DigitalOcean simplifies cloud computing so developers and businesses can spend more time building software that changes the world. With its mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean helps developers, startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rapidly build, deploy and scale applications to accelerate innovation and increase productivity and agility. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 69

TOTAL RATINGS: 616

CEO: Yancey Spruill

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Yancey Spruill DigitalOcean CEO Rating

DigitalOcean's CEO, Yancey Spruill, has 48 employee ratings and a score of 82/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 501-1,000 Employees. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at DigitalOcean rate Yancey Spruill higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 80/100.

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Where This Score Ranks DigitalOcean's CEO Rating

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DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill Bio

As Chief Executive Officer, Yancey drives the overall strategy for DigitalOcean leading the company through its next phase of profitable growth. He brings a wealth of technical, financial, and leadership experience and spent the last 15 years in senior executive roles at technology companies including SendGrid and DigitalGlobe. Yancey started his career working as a manufacturing engineer at Corning Incorporated and The Clorox Company. He also has extensive investment banking experience focused on mergers and acquisitions at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, and Thomas Weisel Partners.

Who Ranks DigitalOcean's CEO Rating the Highest?

Experience - Over 10 Years 90/100

Department - HR 83/100

Gender - Female 80/100

Who Ranks DigitalOcean's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 37/100

Gender - Male 62/100

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 63/100

DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at DigitalOcean.

Based on 48 ratings, Yancey Spruill ranks right below Heroku's CEO.

DigitalOcean's CEO is highly regarded by employees with Over 10 Years experience, the HR department, and Female employees. However, employees who have been at the company 2 to 5 Years, Male employees, and employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.