14 Most Admired Tech CEOs By Their Employees
#2 Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn, 2014 approval rating: 100 Percent, Overall Rank: 1
What employees think:
"The CEO is what helps spread the culture. He emphasizes culture." – LinkedIn associate Web developer (Mountain View, CA)
"Culture of complete transparency. Bi-weekly company all-hands with the CEO." – LinkedIn engineering (Mountain View, CA)
"Colleagues are top notch as developers, collaborators, and acquaintances. Leadership is excellent. Perks are amazing." – LinkedIn employee (Mountain View, CA)
Jeff Weiner is the Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals. In 2008, Jeff started his career with LinkedIn and under his headship; the site has quickly widened its global platform to 19 languages and 26 offices all over the world and also expanded its membership base from 33 million to more than 225 million. Jeff was previously employed as an executive in residence at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, executive vice president of Yahoo!’s Network Division. In Warner Bros, Jeff has overseen online efforts and created the initial business plan for the company. Besides the CEO of LinkedIn, Jeff also serves on the board of directors for Intuit, DonorsChoose.org and Malaria No More.
#1 Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm, 2014 approval rating: 95 Percent, Overall rank: 4
What employees think:
"Visionary leader, great technology portfolio and offers opportunities to work on many different projects." – Qualcomm senior learning & development specialist (San Diego)
Paul Jacobs is the present executive chairman of Qualcomm, where he is responsible for helping guide the development of new technologies and Qualcomm’s long-term opportunities. Since July 2005 Paul Jacobs has been CEO of the Qualcomm, having previous to that date served as the Group President of Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group from July 2001. Jacobs started with the company as an engineer in the wireless technology development group in 1990.
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