire Software San Mateo CA
56 Tony Detter Asurion Nashville TN
57 Edward Logan Sport Clips Georgetown TX
58 John Box Meltwater San Francisco CA
59 Bryan W. Adams INTEGRITY Dallas TX
60 Tony Safoian SADA North Hollywood CA
61 Carl Delia Emser Tile Los Angeles CA
62 Mark Mader Smartsheet Bellevue WA
63 Aaron VanTrojen Geneva Financial Home Loans Chandler AZ
64 Artie Starrs Topgolf Dallas TX
65 Amit Yoran Tenable Columbia MD
66 Matt Hawkins Snap Finance Salt Lake City UT
67 Rick Smith Axon Scottsdale AZ
68 Steven Sugarman The Change Company Anaheim CA
69 Jennifer Scanlon UL Northbrook IL
70 Alessio Alionco Pipefy San Francisco CA
71 Josh Campo Razorfish New York NY
72 Clint Rachal Mint Dentistry Dallas TX
73 Tony Strange Aveanna Healthcare Atlanta GA
74 Ayub Khattak Cue Health Inc. San Diego CA
75 Bharat Rao Startek Denver CO
76 Steve Majerus Synergy One Lending San Diego CA
77 Paul Smith City Facilities Management (US) Jacksonville FL
78 Raul Vazquez Oportun San Carlos CA
79 Harry Youtan Phaidon International York NY
80 Andy Macdonald Consilio Washington DC
81 Hunter Madeley Vena Solutions Toronto Canada
82 Mark Kelsey LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group Alpharetta GA
83 Pierre Naudé nCino Wilmington NC
84 Aaron King Snapdocs San Francisco CA
85 Chet Kapoor DataStax Santa Clara CA
86 Hayes Barnard GoodLeap Roseville CA
87 Robert & Leland Ackerley Smith Houston TX
88 Dave McJannet HashiCorp San Francisco CA
89 David King Optima Tax Relief Santa Ana CA
90 Rory Read Vonage Holmdel NJ
91 Amr ElSawy Noblis Reston VA
92 Aron Ain UKG Weston FL
93 Gaby Saliby Nexius Frisco TX
94 Dan Wright DataRobot Boston MA
95 Andrew Bialecki Klaviyo Boston MA
96 Chuck Goodrich Gaylor Electric Indianapolis IN
97 Matt Calkins Appian McLean VA
98 Rachel Carlson Guild Education Denver CO
99 Christian Klein SAP Newtown Square PA
100 Aman Bhutani GoDaddy Tempe AZ
Top-Rated CEOs According to BIPOC Employees: Small/Mid-Size Companies
1 Larry Dunivan Namely New York NY
2 Roy Dekel SetSchedule Irvine CA
3 William J. Tessar Civic Financial Services Redondo Beach CA
4 Mark Schopmeyer CaptivateIQ San Francisco CA
5 Neha Sampat Contentstack San Francisco CA
6 Nandan Banerjee Cogent Infotech Corp Pittsburgh PA
7 Joe Longo Velosio Columbus OH
8 Brandon Krieg Stash New York NY
9 Ted Jeanloz connectRN Waltham MA
10 Brandon Park SuprTEK Ashburn VA
11 Melanie Nallicheri EQRx Cambridge MA
12 Apu Pavithran Mitsogo San Francisco CA
13 Joel Hyatt Globality Palo Alto CA
14 Terrie Curran Phathom Pharmaceuticals Florham Park NJ
15 Lindsay Poe BluPrint Home Loans Encinitas CA
16 John Swigart Pie Insurance Washington DC
17 Nate Smith Lever San Francisco CA
18 Hubert Palan Productboard San Francisco CA
19 Didi Gurfinkel DataRails New York NY
20 Giuseppe Incitti Sitetracker Palo Alto CA
21 Gene Berdichevsky Sila Nanotechnologies Alameda CA
22 Taran Nandha Growth Natives Bellevue WA
23 Christian Gormsen Eargo San Jose CA
24 Karl Mehta EdCast Mountain View CA
25 Shaival Shah Ribbon New York NY
26 Ross Wainwright Alida Toronto, Canada
27 Eyal Feldman Stampli Mountain View CA
28 Gleb Budman Backblaze San Mateo CA
29 Kevin Miller GR0 Los Angeles CA
30 William Creech Everlight Solar Madison WI
31 Simha Sadasiva Ushur Santa Clara CA
32 Kash Shaikh Virtana Palo Alto CA
33 Shane Lamb CyberCoders Irvine CA
34 Mahyar Raissi OpenPhone San Francisco CA
35 Alex Canter Nextbite Denver CO
36 Rupak Lohit Copper Mobile Dallas TX
37 Kenny Cushing NetCentrics Corporation Herndon VA
38 Ruslan Desyatnikov QA Mentor New York NY
39 Amir Elichai Carbyne New York NY
40 Nancy Smith Analytic Partners New York NY
41 Rich Waldron tray.io San Francisco CA
42 Kyle Nakatsuji Clearcover Chicago IL
43 Mark Lawrence SpotHero Chicago IL
44 Dave Thomas ThomasARTS Farmington UT
45 Michael Horvath Strava California City CA
46 Jon Soldan Slingshot Technology Fort Worth TX
47 Mahbod Nia Veris Residential Jersey City NJ
48 Paddy Spence Zevia Encino CA
49 Matt Bivons Canopy San Francisco CA
50 Jason Fan Forma Fremont CA
51 Preetham Reddy TechFabric Gilbert AZ
52 Alexander Austin Branch Palo Alto CA
53 Lacey Menchen 360 Talent Avenue Henderson NV
54 Joe Marinucci Digital Media Solutions Clearwater FL
55 Jim VandeHei AXIOS Arlington VA
56 Jeff Lau Argus Logistics Atlanta GA
57 Kendall Garrison Amplify Credit Union Austin TX
58 Shiv Gaglani Osmosis Kaysville UT
59 Ganesh Shankar RFPIO Beaverton OR
60 Mark Herrington OnSolve Alpharetta GA
61 Evan Kaplan InfluxData San Francisco CA
62 Christine Yen honeycomb.io San Francisco CA
63 Andrew Grauer Course Hero Redwood City CA
64 Scott Burgess Continu San Francisco CA
65 Purva Gupta Lily AI Mountain View CA
66 Rodger Desai Prove New York NY
67 Ben Hodson JobNimbus Lehi UT
68 Ken Tarkoff Syapse San Francisco CA
69 Ev Kontsevoy Teleport Oakland CA
70 Renate Nyborg Tinder Los Angeles CA
71 Jen Spencer SmartBug Media Newport Beach CA
72 Scott Webb Avionos Chicago IL
73 Harrison Tang Spokeo Pasadena CA
74 Nabeel Alamgir Lunchbox New York NY
75 David Coppins IntelyCare Quincy MA
76 Liz Young Realm Living York NY
77 Gleb Polyakov Nylas San Francisco CA
78 Graham Gardner Kyruus Boston MA
79 Brandon Skinner Riverside Payments Vancouver WA
80 Terrence Moorehead Nature’s Sunshine Products Lehi UT
81 Oleg Rogynskyy People.ai San Francisco CA
82 Deidre Paknad WorkBoard Redwood City CA
83 Bill Smith Landing Birmingham AL
84 Benjamin Henderson Walker Advertising Torrance CA
85 John Celebi Sensei Biotherapeutics Boston MA
86 RJ Pittman Matterport Sunnyvale CA
87 Jessica DeVlieger C Space Boston MA
88 Sundar Vaidyanathan Karsun Solutions Herndon VA
89 Chris DeWolfe Jam City Culver City CA
90 Neal Shenoy BEGiN New York NY
91 Evan Walker Route Lehi UT
92 John Frazier inDinero Walnut CA
93 Seth Ettenberg BlueRock Therapeutics Cambridge MA
94 Amir Movafaghi Mixpanel San Francisco CA
95 Tom Wilde Indico Data Boston MA
96 Brady Brim-DeForest TheoremOne Woodland Hills CA
97 Brian Neman Sanguine Waltham MA
98 Kip Hollister The Hollister Group Boston MA
99 Khalil Zahar FightCamp Costa Mesa CA
100 Amir Erez Cedar Financial Calabasas CA
Methodology
· Comparably’s 5th annual list of Best CEOs for Diversity is derived from ratings solely provided by employees of color (non-Caucasian) who anonymously rated their CEOs on Comparably.com over a 12-month period (June 24, 2021 through June 24, 2022). The final data set was compiled from 15 million ratings across 70,000 U.S. companies large and small.
· Rankings were determined by the most positive sentiment ratings from employees of color (non-Caucasian) about their CEOs. Additional weight was given to companies with more participation from their employee base, relative to their company size, for statistical significance.
· To qualify, Large companies (more than 500 employees) must have met a minimum of 75 employee participants and Small/Mid-Size companies (500 or fewer employees) must have met a minimum of 25 employee participants.
· There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required.
About Comparably
Comparably (www.comparably.com) is a leading workplace culture and corporate brand reputation platform with over 15 million anonymous employee ratings on 70,000 companies. With the most comprehensive data on large and SMB organizations in nearly 20 different workplace categories – based on gender, ethnicity, age, experience, industry, location, education – it is one of the most used SaaS platforms for employer branding and a trusted third party site for workplace culture and compensation. For more information on Comparably’s studies and annual Best Places to Work & Best Brands Awards, visit www.comparably.com/news.Q