François Locoh-Donou F5, Inc. CEO Rating

F5, Inc. CEO, François Locoh-Donou, has 182 employee ratings and a score of 75/100, placing them in the Top 15% of similar size companies on Comparably with 5,001-10,000 Employees and Top 30% of other companies in Seattle. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at F5, Inc. rate François Locoh-Donou higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 79/100.

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Where This Score Ranks F5, Inc. CEO Rating

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In the Top 15% of 1808 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Top 30% of 140 Nearby Companies in Seattle
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F5, Inc. CEO François Locoh-Donou Bio

François Locoh-Donou is President and Chief Executive Officer of F5 and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Since joining F5 as CEO in April 2017, he has spearheaded the company’s business transformation from a networking hardware maker to a software- and SaaS-first leader in multi-cloud application security and delivery. He has also been instrumental in the company’s cultural transformation to a high-performance, human-first organization energized by F5’s purpose to bring a better digital world to life.

Prior to joining F5, Locoh-Donou served as Chief Operating Officer at Ciena, a global networking solutions provider to the telecom industry; his leadership positions there also included executive roles in the Product, Sales, and Marketing organizations. He also held research and development roles at Photonetics, a French opto-electronics company.

Raised in Togo and France, Locoh-Donou holds engineering degrees from École Centrale de Marseille and Télécom ParisTech in France, as well as an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the co-founder and chairman of Cajou Espoir, a cashew processing business employing several hundred people, mostly women, in rural Togo. Locoh-Donou also serves on the Board of Directors of Capital One, one of the most recognized brands in banking serving the U.S., U.K., and Canada.

Who Ranks F5, Inc. CEO Rating the Highest?

Ethnicity - African American/Black 93/100

Experience - 3 to 6 Years 90/100

Ethnicity - Other 87/100

Who Ranks F5, Inc. CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - Caucasian 71/100

Experience - Over 10 Years 75/100

Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 75/100

F5, Inc. CEO François Locoh-Donou At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at F5, Inc..

Based on 182 ratings, François Locoh-Donou ranks right below Akamai's CEO, Tom Leighton.

F5, Inc. CEO is highly regarded by African American/Black employees and employees with 3 to 6 Years experience. However, Caucasian employees, employees with Over 10 Years experience, and employees who have been at the company 2 to 5 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.