Yext Claimed Company

Yext is the enterprise agentic marketing platform. Built on the world's most comprehensive structured data infrastructure for local businesses, Yext gives brands the intelligence to see where they're losing, the verified data AI trusts, and the content and data distribution to reach every surface that matters — all from one platform. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 59

TOTAL RATINGS: 571

CEO: Mike Walrath

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Mike Walrath Yext CEO Rating

Yext's CEO, Mike Walrath, has 45 employee ratings and a score of 70/100, placing them in the Top 35% of similar size companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees and Top 50% of other companies in New York. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Yext rate Mike Walrath higher than females, giving the CEO a score of 81/100.

Last updated 9 days ago.

Where This Score Ranks Yext's CEO Rating

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In the Top 35% of 2126 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Top 50% of 707 Nearby Companies in New York
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Yext CEO Mike Walrath Bio

Michael Walrath is Chairman and CEO of Yext. He has served on the Yext board since 2009 and as Chairman of the Board since 2011.

Michael co-founded WGI Group, LLC, to provide growth capital to early and expansion stage startups in enterprise software, consumer internet and digital media industries. Previously, Michael was co-founder and Chairman of Moat Inc. which was acquired by Oracle in April 2017. In 2003, Michael founded Right Media - the world's first open exchange for digital advertising. He served as Chairman and CEO of the company until its acquisition by Yahoo! in July 2007. At Yahoo!, he was responsible for the operation of the global advertising marketplaces organization.

Mr. Walrath holds a B.A. in English from the University of Richmond.

Who Ranks Yext's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - HR 100/100

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 88/100

Experience - 3 to 6 Years 85/100

Who Ranks Yext's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Experience - 6 to 10 Years 55/100

Department - Product 70/100

Tenure - Less than 1 Year 77/100

Yext CEO Mike Walrath At a Glance

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

Based on 45 ratings, Mike Walrath ranks right below Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen.

Yext's CEO is highly regarded by the HR department, employees with 1 to 3 Years experience, and employees with 3 to 6 Years experience. However, employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, the Product department, and employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year 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.