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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Tops List of Best Tech CEOs

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Tops List of Best Tech CEOs
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Nathan Eddy
Nathan Eddy
Mar 20, 2013
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Leadership Is Tops

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Tops List of Best Tech CEOs

The 28-year-old inventor and CEO of Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, scored a first-place finish with a 99 percent approval rating.


SAP’s Tag-Team Leadership Takes Second Place

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Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott, each appointed co-CEO of SAP in February 2010, also scored an approval rating of 99 percent.


Cognizant Technology Solutions CEO Ranked Third

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Frank D’Souza, who scored an approval rating of 96 percent, was part of the team that founded the company in 1994.


Tucci Takes EMC to No. 4

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Joe Tucci (with a 96 percent approval rating) has been EMC’s president and CEO since January 2001 and chairman since January 2006. He joined the company in 2000 as president and chief operating officer.


Qualcomm CEO Scores 95 Percent Approval Rating

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Paul Jacobs is CEO of Qualcomm, which is among the top makers of ARM-based chips for popular mobile devices like tablets and smartphones.
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Search Giant Google Is in Good Hands

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Larry Page, who scored a 95 percent approval rating, co-founded search engine giant Google with Sergey Brin.
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Citrix Steward Scores a 95 Percent Approval Rating

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Mark Templeton is the CEO of Citrix Systems, which offers server and desktop virtualization technology, networking offerings, software as a service (SaaS) solutions and cloud computing capabilities. Templeton had an approval rating of 95 percent.


Salesforce CEO Benioff Among Top Tech CEOs

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The founder and CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff is best known for its CRM product. He scored a 94 percent approval rating.


ADP CEO Gets a 94 Percent Approval Rating

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With a 94 percent approval rating, Carlos Rodriquez is the CEO of Automatic Data Processing, which makes business outsourcing solutions.


Nvidia Co-Founder Huang Rounds Out the Top 10

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Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia’s co-founder, president and CEO, rounded out the top 10 tech company CEOs list with a 94 percent approval rating.
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