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20 highest-rated CEOs of the world

Last updated on: March 19, 2013 10:18 IST
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Chief executive officers play a vital role not only when it comes to revenue, but also to keep the staff motivated.

Let's take a look 20 highest-rated CEOs, according to a list released by Internet jobs site Glassdoor.

Source: Glassdoor

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20 highest-rated CEOs of the world

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with his wife Priscilla Chan walk near Fuxing Road in Shanghai, China.

Mark Zuckerberg

CEO: Facebook

Approval rating: 99 per cent

Overall rank: 1

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Co-CEOs Bill McDermott, right, and Jim Hagemann Snabe, left, of software giant SAP in Mannheim, Germany.

Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe

Co-CEOs: SAP

Approval rating: 99 per cent

Overall rank: 2

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Dominic Barton at the Thomson Reuters building in New York.

Dominic Barton

CEO: McKinsey & Company

Approval rating: 97 per cent

Overall rank: 3

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Jim Turley.

Jim Turley

CEO: Ernst & Young

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 4

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John E Schlifske.

John E Schlifske

CEO: Northwestern Mutual

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 5

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Frank D'Souza, inset.

Frank D'Souza

CEO: Cognizant Technology Solutions

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 6

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Joe Tucci, right, in, Washington, DC.

Joe Tucci

CEO: EMC

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 7

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Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs in Las Vegas.

Paul E Jacobs

CEO: Qualcomm

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 8

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Richard K Davis.

Richard K Davis

CEO: US Bank

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 9

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Pierre Nanterme in Paris.

Pierre Nanterme

CEO: Accenture

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 10

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Larry Page at Google's headquarters in New York.

Larry Page

CEO: Google

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 11

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Mark B Templeton.

Mark B Templeton

CEO: Citrix Systems

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 12

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at a Dreamforce event in San Francisco, California.

Marc Benioff

CEO: Salesforce.com

Approval rating: 94 per cent

Overall rank: 13

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Carlos A Rodriguez, inset bottom.

Carlos A Rodriguez

CEO: ADP

Approval rating: 94 per cent

Overall rank: 14

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Jen-Hsun Huang in San Jose, California.

Jen-Hsun Huang

CEO: Nvidia

Approval rating: 94 per cent

Overall rank: 15

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Jeff Bezos in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jeff Bezos

CEO: Amazon.com

Approval rating: 93 per cent

Overall rank: 16

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Hans Vestberg at the company's headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

Hans Vestberg

CEO: Ericsson-Worldwide

Approval rating: 93 per cent

Overall rank: 17

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Tim Cook in San Francisco, California.

Tim Cook

CEO: Apple

Approval rating: 93 per cent

Overall rank: 18

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Howard Schultz at the National Press Building in Washington, DC.

Howard D Schultz

CEO: Starbucks

Approval rating: 92 per cent

Overall rank: 19

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American Express Chairman and CEO Ken Chenault, right, with Chairman and CEO for UBS Group Americas Robert Wolf, left, in Washington, DC.

Ken Chenault

CEO: American Express

Approval rating: 92 per cent

Overall rank: 20