That's why, for many CEOs, staying popular among employees is often pushed to the back burner. Yet, some manage to keep both their employees and shareholders happy.
Bloomberg has put together a list of the most popular CEOs heading public companies in the US, based on a survey done by Glassdoor. We have narrowed it down to the 13 tech CEOs who received the highest approval rating.
1. LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner
Approval rating: 99.5%
CEO since: 2008
Market cap: $24.9 billion
Revenue (2013): $1.53 billion
About Jeff Weiner: With over 19 years of experience, Weiner is one of the most powerful leaders in tech. Under his leadership, LinkedIn has grown into a truly global platform, spanning 23 languages and 30 worldwide offices. It also has over 330 million users and nearly 6,000 employees.
2. Qualcomm’s Paul Jacobs
Approval rating: 94.8%
CEO since: 2005 (until 2014)
Market cap: $129.6 billion
Revenue (2013): $24.9 billion
About Paul Jacobs: Jacobs stepped down as CEO in March 2014, but he’s been a big part of Qualcomm for the nearly 10 years he has served as CEO. Since joining the company in 1990 as an engineer, Jacobs became VP and general manager within five years, and was named CEO in 2005. He was also appointed chairman in 2009.
3. Intuit’s Brad Smith
Approval rating: 94.4%
CEO since: 2008
Market cap: $24.79 billion
Revenue (2013): $4.5 billion
About Brad Smith: Before he was named CEO, Smith spent five years as Intuit’s senior VP and general manager, overseeing the company’s small business division, which includes the QuickBooks and Payroll products. He was also a part of the team that managed TurboTax products.
4. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
Approval rating: 93.3%
CEO since: 2004
Market cap: $191.7 billion
Revenue (2013): $7.8 billion
About Mark Zuckerberg: Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his college dorm room at Harvard in 2004. Since then, Facebook has become the largest social media site in the world, with more than 1.35 billion monthly active users. Zuckerberg’s net worth is over $32.7 billion, according to Forbes.
5. Google’s Larry Page
Approval rating: 93.2%
CEO since: 2001
Market cap: $373.3 billion
Revenue (2013): $57.86 billion
About Larry Page: Page co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1999. He was the company’s first CEO until 2001. From 2001 to 2011, Larry was president of products. Recently, Google announced that Page would be taking a step back to focus on the “bigger picture,” while Sundar Pichai takes on a more powerful role.
6. Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff
Approval rating: 93.0%
CEO since: 1999
Market cap: $38.2 billion
Revenue (2013): $4.1 billion
About Marc Benioff: Benioff is the chairman and CEO of the cloud computing company, Salesforce.com. He founded the company in 1999, and under his leadership, has grown into one of the largest cloud computing companies in tech. Benioff has more than 35 years of experience in tech, including positions at Oracle and Apple.
7. Riverbed’s Jerry Kennelly
Approval rating: 92.8%
CEO since: 2002
Market cap: $3.01 billion
Revenue (2013): $1.04 billion
About Jerry Kennelly: Kennelly is one of the co-founders of Riverbed Technologies, a network application company founded in 2002. He’s also the chairman of the company. Prior to Riverbed, Kennelly was executive VP and CFO at software company Inktomi. He has also worked with Sybase, Oracle and HP.
8. Apple’s Tim Cook
Approval rating: 92%
CEO since: 2011
Market cap: $627.4 billion
Revenue (2013): $170.9 billion
About Tim Cook: Cook replaced Apple founder Steve Jobs as CEO in August 2011. Prior to that, he was the COO, where he oversaw Apple’s worldwide sales and operations. Before Apple, Cook has worked with Compaq, Intelligent Electronics and IBM.
9. eBay’s John Donahoe
Approval rating: 91.2%
CEO since: 2008
Market cap: $64.04 billion
Revenue (2013): $16.05 billion
About John Donahoe: Donahoe first joined eBay in 2005 as president of eBay Marketplaces. He’s also on the eBay board of directors. Prior to joining eBay, Donahoe was CEO of Bain & Company, where he spent more than 20 years of his career.
10. ADP’s Carlos Rodriguez
Approval rating: 90.6%
CEO since: 2011
Market cap: $37.9 billion
Revenue (2013): $12.2 billion
About Carlos Rodriguez: Rodriguez first joined ADP, the payroll service provider, in 1999. He quickly rose through the rankings, filling in positions of president and COO along the way.
11. Cognizant Technology Solution’s Frank D’Souza
Approval rating: 89.9%
CEO since: 1994
Market cap: $29.17 billion
Revenue (2013): $8.8 billion
About Frank D’Souza: D’Souza is one of the co-founders of Cognizant, an IT consulting service company. Under D’Souza’s leadership, Cognizant has become an S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than 180,000 employees globally. He’s also on the board of General Electric Co.
12. EMC’s Joe Tucci
Approval rating: 89%
CEO since: 2001
Market cap: $57.92 billion
Revenue (2013): $23.2 billion
About Joe Tucci: Tucci was named EMC’s CEO in 2001, a year after joining the company as COO. He transformed EMC’s business from being mostly focused on a high-end storage platform to visualization, cloud, and security software. Before joining EMC, Tucci worked at network solutions company Wang Global and RCA Corp.
13. NetApp’s Tom Georgens
Approval rating: 85.5%
CEO since: 2009
Market cap: $13.4 billion
Revenue (2014): $6.3 billion
About Tom Georgens: Georgens has more than 20 years of experience in the storage area. He has spent 11 years at EMC, before working at Engenio and LSI Logic Storage Systems for nine years. Georgens is also the chairman of NetApp’s board.
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