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 Process Page.
| Stars | Company Name | CEO |
|---|---|---|
| ABC Fitness Solutions | Bill Davis | |
| ACT (Advanced Call Center Technologies) | Hunter Croft | |
| Aim Transportation Solutions | Tom Fleming | |
| Altair | James R. Scapa | |
| Amerant Bank | Jerry Plush | |
| Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. | Mr. Sriram Iyer | |
| Bank Independent | Rick Wardlaw | |
| Best Egg | Paul Ricci | |
| Brisa Bridgestone Sabanc? | Haluk Kürkçü | |
| Chainlink Labs | Sergey Nazarov | |
| Cloudbeds | Adam Harris + Richard Castle | |
| Cloutier Construction LLC | Bill Cloutier and Kara Kingston | |
| Clune Construction Company, LP | R. David Hall | |
| Credit Acceptance | Ken Booth | |
| Databricks | Ali Ghodsi | |
| Dayforce | David Ossip | |
| Delta Defense, LLC | Tim Schmidt | |
| EPAM Systems, Inc. | Arkadiy Dobkin | |
| First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc | Christopher Tomasso | |
| FloQast, Inc. | Michael Whitmire | |
| Fogelman Properties, LLC | Rick Fogelman | |
| HUNTER | Grace Leong | |
| Incyte | Hervé Hoppenot | |
| Jack Henry | Greg Adelson | |
| JobNimbus | Ben Hodson | |
| Kodiak Gas Services | Robert "Mickey" McKee | |
| Kraken Digital Asset Exchange | David Ripley | |
| Lewis Silkin LLP | Joint Managing Partners: Richard Miskella, Giles Crown | |
| Marco Polo | Vlada Bortnik | |
| Marisa Peer | Skip Kelly | |
| Milo's | Tricia Wallwork | |
| Mint Dentistry | Clint Rachal | |
| Mitgo | Alexander Bachmann | |
| Palo Alto Networks | Nikesh Arora | |
| Petfolk | Audrey Wystrach | |
| Powerful | Charlie Stanley | |
| Primary Venture Partners | Brad Svrluga, Ben Sun, Jason Shuman, Cassie Young | |
| PureSpectrum | Michael McCrary | |
| RareMed Solutions | Dr. Gordon Vanscoy | |
| Roth Staffing Companies | Adam Roth | |
| Ryan Specialty | Patrick G. Ryan, Founder, Chairman & CEO | |
| Shared Service Solutions, LLC | Mike Scully | |
| Southern Veterinary Partners | Jay Price, DVM | |
| STIHL INC | Terry Horan | |
| Superhost Hospitality | Ash Lakhany | |
| TaylorMade Golf Company | David Abeles | |
| Televerde | Vince Barsolo | |
| Thryv | Joe Walsh | |
| Total Quality Logistics | Ken Oaks | |
| USAble Life | Richard Macy | |
| Veritiv | Salvatore A. Abbate | |
| WellBe Senior Medical | Dr. Jeffrey Kang | |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | Geoff Ballotti | |
| Your 3rd Spot | Josh Rossmeisl | |
| YouScan | Leonid Lytvynenko | |
| Agape Behavioral Healthcare | George Mavrookas | |
| APCO | Brad Staples | |
| Eat & Park Hospitality Group | Jeff Broadhurst | |
| Greif, Inc. | Ole Rosgaard | |
| LesserEvil | Charles Coristine | |
| Limbach | Mike McCann | |
| Shamrock Trading Corporation | Bill Ryan | |
| Twin Health, Inc. | Jahangir Mohammed | |
| AIA Group Limited | Lee Yuan Siong | |
| AMH | David Singelyn | |
| Ansys | Ajei Gopal | |
| Apartment List | Matthew Woods | |
| Athletic Brewing Company | William Shufelt | |
| Atlantic Union Bank | John Asbury | |
| Automation Anywhere | Mihir Shukla | |
| Bates White Economic Consulting | Scott Weishaar | |
| BDO USA | Wayne Berson | |
| Benesch | Gregg Eisenberg | |
| Boll & Branch | Scott Tannen | |
| Celigo | Jan Arendtsz | |
| Cloudflare | Matthew Prince | |
| Colossal Bioscience | Ben Lamm | |
| Conduent | Cliff Skelton | |
| Damex | Sam Buxton | |
| Day Translations | Sean Hopwood | |
| Denim | Bharath Krishnamoorthy | |
| DFIN | Dan Leib | |
| DHI Group, Inc. | Art Zeile | |
| Distology | Hayley Roberts | |
| Edmunds | Seth Berkowitz (President) | |
| Elevus | Cláudia Beirão | |
| Enveritas Group | Brian Kolb | |
| First Metro Bank | Rodney Howard | |
| Greenleaf Trust | Mike Odar | |
| Hack Health | David Shen | |
| Hilton Grand Vacations | Mark Wang | |
| Homebound Technologies, Inc. | Nikki Pechet | |
| Ignite Digital Federal Services, LLC | Marc Murphy | |
| Ignite Reading | Jessica Reid Sliwerski | |
| Kaplan | Gregory Marino | |
| KCSA Strategic Communications | Todd Fromer, Jeffrey Goldberger, Lewis Goldberg, Danielle DeVoren | |
| Kendra Scott | Tom Nolan | |
| Kevel | James Avery | |
| MAPP | Nigel Mapp | |
| Milliken & Company | Halsey Cook | |
| Mohegan | Ray Pineault | |
| Motto® | Sunny Bonnell | |
| NAVRO | Aran Brown | |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | Dietrich Kuhlmann | |
| Nicklaus Children's Health System | Matthew A. Love | |
| Overjet | Wardah Inam | |
| Own | Sam Gutmann | |
| Oxford | Andrew Watson | |
| Pattern | David Wright | |
| Pexapark AG | Michael Waldner | |
| Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. | Kristin Yarema, PhD | |
| Relay Payments | Ryan Droege | |
| Samsung Food | Nick Holzherr | |
| STRYDE LTD | Michael Popham | |
| Supercharge | András Tessényi | |
| Synctera | Peter Hazlehurst | |
| Synopsys Inc. | Sassine Ghazi | |
| Thesis Systems UK LTD | Paul McConville | |
| TITANS freelancers | Robert Dusík & Marek Greško | |
| Titmouse | Chris Prynoski | |
| TravelPerk | Avi Meir | |
| Unicsoft | Oleksii Zavhorodnii | |
| VMS BioMarketing | Andrea Heslin Smiley | |
| Zopa Bank | Jaidev Janardana | |
| 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 CEO’s: Richard Miskella and Jo Farmer | |
| 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 | |
| Cynthus | Gustavo Adolfo Solis Montes | |
| Springfield Clinic | Ray Williams |
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.
