10 Most-Liked CEOs In Tech World


#2 Paul Jacobs

Company: Qualcomm

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Global rank: 2

Paul E. Jacobs has been Chief Executive Officer of the company since July 2005. Previously he served as Group President of Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group, and started as an engineer in the wireless technology development group.

The company under his leadership has been employees’ choice of 50 best places to work, as per Glassdoor survey in 2012.

#1 Tim Cook

Company: Apple

Approval rating: 97 per cent

Global rank: 1

Timothy D "Tim" Cook is the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He joined Apple in March 1998 as SVP, later served as EVP, and COO until he succeeded Steve Jobs up on his resignation on August 24, 2011.

Despite the fact that Cook is constantly measured against the legend Steve Jobs, in an interview with AllThingsD, he said “"I've never felt the weight of trying to be Steve. It's not who I am, and it's not my goal in life."

Fortune’s Lashinsky, senior editor and Author of the book Inside Apple  also noted that, unlike Jobs, Cook sometimes sits down with employees at lunchtime, highlighting the contrasting personalities of Cook and Jobs, Jobs who fired employees on site even for small incompetence.