10 Most-Liked CEOs

Bangalore: The CEO ‘hot-seat’ is hard to achieve, but harder to maintain. The demanding position calls for leadership, corporation, strategy, commitment and hard work. There is a lot of pressure on CEOs and they really struggle to bridge between the employees and the shareholders. Though having a tough job, there are lots of them who wear a pleasant face all day long. They make their employees feel better in their work area, encourage them and, at the end, get the best out of them.

This is why we got interested in the ratings prepared by Glassdoor.com listing 10 best CEOs working in New York based companies. The rating is based on the employee reviews. Let’s have a look at the list.

10. Lloyd C. Blankfein

Company: Goldman Sachs

CEO Tenure: 2006 - present

Liked By: 88 percent

Lloyd C. Blankfein is one of the only CEOs in Wall Street who could survive the long-lasted financial crisis. He started his career at Goldman’s commodities trading arm in 1981 as a precious metals salesman in the London office. From there he gradually stepped up to the higher positions acquiring the CEO crown in 2006.

He was born and brought up in a working-class family in Brooklyn which might have sowed the working class hardships and commitment in his mind. He earned his law degree from Harvard and started his career at Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine.

In November 2011, blankfein appeared on Forbes Magazine’s list of ‘The World’s most Powerful People’ at position #43.

There are rumors that Blankfein would leave the post in the company in the coming summer. In 2011 he could make $16.1 million in total compensation.