Top Most Loved CEOs at Most Loved Workplaces®
At Most Loved Workplaces®, we recognize that a CEO’s success is deeply tied to the company culture they cultivate. It’s about fostering an environment that not only empowers employees but also fuels their leader’s vision and strategic direction. That’s why we’re honored to present the 2024 Most Loved Workplaces® for CEOs!
This distinguished list celebrates exceptional organizations worldwide that have rated their CEOs highest on the Love of Workplace Index®. These companies prioritize building a strong foundation for their leaders, championing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and strategic thinking, empowering CEOs to drive success.
These esteemed organizations have earned the Most Loved Workplaces® for CEOs distinction by fostering an environment where leadership flourishes. This group represents a diverse range of industries, from industry titans to disruptive startups. Despite their size and focus, they share a common purpose: creating a workplace that equips CEOs with the resources, talent, and support they need to excel.
As the leader in organizational culture development and analysis, Most Loved Workplaces® and Best Practice Institute meticulously curate this list through our innovative sentiment analysis and machine learning tools. We leverage data from the Love of Workplace Index® administered to our certified companies.
We honor these progressive workplaces – a testament to the visionary leaders and HR teams who are shaping a future of work that empowers CEOs. These outstanding organizations are not only setting a new standard for supporting CEOs but also demonstrating the power of a culture that fuels leadership excellence. They serve as a model, showcasing that when CEOs are equipped with a strong team, empowered employees, and a supportive environment, businesses unlock limitless potential for innovation and growth.
Join us in celebrating these trailblazers who showcase the power of a culture that inspires CEOs to lead with vision and impact, driving success for their organizations. For further details on our selection criteria and the recognized companies, visit our Information Page.
| Stars | Company Name | CEO Name |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Polo | Vlada Bortnik | |
| Motto | Sunny Bonnell / Ashleigh Hansberger | |
| Everest Infrastructure Partners | Matt Newton | |
| Jobot | Heidi Golledge | |
| Petfolk | Audrey Wystrach | |
| Powerful | Charlie Stanley | |
| Primary Venture Partners | Brad Svrluga, Ben Sun, Jason Shuman, Cassie Young | |
| Your 3rd Spot | Josh Rossmeisl | |
| YouScan | Leonid Lytvynenko | |
| Advithri Technologies LLC | Prashanthi Kanugula | |
| Delta Defense, LLC | Tim Schmidt | |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo | Dr. Chris Boleman | |
| Marisa Peer | Skip Kelly | |
| Radio Flyer | Robert Pasin | |
| Agape Behavioral Healthcare | George Mavrookas | |
| Aperian | Amanda Worsfold & Mike Greto | |
| auticon UK | Andrea Girlanda | |
| DataLink Software | Ashish Kachru | |
| Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp | Steve Jacobson | |
| Flywire | Mike Massaro | |
| Invinci Agency | Sebastian Quevedo Busch | |
| Southern Veterinary Partners | Jay Price, DVM | |
| Damex | Sam Buxton | |
| Ignite Reading | Jessica Reid Sliwerski | |
| JobNimbus | Ben Hodson | |
| Overjet | Wardah Inam | |
| PureSpectrum | Michael McCrary | |
| Synctera | Peter Hazlehurst | |
| Turo Inc. | Andre Haddad | |
| Unicsoft | Oleksii Zavhorodnii | |
| Venatus | Rob Gay | |
| ZipRecruiter | Ian Siegel | |
| Aspire Systems | Gowri Subramanian | |
| Bold Business | Ed Kopko | |
| Boll & Branch | Scott Tannen | |
| COTA | Miruna Sasu | |
| Day Translations | Sean Hopwood | |
| First Metro Bank | Rodney Howard | |
| Going | Brian Kidwell | |
| Greenleaf Trust | Mike Odar | |
| Hack Health | David Shen | |
| HUNTER | Grace Leong | |
| Join Talent Solutions Ltd | Katrina Hutchinson O | |
| Kevel | James Avery | |
| Milo's Tea Company | Tricia Wallwork | |
| NAVRO | Aran Brown | |
| Neo4j | Emil Eifrem | |
| Oxford | Andrew Watson | |
| Relay Payments | Ryan Droege | |
| Renaissance Decor Ltd | Muneeza Asaf | |
| Roth Staffing Companies | Adam Roth | |
| Savanti Travel | Leigh Rowan | |
| TITANS freelancers | Marek Gresko and Robert Dusik | |
| Venatus | Rob Gay | |
| Viewber Limited | Ed Mead, Marcus de Ferranti and Kate Campbell-Balcombe | |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | Geoff Ballotti | |
| Best Egg | Paul Ricci | |
| Blanchard | Tom McKee | |
| Brown & Riding | Jeffrey Rodriguez | |
| Certified Konsult Service Private Limited | Balamurugan Durai | |
| Chainlink Labs | Sergey Nazarov | |
| Eat'n Park Hospitality Group | Jeff Broadhurst | |
| HackerOne | Marten Mickos | |
| KCSA Strategic Communications | Todd Fromer, Jeffrey Goldberger, Lewis Goldberg, Danielle DeVoren | |
| Lead Bank | Jackie Reses | |
| Metro Aviation, Inc. | Mike Stanberry | |
| Seismic | Doug Winter | |
| STRYDE LTD | Michael Popham | |
| Twin Health, Inc. | Jahangir Mohammed | |
| V7 Recruitment | Steve Whiston | |
| Veritiv | Salvatore A. Abbate | |
| Apartment List | Matthew Woods | |
| Clune Construction Company, LP | R. David Hall | |
| Databricks | Ali Ghodsi | |
| DHI Group, Inc. | Art Zeile | |
| Edmunds | Seth Berkowitz (President) | |
| FloQast, Inc. | Michael Whitmire | |
| Homebound | Nikki Pechet | |
| MHC | Gina Armada | |
| Mythical Pizza | Antonio Burgess | |
| Pexapark AG | Michael Waldner | |
| RareMed Solutions | Dr. Gordon Vanscoy | |
| Samsung Food | Nick Holzherr | |
| Session AI | Debjani Deb | |
| Supercharge | Andreis Tessnyi | |
| The Kinetix Group | John Strapp & Sarah McNulty | |
| Thesis Systems UK LTD | Paul McConville | |
| Truckrr Information Services Pvt Ltd | Rajesh Kumar Murugesan | |
| Amerant Bank | Jerry Plush | |
| Ascom US, Inc. | Nicolas Vanden Abeele | |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC | Drew McMorrow | |
| Barrows | Kristina Kovar | |
| Bisnow | Gregg Mayer | |
| Bizzabo | Eran Ben-Shushan | |
| Cozen O'Connor | Michael Heller | |
| Credit Acceptance | Ken Booth | |
| Cynthus | ||
| FreeWill | Jenny Xia Spradling and Patrick Schmitt | |
| Iceberg Actuarial | Jose Luis Moreno Loza | |
| Ignite Digital Federal Services, LLC | Marc Murphy | |
| Jack Henry | David Foss | |
| Kodiak Gas Services | Robert "Mickey" McKee | |
| Kraken Digital Asset Exchange | David Ripley | |
| LesserEvil | Charles Coristine | |
| Madison Reed | Amy Errett | |
| Moveworks | Bhavin Shah | |
| NuHarbor Security, Inc. | Justin Fimlaid | |
| O2E Brands | Brian Scudamore | |
| Palo Alto Networks | Nikesh Arora | |
| Portão 3 | Fernando Nery and Bianca Junqueira | |
| Public Consulting Group | Bill Mosakowski | |
| Strava | Michael Horvath | |
| Widewaters Group Inc | Joe Scuderi | |
| Aetheer | Joseph Serrano | |
| AFS Logistics | Tom Nightingale | |
| Aim Transportation Solutions | ||
| Athletic Brewing Company | William Shufelt | |
| Bank Independent | Rick Wardlaw | |
| Bates White Economic Consulting | Scott Weishaar | |
| Blueground | Alex Chatzieleftheriou | |
| CMI Media Group and Compas | Dr. Susan Dorfman and James Woodland | |
| CodeMonk | Suhas | |
| DevSkiller S.A. | Jakub Kubrynski | |
| Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd. | Bharath U | |
| Fogelman Properties, LLC | Rick Fogelman | |
| Gemba | Nathan Robinson | |
| Infotech | Dr. Jim McClave and Dr. Tom Rothrock | |
| Iris Telehealth | Andy Flanagan | |
| PartnerHero | Shervin Talieh | |
| Pure Storage | Charles Giancarlo | |
| Simprints | Toby Norman | |
| Spiffy | Scot Wingo | |
| VML Budapest | Tamis Balog | |
| YAD Healthcare | Hershy Alter | |
| Zaizi | Aingaran Pillai | |
| Automation Anywhere | Mihir Shukla | |
| Cross Country Healthcare | John A. Martins | |
| Daemon | Steve Bennett and Calum Fitzgerald | |
| Dayforce | David Ossip | |
| Delphi Software | Gordiychuk Oleg | |
| Goodway Group | Jay Friedman | |
| Hightower Advisors | Bob Oros | |
| Hydrow | Bruce Smith | |
| IQ Solutions, Inc. | Ileana Quintas | |
| KnowBe4 | Stu Sjouwerman | |
| LHi Group | Jim Denning | |
| MAPP | Louise Bonham | |
| Mint Dentistry | Clint Rachal | |
| Mitgo | Alexander Bachmann | |
| Oddbox | Emilie Vanpoperinghe | |
| Pattern | David Wright | |
| Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. | Kristin Yarema, PhD | |
| Remofirst | Nurasyl Serik | |
| Samuel and Sons Passementerie | Michael Cohen | |
| Shamrock Trading Corp | Bill Ryan | |
| Shared Service Solutions, LLC | Mike Scully | |
| Superhost Hospitality | Ash Lakhany | |
| USAble Life | Richard Macy | |
| Veritiv | Salvatore A. Abbate | |
| ABC Fitness Solutions | Bill Davis | |
| Altair | James R. Scapa | |
| Ansys | Ajei Gopal | |
| Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. | Mr. Sriram Iyer | |
| Arvest Bank | K. Kevin Sabin | |
| AskBio | Sheila Mikhail | |
| Benco Dental | Chuck and Rick Cohen, Managing Directors | |
| BlackLine | Therese Tucker and Owen Ryan | |
| BVNK | Jesse Hemson-Struthers | |
| Cloudflare | Matthew Prince | |
| EPAM Systems, Inc. | Arkadiy Dobkin | |
| Fenton Communications, Inc | Valarie De La Garza | |
| Flo Health | Dmitry Gurski | |
| Golden Corral Corporation | Lance Trenary | |
| GWI | Tom Smith | |
| Incyte | Herve Hoppenot | |
| K2 Partnering Solutions | Antonio Gulino | |
| Lightfully Behavioral Health | Jennifer Steiner | |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation | John E. Geller | |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | Mary McDuffie | |
| NIBRT | Darrin Morrissey | |
| OTJ Architects | Lance Jaccard | |
| Sourcebooks | Dominique Raccah | |
| TaylorMade Golf Company | David Abeles | |
| The N2 Company | Duane Hixon | |
| Total Quality Logistics | Ken Oaks | |
| University Federal Credit Union (UFCU) | Michael Crowl | |
| Wellcom | David Bridges | |
| Zyte | Shane Evans | |
| AMH | David Singelyn | |
| Arista Networks | Jayshree Ullal | |
| Bay Alarm Company | Tim Westphal | |
| Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı | Haluk Kurkcu | |
| Bristlecone | Nirav Patel | |
| CSM Group | Stuart Mason | |
| DataArt | Eugene Goland | |
| HomeTrust Bank | C. Hunter Westbrook | |
| J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. | Rustin Keller | |
| Lewis Silkin LLP | Joint Managing Partners: Richard Miskella, Giles Crown | |
| MarketWise | Amber Mason | |
| Mast-Jaegermeister UK Limited | Michael Cleary | |
| Segra | Kevin T. Hart | |
| Skillshare | Matt Cooper | |
| Stream Realty Partners | Chris Jackson | |
| Televerde | Chris McGugan | |
| The Barcode Group | Chad Bugos | |
| Thryv | Joe Walsh | |
| Tiger Recruitment | David Morel | |
| West Shore Home | B.J. Werzyn | |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | Horacio Rozanski | |
| CohnReznick | David Kessler | |
| Exabeam | Michael DeCesare | |
| First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc | Christopher Tomasso | |
| Firstup | Nicole Alvino | |
| Genomics plc | Peter Donnelly | |
| Greif, Inc. | Ole Rosgaard | |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics | Richard Paulson | |
| Kendra Scott | Tom Nolan | |
| Limbach | Mike McCann | |
| Milliken & Company | Halsey Cook | |
| Mohegan | Ray Pineault | |
| Playfly Sports | Michael Schreiber | |
| PXP Financial | Kamran Hedjri | |
| Withum | Patrick Walsh | |
| ZapAI software systems Pvt. Ltd. | Mr.Santosh Reddy | |
| AKQA | Ajaz Ahmed | |
| Celigo | Jan Arendtsz | |
| Colossal Biosciences | Ben Lamm | |
| Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) | Dan Leib | |
| FINN GmbH | Maximilian Wuhr | |
| IPSY | Scott Gilbertson | |
| Nicklaus Children's Health System | Matthew A. Love | |
| Own | Sam Gutmann | |
| PriceSmart | Interim CEO, Robert E. Price | |
| Publicis Health | Alexandra von Plato | |
| Ryan Specialty | Patrick G. Ryan, Founder, Chairman & CEO | |
| Standard Chartered Bank Americas | Steven Cranwell | |
| Synopsys Inc. | Sassine Ghazi | |
| TravelPerk | Avi Meir | |
| United States Steel Corporation | David B. Burritt | |
| Upfront Healthcare | Ben Albert | |
| WebPT | Ashley Glover |
Research Methodology
The modern CEO thrives in a dynamic and supportive environment. Just like employees crave growth opportunities, CEOs need a culture that fuels their leadership potential. Our research prioritizes companies that invest in building strong leaders.
Here’s a breakdown of our meticulous process to identify the Most Loved Workplaces® for CEOs:
Evaluation Process:
Step 1: Capturing Employee Sentiment Toward the CEO
Love of Workplace Index® and Executive Insights: We analyze employee feedback from participating companies using the Love of Workplace Index® tool. Combined with our machine learning tool, this measures employees’ sentiment toward their CEOs. Our focus includes leadership effectiveness, communication, mentorship, and overall support the CEO provides.
Step 2: CEO Experience Survey
We conduct a comprehensive survey among employees at these organizations to gauge their experiences and overall perception of their CEO’s leadership. This phase leverages data points from employees regarding their CEO’s effectiveness and the impact of their leadership on the company’s culture.
Step 3: Deep Dive into Public Perception and CEO Development Focus
We conduct an in-depth review of publicly available information, including company websites, leadership development resources, and industry publications. Additionally, we analyze media coverage and public perception through our sentiment and emotion analysis tool. This allows us to understand how the CEO is perceived regarding their leadership and the company’s commitment to fostering strong leadership.
Step 4: Industry Recognition
We review published and validated awards or recognitions within the past 18 months regarding the leadership capabilities of the analyzed CEOs. This step helps identify companies and CEOs lauded for their leadership and positive impact on company culture.
Step 5: Validation and Scoring
We calculate a unique “CEO Development & Support” rating for each company using our proprietary workplace sentiment and emotion analysis tool. The top-scoring companies, as determined by the sentiment toward their CEOs, are then recognized on the Most Loved Workplaces® for CEOs list.
