Comparably’s 5th Annual list of Best CEOs for Women represents the top-ranked CEOs, based solely on sentiment ratings from female employees 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 less employees). See below the lists for detailed methodology.
“The chief executives on this year’s list have fostered company cultures that embrace diversity and inclusion, as shown by the feedback from their female employees,” said Comparably CEO Jason Nazar. “The consensus is that these top-rated CEOs lead with empathy and emotional intelligence.”
Top-Rated CEOs According to Women: Large Companies
1 Yamini Rangan HubSpot Cambridge MA
2 Arvind Krishna IBM Armonk NY
3 Carlos Rodriguez ADP Roseland, NJ
4 Shantanu Narayen Adobe San Jose CA
5 Vladimir Shmunis RingCentral Belmont CA
6 Jeffrey Dailey Farmers Insurance Woodland Hills CA
7 Brian Cassin Experian Costa Mesa CA
8 Dara Khosrowshahi Uber San Francisco CA
9 Fabrizio Freda Estee Lauder Companies New York NY
10 Kumsal Bayazit Elsevier New York NY
11 Jim Loree Stanley Black & Decker New Britain CT
12 Bert Bean Insight Global Atlanta GA
13 Bryce Maddock TaskUs New Braunfels TX
14 Robert G. Painter Trimble Sunnyvale CA
15 Christoph Schweizer Boston Consulting Group Boston MA
16 Carl Russo Calix San Jose CA
17 Martin Migoya Globant San Francisco CA
18 Chris Caldwell Concentrix Fremont CA
19 Susan Benoit CenterWell Home Health Atlanta GA
20 Mary Powell Sunrun San Francisco CA
21 Ian Siegel ZipRecruiter Santa Monica CA
22 Pierre Naudé nCino Wilmington NC
23 Kenneth Lin Credit Karma Oakland CA
24 Fidji Simo Instacart San Francisco CA
25 Dan Rosensweig Chegg Santa Clara CA
26 Zander Lurie Momentive.ai San Mateo CA
27 John Girard CIENCE Denver CO
28 Venu Raghavan Encora Scottsdale AZ
29 Judy R. McReynolds ArcBest Fort Smith AR
30 Bruce Goodman Vector Marketing Olean NY
31 Aaron VanTrojen Geneva Financial Home Loans Chandler AZ
32 Jason Zintak 6sense San Francisco CA
33 Steve Vaughan Cafe Rio Mexican Grill Salt Lake City UT
34 Robert Cadena Lean Solutions Group Coral Springs FL
35 Artie Starrs Topgolf Dallas TX
36 Harley Lippman Genesis10 New York NY
37 Wes Schroll FetchRewards Chicago IL
38 Zig Serafin Qualtrics Provo UT
39 Amit Yoran Tenable Columbia MD
40 Leslie Stretch Medallia San Francisco CA
41 Laurent Uberti Sitel Group Miami FL
42 Tony Detter Asurion Nashville TN
43 Glenn Kelman Redfin Seattle WA
44 Tomer Weingarten SentinelOne Mountain View CA
45 Nikesh Arora Palo Alto Networks Santa Clara CA
46 Robert Quattrocchi Northside Hospital Atlanta GA
47 Jennifer Scanlon UL Northbrook IL
48 Mike Walsh LexisNexis Legal & Professional New York NY
49 Keith G. Myers LHC Group Lafayette LA
50 Edward Logan Sport Clips Georgetown TX
51 Eugene Goland DataArt New York NY
52 Andrew Wang Beacon Hill Staffing Group Boston MA
53 Greg Haller Alorica Irvine CA
54 Mike Salvino DXC Technology Ashburn VA
55 Daniel Julien Teleperformance Miami FL
56 Pete McCanna Baylor Scott & White Health Dallas TX
57 Joseph R. Impicciche Ascension Saint Louis MO
58 Archie Black SPS Commerce Minneapolis MN
59 Steve Bilt Smile Brands Irvine CA
60 Chad Richison Paycom Oklahoma City OK
61 Kevin Ali Organon Jersey City NJ
62 Cliff Skelton Conduent Florham Park NJ
63 Manny Medina Outreach Seattle WA
64 Tony Strange Aveanna Healthcare Atlanta GA
65 Tomas Gorny Nextiva Scottsdale AZ
66 Worthing F. Jackman Waste Connections Spring TX
67 Clint Rachal Mint Dentistry Dallas TX
68 Christopher Chen ChenMed Miami FL
69 Rob Waldron Curriculum Associates North Billerica MA
70 Harry Youtan Phaidon International New York NY
71 Scott Brown FinancialForce San Francisco CA
72 Leon Topalian Nucor Corporation Charlotte NC
73 Anji Reddy Maram CriticalRiver Pleasanton CA
74 Greg Hare Visionworks San Antonio TX
75 Corey Thomas Rapid7 Boston MA
76 Jason Randall AppFolio Santa Barbara CA
77 Sam Malouf Malouf Companies Logan UT
78 Robert Keane Vista Waltham MA
79 Steven Sugarman The Change Company Anaheim CA
80 Scott Strazik GE Power Schenectady NY
81 Raul Vazquez Oportun San Carlos CA
82 Tony Safoian SADA North Hollywood CA
83 Brian Garish Banfield Pet Hospital Vancouver WA
84 R. Scott Rowe Flowserve Irving TX
85 Hari Ravichandran Aura Boston MA
86 Hunter Madeley Vena Solutions Toronto Canada
87 Marty Bonick Ardent Health Services Nashville TN
88 Aman Bhutani GoDaddy Tempe AZ
89 Paul Saleh Gainwell Technologies Tysons Corner VA
90 Matt Hawkins Snap Finance Salt Lake City UT
91 Dirk Van de Put Mondelez International Chicago IL
92 Dan Wright DataRobot Boston MA
93 Sarah Friar Nextdoor San Francisco CA
94 Anne Wojcicki 23andMe Sunnyvale CA
95 David Doctorow Realtor.com Santa Clara CA
96 Annette Brüls Medela McHenry IL
97 Doug Mack Fanatics Commerce Jacksonville FL
98 Bernadette Nixon Algolia San Francisco CA
99 Hovhannes Avoyan Picsart San Francisco CA
100 Jason Trevisan CarGurus Cambridge MA
Top-Rated CEOs According to Women: Small Companies
1 William J. Tessar Civic Financial Services Redondo Beach CA
2 Melanie Nallicheri EQRx Cambridge MA
3 John Swigart Pie Insurance Washington DC
4 David Coppins IntelyCare Quincy MA
5 Dave Thomas ThomasARTS Farmington UT
6 Neha Sampat Contentstack San Francisco CA
7 Mark Schopmeyer CaptivateIQ San Francisco CA
8 Nandan Banerjee Cogent Infotech Corp Pittsburgh PA
9 Christian Gormsen Eargo San Jose CA
10 Larry Dunivan Namely New York NY
11 Terrie Curran Phathom Pharmaceuticals Florham Park NJ
12 Shauna Smith Savory Restaurant Fund Lehi UT
13 Simha Sadasiva Ushur Santa Clara CA
14 Kendall Garrison Amplify Credit Union Austin TX
15 Shaival Shah Ribbon New York NY
16 Lindsay Poe BluPrint Home Loans Encinitas CA
17 RJ Pittman Matterport Sunnyvale CA
18 Nate Smith Lever San Francisco CA
19 Eyal Feldman Stampli Mountain View CA
20 Kip Hollister The Hollister Group Boston MA
21 Hubert Palan Productboard San Francisco CA
22 David Grace Deem Oakland CA
23 Brandon Park SuprTEK Ashburn VA
24 Jeffrey Glass Hometap Boston MA
25 Jason Fan Forma Fremont CA
26 Kevin Miller GR0 Los Angeles CA
27 Terrence Moorehead Nature’s Sunshine Products Lehi UT
28 Joe Longo Velosio Columbus OH
29 Brandon Krieg Stash New York NY
30 Ken Tarkoff Syapse San Francisco CA
31 Jen Spencer SmartBug Media Newport Beach CA
32 Lacey Menchen 360 Talent Avenue Henderson NV
33 Christine Yen honeycomb.io San Francisco CA
34 Amir Elichai Carbyne New York NY
35 Purva Gupta Lily AI Mountain View CA
36 Donnie Burris Trinity Logistics Seaford DE
37 Joey Gonzalez Barry’s Miami FL
38 Shane Lamb CyberCoders Irvine CA
39 Matt Warren Steampunk McLean VA
40 Khalil Zahar FightCamp Costa Mesa CA
41 Evan Kaplan InfluxData San Francisco CA
42 Jim VandeHei AXIOS Arlington VA
43 Kenneth Kahn LRP Media Group Palm Beach FL
44 Ted Jeanloz connectRN Waltham MA
45 Justin Siegel Deli Star Saint Louis MO
46 Kash Shaikh Virtana Palo Alto CA
47 Mahyar Raissi OpenPhone San Francisco CA
48 Kevin Chase AspireHR Dallas TX
49 Joel Hyatt Globality Palo Alto CA
50 Ben Madick Matic Columbus OH
51 Jennifer Silverberg SmartCommerce Atlanta GA
52 Patrick Kinsel Notarize Boston MA
53 Chris Widmayer Penrod Milwaukee WI
54 Eliana Hassen Onward Search Wilton CT
55 Ben Hodson JobNimbus Lehi UT
56 Graham Gardner Kyruus Boston MA
57 Mark Lawrence SpotHero Chicago IL
58 Julie Peck Vcheck Global New York NY
59 Marvin Crossnoe CoNetrix Lubbock TX
60 Art Agrawal Jerry Palo Alto CA
61 Aaron Johnson APS Payroll Shreveport LA
62 Christine Terman Crystal Equation Chicago IL
63 Gleb Budman Backblaze San Mateo CA
64 Deidre Paknad WorkBoard Redwood City CA
65 Nikki Pechet Homebound Santa Rosa CA
66 Jon Soldan Slingshot Technology Fort Worth TX
67 Mark Eldridge ALKU Andover MA
68 Steve Sonnenberg Awardco Provo UT
69 Taran Nandha Growth Natives Bellevue WA
70 Didi Gurfinkel DataRails New York NY
71 Roy Dekel SetSchedule Irvine CA
72 Mahbod Nia Veris Residential Jersey City NJ
73 Donald Brown LifeOmic Indianapolis IN
74 Jeff Lau Argus Logistics Atlanta GA
75 Kenny Cushing NetCentrics Corporation Herndon VA
76 Chris Rothstein Groove.co San Francisco CA
77 Benjamin Henderson Walker Advertising Torrance CA
78 Andrew Grauer Course Hero Redwood City CA
79 Kyle Nakatsuji Clearcover Chicago IL
80 Camryn Mastel Innovien Solutions Atlanta GA
81 Kurt Theobald Classy Llama Springfield MO
82 Liz Young Realm Living New York NY
83 Neil Costa HireClix Gloucester MA
84 Paddy Spence Zevia Encino CA
85 Gregg Dixon Voltus San Francisco CA
86 Michael J. Nathanson The Colony Group Boston MA
87 Brandon Skinner Riverside Payments Vancouver WA
88 Leon Backes Provident Realty Dallas TX
89 Terry Weber Biote Irving TX
90 Giuseppe Incitti Sitetracker Palo Alto CA
91 Andrew Leto Emerge Scottsdale AZ
92 Mark Turpin The HT Group Austin TX
93 Ross Wainwright Alida Toronto Canada
94 Brian Neman Sanguine Waltham MA
95 Peter Loeb Lionrock Recovery Petaluma CA
96 Shiv Gaglani Osmosis Kaysville UT
97 DJ Sampath Armorblox Sunnyvale CA
98 Scott Johnson Motivosity Lehi UT
99 Daniel Barber DataGrail San Francisco CA
100 Peter Hazlehurst Synctera Palo Alto CA
Methodology
· Comparably’s 5th annual Best CEOs for Women is based solely on ratings provided by female employees 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 companies large and small.
· Rankings were determined by the most positive sentiment ratings from women about their CEO. 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.