10 Of The Most-Loved Tech Company CEOs
#6.Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff
Approval rating: 93.0 percent
Market cap: $38.2 billion
Revenue (2013): $4.1 billion
Marc Benioff is chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. One of the pioneers of cloud computing, Benioff founded the company in 1999 with a vision to create an on-demand, information management service to replace traditional enterprise software technology. Under his leadership, salesforce.com has grown from an innovative idea into one of the fastest growing top ten software companies in the world and the largest customer relationship management company.
#7.Riverbed’s Jerry Kennelly
Approval rating: 92.8 percent
Market cap: $3.01 billion
Revenue (2013): $1.04 billion
Jerry M. Kennelly co-founded Riverbed Technology in May 2002 and serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Riverbed, Kennelly spent six years at Inktomi Corporation, an infrastructure software company, where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary. Prior to joining Inktomi, Kennelly held several executive positions in finance, operations, sales and marketing for companies including Sybase, Oracle, and HP.
#8.Apple’s Tim Cook
Approval rating: 92 percent
Market cap: $627.4 billion
Revenue (2013): $170.9 billion
Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and serves on its Board of Directors. Before being CEO in August 2011, Tim was Apple's Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Apple’s supply chain, sales activities, and service and support in all markets and countries. Prior to joining Apple, Tim was Vice President of Corporate Materials for Compaq and was responsible for procuring and managing Compaq’s entire product inventory.
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