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The Executive Review

The Definitive Monthly Ranking of Private-Sector Growth Leaders

September 2026Edition
Current Events · September 2026 · Tech & Business Executives  
September 2026 · What changed

Parker Conrad holds No. 1 this month. Pedro Franceschi is the biggest climber, up 3 places to No. 18.

Biggest climbers
  • Pedro Franceschi Brex ▲ 3 to No. 18
  • Sam Blond Brex ▲ 2 to No. 9
  • Mark Kosoglow Outreach ▲ 2 to No. 25
Biggest falls
  • Lexi Reese Gusto ▼ 3 to No. 47
  • Tonni Bennett Terminus ▼ 2 to No. 20
  • Vivian Fang Figma ▼ 2 to No. 21

The Executive List

September 2026 · Updated Monthly

99 private-sector operators moving the most right now — every C-suite discipline intermingled and ranked one through 99. Filter by discipline above; tap any name for the full profile.

  1. 1
    Parker Conrad
    Parker Conrad
    Chief Executive Officer · Rippling
    CEO 99.0–
  2. 2
    Andrej Karpathy
    Andrej Karpathy
    Founder / CTO · Eureka Labs
    CTO 99.0–
  3. 3
    DJ Patil
    DJ Patil
    Chief Data Scientist · US Gov / Devoted Health
    CDO 98.8–
  4. 4
    Atif Rafiq
    Atif Rafiq
    President / CDO · MGM Resorts (Former)
    CIO 98.3–
  5. 5
    Brad Lightcap
    Brad Lightcap
    Chief Operating Officer · OpenAI
    COO 98.1▲1
  6. 6
    Maia Josebachvili
    Maia Josebachvili
    VP People · Stripe
    CHRO 97.9▼1
  7. 7
    Michael Tannenbaum
    Michael Tannenbaum
    Co-Founder / COO · Brex
    CFO 97.7▲1
  8. 8
    Kyle Parrish
    Kyle Parrish
    VP Sales / CSO · Figma
    CSO 97.5▼1
  9. 9
    Sam Blond
    Sam Blond
    President / CRO · Brex
    CRO 97.2▲2
  10. 10
    Sangram Vajre
    Sangram Vajre
    CEO / Co-Founder · GTM Partners / Terminus
    CMO 97.1▼1
  11. 11
    Ali Ghodsi
    Ali Ghodsi
    Chief Executive Officer · Databricks
    CEO 97.0▼1
  12. 12
    Mira Murati
    Founder / CTO · OpenAI (Former)
    CTO 97.0–
  13. 13
    Nathalie Scardino
    Nathalie Scardino
    Chief People Officer · Databricks
    CHRO 96.3–
  14. 14
    Monica Caldas
    Monica Caldas
    EVP and CIO · Liberty Mutual
    CIO 95.4▲1
  15. 15
    Usama Fayyad
    Usama Fayyad
    CDO / Founder · Open Insights
    CDO 95.4▼1
  16. 16
    Latane Conant
    Latane Conant
    CMO · 6sense
    CMO 95.0–
  17. 17
    Alexandr Wang
    Alexandr Wang
    Chief Executive Officer · Scale AI
    CEO 94.8–
  18. 18
    Pedro Franceschi
    Pedro Franceschi
    CTO / Co-Founder · Brex
    CTO 94.8▲3
  19. 19
    Matt MacInnis
    Matt MacInnis
    Chief Operating Officer · Rippling
    COO 94.6▲1
  20. 20
    Tonni Bennett
    Tonni Bennett
    VP of Sales · Terminus
    CSO 94.6▼2
  21. 21
    Vivian Fang
    Vivian Fang
    Chief Financial Officer · Figma
    CFO 94.5▼2
  22. 22
    Ryan Longfield
    Ryan Longfield
    Chief Revenue Officer · Gong
    CRO 93.4–
  23. 23
    Josh Wills
    Josh Wills
    Head of Data Platform · Slack (Former)
    CDO 93.3–
  24. 24
    Jeff Diana
    Jeff Diana
    Chief People Officer · 1Password
    CHRO 93.0▲1
  25. 25
    Mark Kosoglow
    Mark Kosoglow
    VP Sales · Outreach
    CSO 93.0▲2
  26. 26
    Bret Taylor
    Bret Taylor
    CEO / Co-Founder · Sierra AI
    CIO 92.8▼2
  27. 27
    Dylan Field
    Dylan Field
    Chief Executive Officer · Figma
    CEO 92.6▼1
  28. 28
    Naveen Rao
    Naveen Rao
    President · Databricks
    COO 92.5–
  29. 29
    Shariq Rizvi
    Shariq Rizvi
    Chief Technology Officer · Rippling
    CTO 92.3▲2
  30. 30
    Meagen Eisenberg
    Meagen Eisenberg
    Chief Marketing Officer · Navan
    CMO 92.3▼1
  31. 31
    Shem Elmelech
    Shem Elmelech
    Chief Financial Officer · Rippling
    CFO 92.2▼1
  32. 32
    Stevie Case
    Stevie Case
    Chief Revenue Officer · Vanta
    CRO 90.8–
  33. 33
    Melanie Perkins
    Melanie Perkins
    Chief Executive Officer · Canva
    CEO 90.7–
  34. 34
    Nenshad Bardoliwalla
    Nenshad Bardoliwalla
    Chief Product Officer · Pendo
    CDO 90.7–
  35. 35
    Claire Hughes Johnson
    Claire Hughes Johnson
    Chief Operating Officer · Stripe (Former)
    COO 90.6▲1
  36. 36
    Tim Campos
    Tim Campos
    CIO · Meta / Facebook (Former)
    CIO 90.2▼1
  37. 37
    Tomer London
    Tomer London
    CTO / Co-Founder · Gusto
    CTO 90.1▲2
  38. 38
    Holly May
    Holly May
    CHRO · Bacardi
    CHRO 89.9▼1
  39. 39
    Dave Morton
    Dave Morton
    Chief Financial Officer · Databricks
    CFO 89.7▼1
  40. 40
    Camille Ricketts
    Camille Ricketts
    Chief Marketing Officer · Notion
    CMO 89.5▲1
  41. 41
    Jeremey Donovan
    Jeremey Donovan
    EVP Revenue Strategy · Insight Partners
    CSO 89.5▼1
  42. 42
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
    Chief Revenue Officer · Figure AI
    CRO 88.3–
  43. 43
    Vijay Gill
    Vijay Gill
    Chief Operating Officer · Navan
    COO 88.1▲2
  44. 44
    Ari Lightman
    Ari Lightman
    Professor / CDO · Carnegie Mellon
    CDO 88.1▼1
  45. 45
    Dione Hedgpeth
    Dione Hedgpeth
    Chief Customer Officer · Sophos
    CIO 87.9▲2
  46. 46
    Patrick Collison
    Patrick Collison
    Chief Executive Officer · Stripe
    CEO 87.7–
  47. 47
    Lexi Reese
    Lexi Reese
    Chief People & Revenue Officer · Gusto
    CHRO 87.7▼3
  48. 48
    Harrison Chase
    Harrison Chase
    CEO / Co-Founder · LangChain
    CTO 87.6–
  49. 49
    Dave Sobota
    Dave Sobota
    Chief Financial Officer · Gong
    CFO 87.2–
  50. 50
    Dave Gerhardt
    Dave Gerhardt
    CMO / Founder · Exit Five
    CMO 87.1–
  51. 51
    Kevin Dorsey
    Kevin Dorsey
    Founder / CSO · Practice Lab
    CSO 87.0–
  52. 52
    Catie Ivey
    Catie Ivey
    Chief Revenue Officer · Demandbase
    CRO 86.2–
  53. 53
    Henry Ward
    Chief Executive Officer · Carta
    CEO 85.2▲1
  54. 54
    Josh Bottger
    Josh Bottger
    CDO · Attentive
    CDO 85.2▼1
  55. 55
    Anna Baird
    Anna Baird
    Chief Revenue & Operating Officer · Outreach
    COO 84.8▲1
  56. 56
    Rachel Quon
    Rachel Quon
    VP Finance · Brex
    CFO 84.8▲2
  57. 57
    Guillermo Rauch
    Guillermo Rauch
    CEO / CTO · Vercel
    CTO 84.8▼2
  58. 58
    Gianna Driver
    Gianna Driver
    CHRO · Exabeam
    CHRO 84.7▼1
  59. 59
    Jim Routh
    Jim Routh
    CISO · MassMutual
    CIO 84.5–
  60. 60
    Maria Pergolino
    Maria Pergolino
    Chief Marketing Officer · ActiveCampaign
    CMO 84.2▲1
  61. 61
    Jason Lemkin
    Jason Lemkin
    Founder / Managing Director · SaaStr
    CSO 84.1▼1
  62. 62
    Mark Roberge
    Mark Roberge
    Managing Director · Stage 2 Capital
    CRO 83.8–
  63. 63
    Amjad Masad
    Amjad Masad
    Chief Executive Officer · Replit
    CEO 83.3–
  64. 64
    Sifat Sharif
    Sifat Sharif
    Chief Executive Officer · Intercom
    COO 82.7–
  65. 65
    Lars Schmidt
    Lars Schmidt
    Founder · Amplify Talent
    CHRO 82.7▲2
  66. 66
    Harjeet Taggar
    Harjeet Taggar
    Partner / Co-Founder · Y Combinator / Triplebyte
    CFO 82.6▼1
  67. 67
    Arif Janmohamed
    Arif Janmohamed
    Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CDO 82.4▼1
  68. 68
    Mark Settle
    Mark Settle
    CIO / Author · Okta (Former)
    CIO 82.1–
  69. 69
    Shishir Mehrotra
    Shishir Mehrotra
    CEO / Co-Founder · Coda
    CTO 81.8–
  70. 70
    Sahil Mansuri
    Sahil Mansuri
    CEO / Co-Founder · Bravado
    CSO 81.7–
  71. 71
    Dennis Lyandres
    Dennis Lyandres
    Chief Revenue Officer · Procore (Former)
    CRO 81.3▲1
  72. 72
    Jonathan Mildenhall
    Jonathan Mildenhall
    CMO / Founder · Airbnb (Former) / TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
    CMO 81.3▼1
  73. 73
    Howie Liu
    Howie Liu
    Chief Executive Officer · Airtable
    CEO 80.8–
  74. 74
    Dan Sacks
    Dan Sacks
    Chief Operating Officer · Gong
    COO 80.1–
  75. 75
    Avon Puri
    Avon Puri
    Chief Information Officer · Mimecast
    CIO 80.0▲1
  76. 76
    Ravi Mhatre
    Ravi Mhatre
    Founding Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CFO 79.7▲1
  77. 77
    Astasia Myers
    Astasia Myers
    General Partner · Quiet Capital
    CTO 79.7▼2
  78. 78
    Elena Grewal
    Elena Grewal
    CDO · Airbnb (Former)
    CDO 79.6–
  79. 79
    Scott Leese
    Scott Leese
    CRO / Founder · Scott Leese Consulting
    CRO 79.2▲1
  80. 80
    Amy Spurling
    Amy Spurling
    CEO / Founder · Compt
    CHRO 79.1▼1
  81. 81
    Chris Orlob
    Chris Orlob
    Co-Founder · PClub
    CSO 79.0–
  82. 82
    Kyle Coleman
    Kyle Coleman
    CMO · Copy.ai
    CMO 78.8–
  83. 83
    Guillaume Pousaz
    Guillaume Pousaz
    Chief Executive Officer · Checkout.com
    CEO 78.0–
  84. 84
    Ali Rowghani
    Ali Rowghani
    Partner / Former COO · Y Combinator / Twitter
    COO 77.9–
  85. 85
    Jared Friedman
    Jared Friedman
    Partner · Y Combinator
    CTO 77.8▲2
  86. 86
    Amy Butte
    Amy Butte
    CFO / Board Member · NYSE (Former) / Private Boards
    CFO 77.5–
  87. 87
    Alex Circei
    Alex Circei
    CEO / CTO · Waydev
    CIO 77.5▼2
  88. 88
    Prukalpa Sankar
    Prukalpa Sankar
    Co-Founder · Atlan
    CDO 77.3–
  89. 89
    Tim Sackett
    Tim Sackett
    President · HRU Technical Resources
    CHRO 76.9–
  90. 90
    Joe Chernov
    Joe Chernov
    Chief Marketing Officer · Pendo (Former)
    CMO 75.8–
  91. 91
    Dhivya Suryadevara
    Dhivya Suryadevara
    CFO · Stripe (Former)
    CFO 75.5▲1
  92. 92
    Jocelyn Goldfein
    Jocelyn Goldfein
    General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz
    CIO 75.2▲1
  93. 93
    Leah Busque Solivan
    Leah Busque Solivan
    Founder / Operator · TaskRabbit
    COO 75.1▼2
  94. 94
    Barr Moses
    Barr Moses
    CEO / Co-Founder · Monte Carlo
    CDO 74.8▲1
  95. 95
    Katelin Holloway
    Katelin Holloway
    Partner · Initialized Capital
    CHRO 74.7▼1
  96. 96
    Carlos Delatorre
    Chief Revenue Officer · MongoDB (Former)
    CRO 74.3–
  97. 97
    Keenan
    Keenan
    CEO / Founder · A Sales Guy Inc.
    CSO 74.1–
  98. 98
    Elissa Fink
    Elissa Fink
    Former CMO / Executive Advisor · Tableau (Former)
    CMO 73.6–
  99. 99
    Kory White
    Kory White
    Regional President / CRO Equivalent · Verizon Cellular Sales (Former) / PulseRevOps.com
    CRO 76.5–
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