The Executive Review

98 private-sector operators chosen by our editors — every C-suite discipline intermingled and ranked one through 98. Filter by discipline above; tap any name for the full profile.

1. 1
   
   Andrej Karpathy

   Founder / CTO · Eureka Labs
   CTO 99.2
2. 2
   
   Parker Conrad

   Chief Executive Officer · Rippling
   CEO 99.0
3. 3
   
   DJ Patil

   Chief Data Scientist · US Gov / Devoted Health
   CDO 98.7
4. 4
   
   Maia Josebachvili

   VP People · Stripe
   CHRO 98.5
5. 5
   
   Brad Lightcap

   Chief Operating Officer · OpenAI
   COO 98.3
6. 6
   
   Atif Rafiq

   President / CDO · MGM Resorts (Former)
   CIO 98.1
7. 7
   
   Kyle Parrish

   VP Sales / CSO · Figma
   CSO 97.9
8. 8
   
   Michael Tannenbaum

   Co-Founder / COO · Brex
   CFO 97.8
9. 9
   
   Sangram Vajre

   CEO / Co-Founder · GTM Partners / Terminus
   CMO 97.6
10. 10
    
    Sam Blond

    President / CRO · Brex
    CRO 97.2
11. 11
    
    Ali Ghodsi

    Chief Executive Officer · Databricks
    CEO 97.1
12. 12
    
    Mira Murati

    Founder / CTO · OpenAI (Former)
    CTO 97.0
13. 13
    
    Usama Fayyad

    CDO / Founder · Open Insights
    CDO 96.0
14. 14
    
    Nathalie Scardino

    Chief People Officer · Databricks
    CHRO 95.8
15. 15
    
    Monica Caldas

    EVP and CIO · Liberty Mutual
    CIO 95.3
16. 16
    
    Judson Althoff

    CEO, Commercial Business · Microsoft
    CSO 95.2
17. 17
    
    Matt MacInnis

    Chief Operating Officer · Rippling
    COO 95.0
18. 18
    
    Latane Conant

    CMO · 6sense
    CMO 94.9
19. 19
    
    Alexandr Wang

    Chief Executive Officer · Scale AI
    CEO 94.8
20. 20
    
    Amy Hood

    EVP and Chief Financial Officer · Microsoft
    CFO 94.6
21. 21
    
    Pedro Franceschi

    CTO / Co-Founder · Brex
    CTO 94.5
22. 22
    
    Ryan Longfield

    President of Go-to-Market · PolyAI
    CRO 93.5
23. 23
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    Josh Wills

    Head of Data Platform · Slack (Former)
    CDO 93.3
24. 24
    
    Beth Galetti

    SVP, People eXperience and Technology · Amazon
    CHRO 93.1
25. 25
    
    Bret Taylor

    CEO / Co-Founder · Sierra AI
    CIO 92.7
26. 26
    
    Dylan Field

    Chief Executive Officer · Figma
    CEO 92.6
27. 27
    
    Mark Kosoglow

    VP Sales · Outreach
    CSO 92.5
28. 28
    
    Naveen Rao

    President · Databricks
    COO 92.4
29. 29
    
    Meagen Eisenberg

    Chief Marketing Officer · Navan
    CMO 92.2
30. 30
    
    Susan Li

    Chief Financial Officer · Meta
    CFO 92.1
31. 31
    
    Kevin Scott

    Chief Technology Officer · Microsoft
    CTO 92.1
32. 32
    
    Stevie Case

    Chief Revenue Officer · Vanta
    CRO 90.8
33. 33
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    Nenshad Bardoliwalla

    Senior Vice President, AI Products · ServiceNow
    CDO 90.6
34. 34
    
    Holly May

    Chief Human Resources Officer · Petco
    CHRO 90.4
35. 35
    
    Melanie Perkins

    Chief Executive Officer · Canva
    CEO 90.3
36. 36
    
    Tim Campos

    Chief Information Officer · Apple
    CIO 90.2
37. 37
    
    Claire Hughes Johnson

    Chief Operating Officer · Stripe (Former)
    COO 90.1
38. 38
    
    Jeremey Donovan

    EVP Revenue Strategy · Insight Partners
    CSO 89.8
39. 39
    
    Dave Morton

    Chief Financial Officer · Intapp
    CFO 89.7
40. 40
    
    Tomer London

    CTO / Co-Founder · Gusto
    CTO 89.7
41. 41
    
    Camille Ricketts

    Chief Marketing Officer · Notion
    CMO 89.5
42. 42
    
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger

    Chief Revenue Officer · Figure AI
    CRO 88.4
43. 43
    
    Patrick Collison

    Chief Executive Officer · Stripe
    CEO 87.9
44. 44
    
    Ari Lightman

    Professor / CDO · Carnegie Mellon
    CDO 87.9
45. 45
    
    Lexi Reese

    Chief People & Revenue Officer · Gusto
    CHRO 87.7
46. 46
    
    Javier Olivan

    Chief Operating Officer · Meta
    COO 87.6
47. 47
    
    Lori Beer

    Global Chief Information Officer · JPMorganChase
    CIO 87.6
48. 48
    
    Kevan Parekh

    Chief Financial Officer · Apple
    CFO 87.3
49. 49
    
    Harrison Chase

    CEO / Co-Founder · LangChain
    CTO 87.2
50. 50
    
    Jeb Blount

    Founder and CEO · Sales Gravy
    CSO 87.1
51. 51
    
    Dave Gerhardt

    CMO / Founder · Exit Five
    CMO 86.8
52. 52
    
    Catie Ivey

    Chief Revenue Officer · GrowthZone
    CRO 86.0
53. 53
    
    Henry Ward

    Chief Executive Officer · Carta
    CEO 85.4
54. 54
    
    Anna Baird

    Chief Revenue & Operating Officer · Outreach
    COO 85.2
55. 55
    
    Hilary Mason

    Co-Founder and CEO · Hidden Door
    CDO 85.2
56. 56
    
    Jim Routh

    CISO · MassMutual
    CIO 85.1
57. 57
    
    Gianna Driver

    Chief People Officer · One Workplace
    CHRO 85.0
58. 58
    
    Sarah Friar

    Chief Financial Officer · OpenAI
    CFO 84.9
59. 59
    
    Guillermo Rauch

    CEO / CTO · Vercel
    CTO 84.8
60. 60
    
    Jason Lemkin

    Founder / Managing Director · SaaStr
    CSO 84.4
61. 61
    
    Maria Pergolino

    Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer · SPS Commerce
    CMO 84.1
62. 62
    
    Mark Roberge

    Managing Director · Stage 2 Capital
    CRO 83.7
63. 63
    
    Amjad Masad

    Chief Executive Officer · Replit
    CEO 82.9
64. 64
    
    Sabih Khan

    Chief Operating Officer · Apple
    COO 82.7
65. 65
    
    Harjeet Taggar

    Partner / Co-Founder · Y Combinator / Triplebyte
    CFO 82.5
66. 66
    
    Mark Settle

    CIO / Author · Okta (Former)
    CIO 82.5
67. 67
    
    Arif Janmohamed

    Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CDO 82.5
68. 68
    
    Shishir Mehrotra

    CEO / Co-Founder · Coda
    CTO 82.4
69. 69
    
    Lars Schmidt

    Founder · Amplify Talent
    CHRO 82.3
70. 70
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    Sahil Mansuri

    Founder and CEO · Bravado
    CSO 81.7
71. 71
    
    Jonathan Mildenhall

    CMO / Founder · Airbnb (Former) / TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
    CMO 81.4
72. 72
    
    Dennis Lyandres

    Chief Revenue Officer · Procore (Former)
    CRO 81.2
73. 73
    
    Howie Liu

    Chief Executive Officer · Airtable
    CEO 80.5
74. 74
    
    Gwynne Shotwell

    President and Chief Operating Officer · SpaceX
    COO 80.3
75. 75
    
    Ravi Mhatre

    Founding Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CFO 80.1
76. 76
    
    Astasia Myers

    General Partner · Quiet Capital
    CTO 80.0
77. 77
    
    Avon Puri

    Chief Digital and Information Officer · Sequoia Capital
    CIO 80.0
78. 78
    
    Elena Grewal

    Founder · Data 2 the People
    CDO 79.8
79. 79
    
    Amy Spurling

    CEO / Founder · Compt
    CHRO 79.6
80. 80
    
    Chris Orlob

    Co-Founder · PClub
    CSO 79.0
81. 81
    
    Scott Leese

    CRO / Founder · Scott Leese Consulting
    CRO 78.9
82. 82
    
    Kyle Coleman

    CMO · Copy.ai
    CMO 78.7
83. 83
    
    Guillaume Pousaz

    Chief Executive Officer · Checkout.com
    CEO 78.1
84. 84
    
    Ali Rowghani

    Partner / Former COO · Y Combinator / Twitter
    COO 77.8
85. 85
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    Amy Butte

    Former Chief Financial Officer · Navan
    CFO 77.7
86. 86
    
    Jared Friedman

    Partner · Y Combinator
    CTO 77.5
87. 87
    
    Alex Circei

    CEO / CTO · Waydev
    CIO 77.4
88. 88
    
    Prukalpa Sankar

    Co-Founder · Atlan
    CDO 77.1
89. 89
    
    Tim Sackett

    President · HRU Technical Resources
    CHRO 76.9
90. 90
    
    Joe Chernov

    Chief Marketing Officer · Pendo (Former)
    CMO 76.0
91. 91
    
    Leah Busque Solivan

    Founder / Operator · TaskRabbit
    COO 75.4
92. 92
    
    Dhivya Suryadevara

    Co-President · Fiserv
    CFO 75.2
93. 93
    
    Jocelyn Goldfein

    General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz
    CIO 74.9
94. 94
    
    Barr Moses

    CEO / Co-Founder · Monte Carlo
    CDO 74.4
95. 95
    
    Katelin Holloway

    Partner · Initialized Capital
    CHRO 74.2
96. 96
    
    Keenan

    CEO / Founder · A Sales Guy Inc.
    CSO 73.6
97. 97
    
    Elissa Fink

    Former CMO / Executive Advisor · Tableau (Former)
    CMO 73.3
98. 98
    
    Kory White

    Regional President / CRO Equivalent · Verizon Cellular Sales (Former) / PulseRevOps.com
    CRO 76.7