Comparably’s annual 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 23, 2020-June 23, 2021). Derived from 10 million ratings across 60,000 companies, the list is segmented by Top 50 CEOs of Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 CEOs of small/mid-size businesses (500 or fewer employees). Every CEO on the list is in the Top 5% of all CEOs rated by diverse employees of color.
Top-Rated CEOs for Diversity: Large Companies
1 Eric Yuan Zoom Video Communications San Jose, CA
2 Vladimir Shmunis RingCentral Belmont, CA
3 Shantanu Narayen Adobe San Jose, CA
4 Dan Rosensweig Chegg Santa Clara, CA
5 Rich Lesser Boston Consulting Group Boston, MA
6 Arvind Krishna IBM Armonk, NY
7 Kenneth Lin Credit Karma Oakland, CA
8 Henry Schuck ZoomInfo Vancouver, WA
9 Chris Caldwell Concentrix Fremont, CA
10 Brian Halligan HubSpot Cambridge, MA
11 Satya Nadella Microsoft Redmond, WA
12 Sundar Pichai Google Mountain View, CA
13 Bryce Maddock TaskUs Santa Monica, CA
14 Cesar Carvalho Gympass New York, NY
15 Robert G. Painter Trimble Sunnyvale, CA
16 Andy Lee Alorica Irvine, CA
17 Bradley Jacobs XPO Logistics Greenwich, CT
18 Kumsal Bayazit Elsevier New York, NY
19 Sumit Singh Chewy Dania, FL
20 Leslie Stretch Medallia San Francisco, CA
21 Mike Walsh LexisNexis Legal & Professional New York, NY
22 Carlos Rodriguez ADP Roseland, NJ
23 Tomer Weingarten SentinelOne Mountain View, CA
24 Carl Russo Calix San Jose, CA
25 Aman Bhutani GoDaddy Scottsdale, AZ
26 Annette Brüls Medela McHenry, IL
27 Tarun Raisoni Rahi Fremont, CA
28 Sarah Friar Nextdoor San Francisco, CA
29 Amy Zupon Vertafore Denver, CO
30 Dara Khosrowshahi Uber San Francisco, CA
31 Mike Salvino DXC Technology Tysons Corner, VA
32 Andrew Wang Beacon Hill Staffing Group Boston, MA
33 Thomas Yoon LG Electronics North America Englewood Cliffs, NJ
34 Laurent Uberti Sitel Group Miami, FL
35 James Farley Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI
36 Rafael Ilishayev & Yakir Gola Gopuff Philadelphia, PA
37 Scott Strazik GE Power Schenectady, NY
38 Robert Santella IPC Systems Jersey City, NJ
39 Mahe Bayireddi Phenom Ambler, PA
40 Anthony Casalena Squarespace New York, NY
41 Cliff Skelton Conduent Florham Park, NJ
42 Scott Worthington & Mary Leigh Phillips DriveTime Tempe, AZ
43 Tony Detter Asurion Nashville, TN
44 Thomas Troy CSAA Insurance Group Walnut Creek, CA
45 David Meredith Everbridge Burlington, MA
46 George Fraser Fivetran Oakland, CA
47 Apoorva Mehta Instacart San Francisco, CA
48 Ayub Khattak Cue Health San Diego, CA
49 Mark Kelsey LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group Alpharetta, GA
50 Mitch Snyder Bell Flight Fort Worth, TX
Top-Rated CEOs for Diversity: Small/Mid-Size Companies
1 John Berger Sunnova Energy Houston, TX
2 Doug Hirsch & Trevor Bezdek GoodRx Santa Monica, CA
3 Martijn Atell VoteBash Wilmington, DE
4 Steven Sugarman The Change Company Irvine, CA
5 Amir Movafaghi Mixpanel San Francisco, CA
6 Ross Wainwright Alida Toronto, Canada
7 Alessio Alionco Pipefy San Francisco, CA
8 David Muse Elemica Wayne, PA
9 Larry Dunivan Namely New York, NY
10 Brad Hoover Grammarly San Francisco, CA
11 Alex Canter Ordermark Los Angeles, CA
12 Ashvin Kumar Tophatter San Francisco, CA
13 William J. Tessar Civic Financial Services Redondo Beach, CA
14 Hunter Madeley Vena Solutions Toronto, CA
15 Jessica Mah inDinero Walnut, CA
16 Wes Schroll Fetch Rewards Chicago, IL
17 Gene Berdichevsky Sila Nanotechnologies Alameda, CA
18 Gleb Polyakov Nylas San Francisco, CA
19 Brady Brim-DeForest Theorem Encino, CA
20 Joel Hyatt Globality Menlo Park, CA
21 Eran Gilad Fuel Cycle Los Angeles, CA
22 David Grace Deem Oakland, CA
23 Ziv Elul Fyber San Francisco, CA
24 Todd Olson Pendo Raleigh, NC
25 Ray Grainger Mavenlink Irvine, CA
26 Kyle Nakatsuji Clearcover Chicago, IL
27 Mike Massaro Flywire Boston, MA
28 Paddy Spence Zevia Encino, CA
29 Ellen Kullman Carbon Redwood City, CA
30 William Facteau Earlens Redwood City, CA
31 Steven Bartel Gem San Francisco, CA
32 Kevin Czinger Divergent Torrance, CA
33 Harry Youtan Phaidon International New York, NY
34 Alexis Borisy EQRx Cambridge, MA
35 Tope Awotona Calendly Atlanta, GA
36 Jason Purcell Salsify Boston, MA
37 Sundar Vaidyanathan Karsun Solutions Herndon, VA
38 Christian Gormsen Eargo San Jose, CA
39 Karl Mehta EdCast Mountain View, CA
40 Jim VandeHei AXIOS Arlington, VA
41 Eric Min Zwift Long Beach, CA
42 Dimitri Sirota BigID New York, NY
43 Alexander Austin Branch Redwood City, CA
44 Dhananjay Sampath Armorblox Sunnyvale, CA
45 David Cancel Drift Boston, MA
46 Nobuyuki Ashida MISUMI Schaumburg, IL
47 Michael Horvath Strava California City, CA
48 Hubert Palan Productboard San Francisco, CA
49 Sean Moriarty Leaf Group Santa Monica, CA
50 Rodger Desai Prove (formerly Payfone) New York, NY
Methodology
- Comparably’s Best CEOs for Diversity is derived from ratings solely provided by employees of color (non-Caucasian) who anonymously rated their CEOs on comover a 12-month period (June 23, 2020 through June 23, 2021). The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 U.S. companies large and small.
- Rankings were determined by the most positive sentiment ratings from employees of color (non-Caucasian) about the CEO’s effectiveness and management style. 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 is a workplace culture and compensation monitoring site with a mission to provide more transparent and rewarding workplaces. Employees can access salary data and rate their companies, CEOs, and work experiences through the lens of specific demographics including gender, ethnicity, age, tenure, industry, location, and education. With 10 million ratings from employees at over 60,000 U.S. companies, Comparably has become one of the most used SaaS solutions for employer branding and trusted third party sites for salary and workplace culture data. For more information on Comparably, go to www.comparably.com. For highly-cited workplace culture and compensation studies, including Comparably’s annual Workplace Culture Awards, log onto www.comparably.com/blog.
