Top executives, CEOs especially, are often measured by the business decisions they make and how their company is performing. Often just as important, however, is the company’s culture, which executives also help shape. A positive culture can help boost employee morale and with it productivity and sales. It can also attract quality employees and keep turnover low — further boosting the company’s performance.
With employee review websites such as Glassdoor, the popularity of a given CEO is readily available. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the top 50 employee rated chief executives at U.S.-based companies from Glassdoor’s recent report, “Employee Choice Awards: Highest Rated CEOs.” Bob Bechek, the chief executive officer of consultancy firm Bain & Company ranks first.
Three other consulting firm CEOs made the list, including Dominic Barton of McKinsey & Co. in third place; KPMG CEO John Veihmeyer in 13th; and Mark Weinberger of EY in 14th place.
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Leaders of tech companies occupied another six positions. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was ranked fourth; Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) ranked fifth; Marc Benioff of SalesForce.com (NYSE: CRM) ranked sixth; and, Sundar Picha of Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) ranked seventh.
Consulting and technology companies tend to offer some of the nation’s highest salaries, and this may partially explain the tendency of employees to give favorable ratings. Long-term employee satisfaction — not just with a CEO but with the company as a whole — is more closely related to trust in senior leadership than it is with salary, however.
To identify the highest rated CEOs, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed Glassdoor’s recent report, “Employee Choice Awards: Highest Rated CEOs.” In order to be considered, companies needed to have at least 100 Glassdoor-approved company reviews, including at least 100 CEO approval ratings and at least 100 senior management ratings from current and former U.S.-based employees between May 2, 2015 and May 1, 2016. We also reviewed annual revenue figures. For the 30 public companies on this list, revenue figures came from financial documents filed with the federal government. For the remaining 20 private companies, revenue figures were from company websites. When unavailable, revenue figures were obtained from Glassdoor, or from Forbes. In the few cases where a company does not disclose revenue, revenue for the holding company was used.
These are the 50 most popular CEOs in America.
50. Calvin McDonald
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Sephora
> Industry: Retail
> Revenue: $40.65 billion (parent company)
49. Bob Faith
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Greystar
> Industry: Real estate
> Revenue: $100 to 500 million
48. Omar S. Ishrak (MDT)
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Medtronic
> Industry: Biotech & pharmaceuticals
> Revenue: $20.26 billion
47. Laurent Potdevin (LULU)
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: lululemon
> Industry: Retail
> Revenue: $2.06 billion
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46. Craig Jelinek (COST)
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Costco Wholesale
> Industry: Retail
> Revenue: $116.20 billion
45. Mitch Barns (NLSN)
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Nielsen
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $6.17 billion
44. Brad Jackson
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Slalom Consulting
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $573.1 million
43. Colin Dyer (JLL)
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: JLL
> Industry: Real estate
> Revenue: $5.97 billion
42. Carl Bass (ADSK)
> CEO rating: 92%
> Company: Autodesk
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $2.50 billion
41. Cathy Engelbert
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: Deloitte
> Industry: Accounting & legal
> Revenue: $35.20 billion
40. Laurence D. Fink (BLK)
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: BlackRock
> Industry: Finance
> Revenue: $11.40 billion
39. Kevin A. Lobo (SYK)
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: Stryker
> Industry: Manufacturing
> Revenue: $9.95 billion
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38. Stephen B. Burke
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: NBCUniversal
> Industry: Media
> Revenue: $28.46 billion
37. Thomas E. Richards (CDW)
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: CDW
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $12.99 billion
36. Jen-Hsun Huang (NVDA)
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: NVIDIA
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $5.00 billion
35. Joseph A. Tarantino
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: Protiviti
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $624 million
34. Craig B. Thompson
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: Memorial Sloan Kettering
> Industry: Health care
> Revenue: $35.9 million
33. Lloyd C. Blankfein (GS)
> CEO rating: 93%
> Company: Goldman Sachs
> Industry: Finance
> Revenue: $33.82 billion
32. Aneel Bhusri (WDAY)
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Workday
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $1.16 billion
31. Pamela M. (Pam) Nicholson (EPD)
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Enterprise Holdings
> Industry: Travel & tourism
> Revenue: $6.67 billion
30. Rick Smith (EFX)
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Equifax
> Industry: Finance
> Revenue: $2.66 billion
29. Mark G. Parker (NKE)
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: NIKE
> Industry: Manufacturing
> Revenue: $30.60 billion
28. Lesa J. Francis
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Staffmark
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $100-500.00 million
27. Bill McDermott (SAP)
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: SAP
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $22.58 billion (parent company)
26. Chet Cadieux III
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: QuikTrip
> Industry: Restaurants, bars & food services
> Revenue: $10.96 billion
25. Corey Schiller & Asher Raphael
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Power Home Remodeling
> Industry: Construction, repair & maintenance
> Revenue: $375 million
24. Rami Rahim (JNPR)
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Juniper Networks
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $4.86 billion
23. Spencer Rascoff
> CEO rating: 94%
> Company: Zillow
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $640 million
22. Ian T. Clark
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: Genentech
> Industry: Biotech & pharmaceuticals
> Revenue: $5.00 billion (parent company)
21. Dara Khosrowshahi (EXPE)
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: Expedia
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $6.67 billion
20. Shantanu Narayen (ADBE)
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: Adobe
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $4.80 billion
19. Charles C. Butt
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: H E B
> Industry: Retail
> Revenue: $22.00 billion
18. Aron J. Ain
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: Kronos Incorporated
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: > $1 billion
17. Lynsi Snyder
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: In-N-Out Burger
> Industry: Restaurants, bars & food services
> Revenue: $350 million
16. Alex Gorsky (JNJ)
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: Johnson & Johnson
> Industry: Biotech & pharmaceuticals
> Revenue: $15.41 billion
15. Jack Little
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: MathWorks
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $800 million
14. Mark Weinberger
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: EY
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $28.70 billion
13. John B. Veihmeyer
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: KPMG
> Industry: Accounting & legal
> Revenue: $24.44 billion
12. John Legere (TMUS)
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: T-Mobile
> Industry: Telecommunications
> Revenue: $32.05 billion
11. David S. Taylor (PG)
> CEO rating: 95%
> Company: Procter & Gamble
> Industry: Manufacturing
> Revenue: $76.28 billion
10. Jim Whitehurst (RHT)
> CEO rating: 96%
> Company: Red Hat
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $2.05 billion
9. Joseph R. Sivewright
> CEO rating: 96%
> Company: Nestlé Purina PetCare
> Industry: Manufacturing
> Revenue: $92.57 billion (parent company)
8. Tim Cook (AAPL)
> CEO rating: 96%
> Company: Apple
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $233.72 billion
7. Sundar Pichai (GOOGL)
> CEO rating: 96%
> Company: Google
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $74.99 billion
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6. Marc Benioff (CRM)
> CEO rating: 97%
> Company: Salesforce
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $6.67 billion
5. Jeff Weiner (LNKD)
> CEO rating: 97%
> Company: LinkedIn
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $2.99 billion
4. Mark Zuckerberg (FB)
> CEO rating: 97%
> Company: Facebook
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $17.93 billion
3. Dominic Barton
> CEO rating: 99%
> Company: McKinsey & Company
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $8.30 billion
2. Scott Scherr (ULTI)
> CEO rating: 99%
> Company: Ultimate Software
> Industry: Information technology
> Revenue: $620 million
1. Bob Bechek
> CEO rating: 99%
> Company: Bain & Company
> Industry: Business services
> Revenue: $2.20 billion
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