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PARTICIPANTS
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RATINGS
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579
TOTAL
RATINGS
4496

Bobby Kotick vs Ted Sarandos

Bobby Kotick Activision Blizzard's CEO
Bobby Kotick
Activision Blizzard
Top 25%
Top 25% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
B
73/100
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Ted Sarandos Netflix's CEO
Ted Sarandos
Netflix
Top 5%
Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A+
81/100

Activision Blizzard vs Netflix CEO Comparison Summary

Employees at Activision Blizzard rank Bobby Kotick in the Top 35% of CEOs in Los Angeles. Comparatively, employees at Netflix rank Ted Sarandos in the Top 10% of CEOs in San Francisco. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

Bobby Kotick Activision Blizzard's CEO
Bobby Kotick

CEO of Activision Blizzard

BIO: Mr. Kotick has been a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc. since February 1991 until July 2008, when he became Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. By merging Activision, Inc.'s top selling portfolio of console and handheld games with Blizzard Entertainment's leading PC and online subscription franchises, Activision Blizzard is the largest, most profitable pure-play interactive entertainment software publisher in the world with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry. In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, Mr. Kotick is also a member of the board of trustees for Harvard Westlake School and he is chairman of the committee of Trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where he serves as vice chairman of the board of directors. In addition, Mr. Kotick is the founder and co-chairman of the Call of Duty Endowment.

Ted Sarandos Netflix's CEO
Ted Sarandos

CEO of Netflix

BIO: After meeting Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in 1999, Sarandos joined Netflix in 2000. He serves as its Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer, overseeing Netflix's original programming and entertainment efforts. He is also a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Gender Score

Bobby Kotick Activision Blizzard's CEO
Bobby Kotick
Activision Blizzard
N/A
Gender

Not Enough Data

Ted Sarandos Netflix's CEO
Ted Sarandos
Netflix
Top 5%
Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A+
Gender

Women at Netflix rated their CEO an A+

Diversity Score

Bobby Kotick Activision Blizzard's CEO
Bobby Kotick
Activision Blizzard
Top 40%
Top 40% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
B-
Diversity

Diverse Employees at Activision Blizzard rated their CEO a B-

Ted Sarandos Netflix's CEO
Ted Sarandos
Netflix
Top 5%
Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A+
Diversity

Diverse Employees at Netflix rated their CEO an A+

Question:
Do you approve of your CEOs management style?

Question:
How would you rate the effectiveness of your CEO to drive business results?

Ted Sarandos Netflix's CEO
Ted Sarandos
Netflix
Excellent
70%
Good
15%
Average
15%
Poor
0%
Very Bad
0%

Who Ranks the CEO highest?

At Activision Blizzard, employees in the Design department rate Bobby Kotick the highest. At Netflix, the Design department's employees rate their CEO highest. And, 94% of Netflix's employees approve of their CEO's management style.

Bobby Kotick Activision Blizzard's CEO
Bobby Kotick
Activision Blizzard
73/100Department - Design
78/100Ethnicity - Caucasian
60/100Tenure - 2 to 5 Years
53/100Education - Bachelor's
63/100Experience - 1 to 3 Years
Ted Sarandos Netflix's CEO
Ted Sarandos
Netflix
92/100Department - Design
90/100Ethnicity - Caucasian
95/100Tenure - 5 to 10 Years
97/100Education - Doctoral or professional
90/100Experience - Over 10 Years