6) Paul Maritz stands at Position: 8

VMware

Approval rating: 90%

Last year: 78%

Maritz believes that cloud computing is enabling the emergence of measuring IT for the first time. Interestingly, Maritz founded and created Pi, a company focused on building cloud-based solutions which was taken over by Tucci’s EMC systems in 2008. Then on, Maritz was picked to head the virtualization giant VMware as the Chief Executive Officer.