Top 10 CEOs of 2018: Surprise! Two Indians in top three

Companies-rating platform Comparably has released the list of best CEOs for 2018 and two Indians have bagged a spot in top three. Surprisingly, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos failed to make it top five. While Microsoft's Satya Nadella bagged the top spot,  The Home Depot’s CEO Craig Menear took the second spot. Google’s Chief Executive Officer CEO Sundar Pichai stood at the third place but second among 29 tech firms ranked by the employee ratings. 

Here is the list of top 10 CEOs for 2018:

10/10 : John Legere, from T-Mobile

john legere

John Legere is an American businessman who is the chief executive officer of T-Mobile US. He previously worked for AT&T, Dell, Global Crossing, and serves on the CTIA board of directors.



9/10 : Marc Russell Benioff, from Salesforce

Marc Russell Benioff is an American billionaire internet entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, an enterprise cloud computing company. As of March 2016, he owns approximately $3 billion worth of Salesforce shares.


8/10 : Alex Shootman, from Workfront

As President and CEO of Workfront, Alex drives the overall strategy, vision, and execution of the company, ensuring that Workfront is a dedicated partner in helping its customers transform the work experience. Shootman brings more than 25 years of experience in all areas of revenue and profit generation for technology organizations, with significant experience leading SaaS-based companies.


7/10 : Bert Bean, from Insight Global

Mr. Bert Bean is CEO at Insight Global, Inc. since January 20, 2018. Mr. Bean was President at Insight Global, Inc. until January 20, 2018 and its Vice President. He started with Insight Global in 2005 as a Recruiter and has since worked his way up within the company, exemplifying Insight Global's "promote from within" culture. Johnson announced the promotion at Insight Global's 2018 National Sales Conference in Orlando.



6/10 : Jeff Bezos, from Amazon

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Amazon. Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Houston, Texas.



5/10 : Brian Halligan, from HubSpot

Brian Halligan is an American executive and author. He is CEO and co-founder of HubSpot, an inbound marketing and sales software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is also a senior lecturer at MIT. Halligan uses the term inbound marketing to describe the type of marketing he advocates.



4/10 : Brad Smith, from Intuit

Brad D. Smith is an American businessman who serves as the president, chief executive officer, and chairman of Intuit and the chairman of Nordstrom. In August 2018, Smith announced that he would step down as Intuit's CEO at the end of 2018 while staying on as the company's executive board chairman.


3/10 : Sundar Pichai, from Google

Pichai Sundararajan also known as Sundar Pichai is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google LLC. Formerly the Product Chief of Google, Pichai's current role was announced on August 10, 2015.


2/10 : Craig Menear, from The Home Depot

Craig Menear is an American business executive. He serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of The Home Depot.

1/10: Satya Nadella, from Microsoft

Satya Narayana Nadella is an American business executive from India. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014.