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The Executive Review

The Definitive Monthly Ranking of Private-Sector Growth Leaders

April 2026Edition
Current Events · April 2026 · Tech & Business Executives  
April 2026 · The inaugural list

The first Executive List. Andrej Karpathy of Eureka Labs takes No. 1, ahead of Parker Conrad and DJ Patil. Movement against the previous month begins with the May edition.

Opening top five
  • Andrej Karpathy Eureka Labs No. 1
  • Parker Conrad Rippling No. 2
  • DJ Patil US Gov / Devoted Health No. 3
  • Maia Josebachvili Stripe No. 4
  • Brad Lightcap OpenAI No. 5

The Executive List

April 2026 · Updated Monthly

98 private-sector operators moving the most right now — 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
    Andrej Karpathy
    Founder / CTO · Eureka Labs
    CTO 99.2New
  2. 2
    Parker Conrad
    Parker Conrad
    Chief Executive Officer · Rippling
    CEO 99.0New
  3. 3
    DJ Patil
    DJ Patil
    Chief Data Scientist · US Gov / Devoted Health
    CDO 98.7New
  4. 4
    Maia Josebachvili
    Maia Josebachvili
    VP People · Stripe
    CHRO 98.5New
  5. 5
    Brad Lightcap
    Brad Lightcap
    Chief Operating Officer · OpenAI
    COO 98.3New
  6. 6
    Atif Rafiq
    Atif Rafiq
    President / CDO · MGM Resorts (Former)
    CIO 98.1New
  7. 7
    Kyle Parrish
    Kyle Parrish
    VP Sales / CSO · Figma
    CSO 97.9New
  8. 8
    Michael Tannenbaum
    Michael Tannenbaum
    Co-Founder / COO · Brex
    CFO 97.8New
  9. 9
    Sangram Vajre
    Sangram Vajre
    CEO / Co-Founder · GTM Partners / Terminus
    CMO 97.6New
  10. 10
    Sam Blond
    Sam Blond
    President / CRO · Brex
    CRO 97.2New
  11. 11
    Ali Ghodsi
    Ali Ghodsi
    Chief Executive Officer · Databricks
    CEO 97.1New
  12. 12
    Mira Murati
    Founder / CTO · OpenAI (Former)
    CTO 97.0New
  13. 13
    Usama Fayyad
    Usama Fayyad
    CDO / Founder · Open Insights
    CDO 96.0New
  14. 14
    Nathalie Scardino
    Nathalie Scardino
    Chief People Officer · Databricks
    CHRO 95.8New
  15. 15
    Monica Caldas
    Monica Caldas
    EVP and CIO · Liberty Mutual
    CIO 95.3New
  16. 16
    Tonni Bennett
    Tonni Bennett
    VP of Sales · Terminus
    CSO 95.2New
  17. 17
    Matt MacInnis
    Matt MacInnis
    Chief Operating Officer · Rippling
    COO 95.0New
  18. 18
    Latane Conant
    Latane Conant
    CMO · 6sense
    CMO 94.9New
  19. 19
    Alexandr Wang
    Alexandr Wang
    Chief Executive Officer · Scale AI
    CEO 94.8New
  20. 20
    Vivian Fang
    Vivian Fang
    Chief Financial Officer · Figma
    CFO 94.6New
  21. 21
    Pedro Franceschi
    Pedro Franceschi
    CTO / Co-Founder · Brex
    CTO 94.5New
  22. 22
    Ryan Longfield
    Ryan Longfield
    Chief Revenue Officer · Gong
    CRO 93.5New
  23. 23
    Josh Wills
    Josh Wills
    Head of Data Platform · Slack (Former)
    CDO 93.3New
  24. 24
    Jeff Diana
    Jeff Diana
    Chief People Officer · 1Password
    CHRO 93.1New
  25. 25
    Bret Taylor
    Bret Taylor
    CEO / Co-Founder · Sierra AI
    CIO 92.7New
  26. 26
    Dylan Field
    Dylan Field
    Chief Executive Officer · Figma
    CEO 92.6New
  27. 27
    Mark Kosoglow
    Mark Kosoglow
    VP Sales · Outreach
    CSO 92.5New
  28. 28
    Naveen Rao
    Naveen Rao
    President · Databricks
    COO 92.4New
  29. 29
    Meagen Eisenberg
    Meagen Eisenberg
    Chief Marketing Officer · Navan
    CMO 92.2New
  30. 30
    Shem Elmelech
    Shem Elmelech
    Chief Financial Officer · Rippling
    CFO 92.1New
  31. 31
    Shariq Rizvi
    Shariq Rizvi
    Chief Technology Officer · Rippling
    CTO 92.1New
  32. 32
    Stevie Case
    Stevie Case
    Chief Revenue Officer · Vanta
    CRO 90.8New
  33. 33
    Nenshad Bardoliwalla
    Nenshad Bardoliwalla
    Chief Product Officer · Pendo
    CDO 90.6New
  34. 34
    Holly May
    Holly May
    CHRO · Bacardi
    CHRO 90.4New
  35. 35
    Melanie Perkins
    Melanie Perkins
    Chief Executive Officer · Canva
    CEO 90.3New
  36. 36
    Tim Campos
    Tim Campos
    CIO · Meta / Facebook (Former)
    CIO 90.2New
  37. 37
    Claire Hughes Johnson
    Claire Hughes Johnson
    Chief Operating Officer · Stripe (Former)
    COO 90.1New
  38. 38
    Jeremey Donovan
    Jeremey Donovan
    EVP Revenue Strategy · Insight Partners
    CSO 89.8New
  39. 39
    Dave Morton
    Dave Morton
    Chief Financial Officer · Databricks
    CFO 89.7New
  40. 40
    Tomer London
    Tomer London
    CTO / Co-Founder · Gusto
    CTO 89.7New
  41. 41
    Camille Ricketts
    Camille Ricketts
    Chief Marketing Officer · Notion
    CMO 89.5New
  42. 42
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
    Chief Revenue Officer · Figure AI
    CRO 88.4New
  43. 43
    Patrick Collison
    Patrick Collison
    Chief Executive Officer · Stripe
    CEO 87.9New
  44. 44
    Ari Lightman
    Ari Lightman
    Professor / CDO · Carnegie Mellon
    CDO 87.9New
  45. 45
    Lexi Reese
    Lexi Reese
    Chief People & Revenue Officer · Gusto
    CHRO 87.7New
  46. 46
    Vijay Gill
    Vijay Gill
    Chief Operating Officer · Navan
    COO 87.6New
  47. 47
    Dione Hedgpeth
    Dione Hedgpeth
    Chief Customer Officer · Sophos
    CIO 87.6New
  48. 48
    Dave Sobota
    Dave Sobota
    Chief Financial Officer · Gong
    CFO 87.3New
  49. 49
    Harrison Chase
    Harrison Chase
    CEO / Co-Founder · LangChain
    CTO 87.2New
  50. 50
    Kevin Dorsey
    Kevin Dorsey
    Founder / CSO · Practice Lab
    CSO 87.1New
  51. 51
    Dave Gerhardt
    Dave Gerhardt
    CMO / Founder · Exit Five
    CMO 86.8New
  52. 52
    Catie Ivey
    Catie Ivey
    Chief Revenue Officer · Demandbase
    CRO 86.0New
  53. 53
    Henry Ward
    Chief Executive Officer · Carta
    CEO 85.4New
  54. 54
    Anna Baird
    Anna Baird
    Chief Revenue & Operating Officer · Outreach
    COO 85.2New
  55. 55
    Josh Bottger
    Josh Bottger
    CDO · Attentive
    CDO 85.2New
  56. 56
    Jim Routh
    Jim Routh
    CISO · MassMutual
    CIO 85.1New
  57. 57
    Gianna Driver
    Gianna Driver
    CHRO · Exabeam
    CHRO 85.0New
  58. 58
    Rachel Quon
    Rachel Quon
    VP Finance · Brex
    CFO 84.9New
  59. 59
    Guillermo Rauch
    Guillermo Rauch
    CEO / CTO · Vercel
    CTO 84.8New
  60. 60
    Jason Lemkin
    Jason Lemkin
    Founder / Managing Director · SaaStr
    CSO 84.4New
  61. 61
    Maria Pergolino
    Maria Pergolino
    Chief Marketing Officer · ActiveCampaign
    CMO 84.1New
  62. 62
    Mark Roberge
    Mark Roberge
    Managing Director · Stage 2 Capital
    CRO 83.7New
  63. 63
    Amjad Masad
    Amjad Masad
    Chief Executive Officer · Replit
    CEO 82.9New
  64. 64
    Sifat Sharif
    Sifat Sharif
    Chief Executive Officer · Intercom
    COO 82.7New
  65. 65
    Harjeet Taggar
    Harjeet Taggar
    Partner / Co-Founder · Y Combinator / Triplebyte
    CFO 82.5New
  66. 66
    Mark Settle
    Mark Settle
    CIO / Author · Okta (Former)
    CIO 82.5New
  67. 67
    Arif Janmohamed
    Arif Janmohamed
    Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CDO 82.5New
  68. 68
    Shishir Mehrotra
    Shishir Mehrotra
    CEO / Co-Founder · Coda
    CTO 82.4New
  69. 69
    Lars Schmidt
    Lars Schmidt
    Founder · Amplify Talent
    CHRO 82.3New
  70. 70
    Sahil Mansuri
    Sahil Mansuri
    CEO / Co-Founder · Bravado
    CSO 81.7New
  71. 71
    Jonathan Mildenhall
    Jonathan Mildenhall
    CMO / Founder · Airbnb (Former) / TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
    CMO 81.4New
  72. 72
    Dennis Lyandres
    Dennis Lyandres
    Chief Revenue Officer · Procore (Former)
    CRO 81.2New
  73. 73
    Howie Liu
    Howie Liu
    Chief Executive Officer · Airtable
    CEO 80.5New
  74. 74
    Dan Sacks
    Dan Sacks
    Chief Operating Officer · Gong
    COO 80.3New
  75. 75
    Ravi Mhatre
    Ravi Mhatre
    Founding Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CFO 80.1New
  76. 76
    Astasia Myers
    Astasia Myers
    General Partner · Quiet Capital
    CTO 80.0New
  77. 77
    Avon Puri
    Avon Puri
    Chief Information Officer · Mimecast
    CIO 80.0New
  78. 78
    Elena Grewal
    Elena Grewal
    CDO · Airbnb (Former)
    CDO 79.8New
  79. 79
    Amy Spurling
    Amy Spurling
    CEO / Founder · Compt
    CHRO 79.6New
  80. 80
    Chris Orlob
    Chris Orlob
    Co-Founder · PClub
    CSO 79.0New
  81. 81
    Scott Leese
    Scott Leese
    CRO / Founder · Scott Leese Consulting
    CRO 78.9New
  82. 82
    Kyle Coleman
    Kyle Coleman
    CMO · Copy.ai
    CMO 78.7New
  83. 83
    Guillaume Pousaz
    Guillaume Pousaz
    Chief Executive Officer · Checkout.com
    CEO 78.1New
  84. 84
    Ali Rowghani
    Ali Rowghani
    Partner / Former COO · Y Combinator / Twitter
    COO 77.8New
  85. 85
    Amy Butte
    Amy Butte
    CFO / Board Member · NYSE (Former) / Private Boards
    CFO 77.7New
  86. 86
    Jared Friedman
    Jared Friedman
    Partner · Y Combinator
    CTO 77.5New
  87. 87
    Alex Circei
    Alex Circei
    CEO / CTO · Waydev
    CIO 77.4New
  88. 88
    Prukalpa Sankar
    Prukalpa Sankar
    Co-Founder · Atlan
    CDO 77.1New
  89. 89
    Tim Sackett
    Tim Sackett
    President · HRU Technical Resources
    CHRO 76.9New
  90. 90
    Joe Chernov
    Joe Chernov
    Chief Marketing Officer · Pendo (Former)
    CMO 76.0New
  91. 91
    Leah Busque Solivan
    Leah Busque Solivan
    Founder / Operator · TaskRabbit
    COO 75.4New
  92. 92
    Kory White
    Kory White
    Regional President / CRO Equivalent · Verizon Cellular Sales (Former) / PulseRevOps.com
    CRO 76.7New
  93. 93
    Dhivya Suryadevara
    Dhivya Suryadevara
    CFO · Stripe (Former)
    CFO 75.2New
  94. 94
    Jocelyn Goldfein
    Jocelyn Goldfein
    General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz
    CIO 74.9New
  95. 95
    Barr Moses
    Barr Moses
    CEO / Co-Founder · Monte Carlo
    CDO 74.4New
  96. 96
    Katelin Holloway
    Katelin Holloway
    Partner · Initialized Capital
    CHRO 74.2New
  97. 97
    Keenan
    Keenan
    CEO / Founder · A Sales Guy Inc.
    CSO 73.6New
  98. 98
    Elissa Fink
    Elissa Fink
    Former CMO / Executive Advisor · Tableau (Former)
    CMO 73.3New
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