The two lists below represent the top-ranked CEOs from Small/Medium and Large Companies who were anonymously rated by female employees on Comparably.com from May 23, 2017 to May 23, 2018. See below for employee comments and methodology.
Don’t forget to check out the rest of our 2018 Leadership Awards, including Best CEOs for Diversity, Best Leadership, Best Professional Development and Best Managers.
50 Best CEOs for Women (Large Companies, Ranked)
1. Craig Jelinek, Costco (Issaquah, WA)
2. Satya Nadella, Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
3. Bert Bean, Insight Global (Atlanta, GA)
4. Brian Halligan, Hubspot (Cambridge, MA)
5. Brad Smith, Intuit (Mountain View, CA)
6. John Legere T-Mobile (Bellevue, WA)
7. Rami Elghandour Nevro (Redwood City, CA)
8. Alex Shootman, Workfront (Lehi, UT)
9. William R. Wagner, LogMeIn (Boston, MA)
10. Marc Benioff, Salesforce (San Francisco, CA)
11. R. Milton Johnson, HCA Holdings (Nashville, TN)
12. Andrew Cecere, U.S. Bank (Minneapolis, MN)
13. Sundar Pichai Google (Mountain View, CA)
14. Jeff Weiner LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA)
15. Shantanu Narayen Adobe (San Jose, CA)
16. Carlos A. Rodriguez, ADP (Roseland, NJ)
17. Craig Menear, The Home Depot (Atlanta, GA)
18. Andreas Fibig International Flavors & Fragrances (New York, NY)
19. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook (Menlo Park, CA)
20. Timothy Cook, Apple (Cupertino, CA)
21. Frederick W. Smith, FedEx (Memphis, TN)
22. Kevin Johnson, Starbucks (Seattle, WA)
23. Doug Mack Fanatics (Jacksonville, FL)
24. Jeffrey P. Bezos, Amazon (Seattle, WA)
25. Jack Dorsey, Twitter (San Francisco, CA)
26. William R. McDermott, SAP (Newtown Square, PA)
27. Eugene A. Hall, Gartner (Stamford, CT)
28. Frank D. Gibeau Zynga (San Francisco, CA)
29. Julie Sweet, Accenture (New York, NY)
30. Colin Doherty, Fuze (Boston, MA)
31. John Van Siclen, Dynatrace (Waltham, MA)
32. Logan Green, Lyft (San Francisco, CA)
33. Gordon Logan, Sport Clips (Georgetown, TX)
34. Daniel Schulman, PayPal (San Jose, CA)
35. Richard D. Fairbank, Capital One (McLean, VA)
36. Daniel P. Amos, Aflac (Columbus, GA)
37. Mary T. Barra, General Motors (Detroit, MI)
38. Devin Wenig, eBay (San Jose, CA)
39. Hubert Joly, Best Buy (Richfield, MN)
40. Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, GA)
41. Michael S. Dell, Dell (Round Rock, TX)
42. Pat Gelsinger, VMware (Palo Alto, CA)
43. Stephen B. Burke, NBCUniversal (New York, NY)
44. Hisayuki Idekoba Indeed.com (Austin, TX)
45. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, MD)
46. Amy Zupon, Vertafore (Denver, CO)
47. Reed Hastings, Netflix (Los Gatos, CA)
48. Steven Berglund, Trimble (Sunnyvale, CA)
49. Dion Weisler, HP Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
50. Punit Renjen, Deloitte (New York, NY)
What employees anonymously said:
Insight Global: “Insight Global’s leadership team is probably the most hands-on executive team out of any company I have ever had the opportunity of working for. For example, you get the opportunity to speak to the CEO before starting your career with Insight Global.”
HubSpot: “The company truly believes in culture and they walk the walk…it’s not just a bunch of propaganda. It’s positive, very women-friendly (the most women I’ve ever worked with at a tech company) and truly energizing to be here.”
Intuit: “Our CEO, Brad Smith, is an innovative leader who cares about all of his employees regardless of their level.”
T-Mobile: “Very genuine CEO who seems all-in on the company.”
Nevro: “Rami is the best CEO I have ever encountered. His philosophy, his values and his conviction. Dead weight doesn’t work at Nevro and I LOVE that.”
Workfront: “Alex is brilliant, insightful, and strategic. He’s also personable, friendly, and genuine. He’s all the traits you would want in a CEO that then trickle down throughout the leadership organization.”
50 Best CEOs for Women (Small/Mid-Size Companies)
—TOP 10 RANKED, REMAINING 40 IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER—
1. Noah Kerner, Acorns (Irvine, CA)
2. Gavan Thorpe, Boostability (Lehi, UT)
3. Mahe Bayireddi, Phenom People (Ambler, PA)
4. Sameer Dholakia, SendGrid (Denver, CO)
5. Giuseppe Incitti, Sitetracker (Palo Alto, CA)
6. David Cancel, Drift (Boston, MA)
7. Harry Glaser, Periscope Data (San Francisco, CA)
8. Timo Rein, Pipedrive (New York, NY)
9. Todd Olson, Pendo (Raleigh, NC)
10. Larry Gadea, Envoy (San Francisco, CA)
—ALPHABETICAL ORDER—
- Alan Rich, Chrome River Technologies (Los Angeles, CA)
- Alexander Austin, Branch Metrics (Redwood City, CA)
- Beth Trejo, Chatterkick (Sioux City, IA)
- Bill Smith, Shipt (Birmingham, AL)
- Bob Pritchett, Faithlife (Bellingham, WA)
- Bob Ruffolo, IMPACT Branding & Design (Wallingford, CT)
- Brewster Johnson, PeerStreet (El Segundo, CA)
- Christine Crane, BoldLeads (Chandler, AZ)
- Cynthia Barreda, NetCentrics Corporation (Herndon, VA)
- David A. Yovanno, Impact (Santa Barbara, CA)
- Doug Kaplan, Vitamin T (Los Angeles, CA)
- Edward J. Buckley III, Peerfit (Tampa, FL)
- Flint A. Lane, Billtrust (Hamilton, NJ)
- Fred Maglione, OmegaFi (Columbus, GA)
- George Lee, Snap Agency (Minneapolis, MN)
- Gunnar Lovelace, Thrive Market (Marina Del Rey, CA)
- Hadi Partovi, Code.org (Seattle, WA)
- J. R. Carter, Intersys Consulting (Austin, TX)
- John P. Benson, Verisys Corporation (Alexandria, VA)
- Josh Payne, StackCommerce (Venice, CA)
- Matthew Gonnering, Widen Enterprises (Madison, WI)
- Michael Ramlet, Morning Consult (Washington, DC)
- Nick Francis, Help Scout (Boston, MA)
- Praful Saklani, Pramata (Brisbane, CA)
- Rameet Chawla, Fueled (New York, NY)
- Rami Sass, WhiteSource (New York, NY)
- Robert Blatt, MomentFeed (Santa Monica, CA)
- Robert Reid, Sage Intacct (San Jose, CA)
- Ryan Christoi, KRT Marketing (Lafayette, CA)
- Ryan Malone, SmartBug Media (Newport Beach, CA)
- Sam Shank, HotelTonight (San Francisco, CA)
- Scott G. Wolfe Jr., zlien (New Orleans, LA)
- Scott Landis, VOX Network Solutions (Brisbane, CA)
- Sean Kelly, SnackNation (Culver City, CA)
- Sean Patrick Hopwood, Day Translations (New York, NY)
- Snehal Fulzele, Cloud Lending (San Mateo, CA)
- Stefan Batory, Booksy (Chicago, IL)
- Timothy Harris, Swift Navigation (San Francisco, CA)
- Tom Seery, RealSelf (Seattle, WA)
- Zohar Dayan, Wibbitz (New York, NY)
What employees anonymously said:
SendGrid: “Sameer is one of the best CEOs I’ve ever worked for. He is personally invested in helping his executive team be the best leaders they can be and it just trickles down from there.”
Sport Clips: “Gordon is an amazing entrepreneur and his vision for the company has made it a rewarding place to work.”
Periscope Data: “I was able to grab coffee with my CEO in the first few months and spend 45 minutes chatting with him. The last company I worked for the CEO never even looked at me, let alone spoke to me.”
Methodology
Comparably’s Leadership Awards are derived from sentiment ratings provided by employees who anonymously rated their employers on Comparably.com between May 23, 2017 and May 23, 2018. There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required. Large companies are considered organizations with more than 500 employees; small/mid-size are businesses with less than 500 employees. CEOs from Small/ Small/midsize companies had to have a minimum of 15 employees participating. Large companies had to have a minimum of 50 employees participating.
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