The following is a list of chief executive officers of notable companies. The list also includes lead executives with a position corresponding to chief executive officer (CEO), such as managing director (MD), and any concurrent positions held. Companies with a revenue of at least US$ 10 billion are included in the list.
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Company | Executive | Title | Since | Notes | Updated |
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Accenture | Julie Sweet | CEO [1] | 2019 | Succeeded Pierre Nanterme following his death | 2019-01-31 |
Aditya Birla Group | Kumar Mangalam Birla | Chairman [2] | 1995 [2] | Part of the Birla family business house in India | 2018-10-01 |
Adobe Systems | Shantanu Narayen | Chairman, president and CEO [3] | 2007 | Formerly with Apple | 2018-10-01 |
Airbus | Guillaume Faury | CEO [4] | 2012 | Succeeded Louis Gallois | 2017-11-14 |
Alibaba | Eddie Wu | Director and CEO [5] | 2023 [6] | 2024-07-19 | |
Amazon | Andy Jassy | CEO and president [7] | 2021 | Officially succeeded founder Jeff Bezos | 2024-10-20 |
Advanced Micro Devices | Lisa Su | CEO and president [8] | 2014 | Formerly with Texas Instruments | 2018-10-01 |
American Express | Stephen Squeri | Chairman and CEO [9] | 2018 | Former vice chairman of American Express since 2015 | 2018-10-01 |
Anthem | Joseph R. Swedish | Chairman, president and CEO [10] | 2013 | Previously with Centura Health and Trinity Health (Livonia, Michigan) | 2018-10-01 |
Apple | Tim Cook | CEO [11] | 2011 | Replaced Steve Jobs | 2018-10-01 |
Arcelor Mittal | Aditya Mittal | CEO [12] | 2006 | Owner of Queens Park Rangers F.C. | 2018-10-01 |
AT&T | John Stankey | CEO [13] | 2020 | Former CEO of WarnerMedia | 2020-11-19 |
BAE Systems | Charles Woodburn | Chief executive officer [14] | 2008 | Succeeded Ian King | 2018-10-01 |
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance | Tapan Singhel | MD and CEO [15] | 2012 | President of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce | 2018-10-01 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | Carlos Torres Vila | Chairman and CEO [16] | 2015 | Previously with Endesa | 2018-10-01 |
Bank of America | Brian Moynihan | Chairman and CEO [17] | 2009 | Previously with FleetBoston Financial until it merged with BOA | 2018-10-01 |
Barclays | C.S. Venkatakrishnan | Group chief executive [18] | 2021 | Succeeded Jes Staley | 2023-01-08 |
Berkshire Hathaway | Warren Buffett | Chairman and CEO | 1970 | One of the world's wealthiest people | 2018-10-01 |
Best Buy | Hubert Joly | Chairman and CEO [19] | 2012 | Previously CEO of CWT | 2018-10-01 |
Bharti Enterprises | Sunil Bharti Mittal | Founder and chairman [20] | 1985 | Founder of the firm | 2018-10-01 |
Blackstone Group | Stephen A. Schwarzman | Chairman, CEO and co-founder [21] | 1985 | Co-founded the firm with Peter George Peterson | 2017-11-15 |
BHP | Mike Henry | CEO [22] | 2020 | On 1 January 2020, Henry took over as CEO from Andrew Mackenzie | 2024-08-16 |
BMW | Oliver Zipse | Chairman of the board of management [23] | 2020 | Succeeded Harald Krüger | 2017-11-15 |
Boeing | Kelly Ortberg | President and CEO | 2024 | Succeeds Dave Calhoun | 2024-10-20 |
Boston Consulting Group | Rich Lesser | President and CEO [24] | 2013 | Replaced Hans-Paul Bürkner | 2017-11-15 |
BP | Bob Dudley | Group chief executive [25] | 2010 | Previously led TNK-BP | 2017-11-15 |
Broadcom | Hock Tan | President and chief executive officer [26] | 2006 | Also served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology from September 2005 to January 2008 | 2024-02-20 |
Campbell Soup Company | Denise Morrison | President and CEO [27] | 2011 | 12th leader of the company | 2017-11-14 |
Canonical | Mark Shuttleworth | Founder and CEO [28] | 2017 | Stepped down as CEO in 2009 and resumed in 2017 | 2017-11-14 |
Capital One Financial | Richard Fairbank | Founder, chairman and CEO [29] | 1988 | Co-founded the firm with Nigel Morris | 2017-11-14 |
Caterpillar | Jim Umpleby | CEO [30] | 2017 | Succeeded Douglas R. Oberhelman | 2017-11-14 |
Chubb | Evan Greenberg | Chairman and CEO [31] | 2004 | Former COO of American International Group | 2018-10-01 |
Cisco Systems | Chuck Robbins | CEO [32] | 2015 | Succeeded John T. Chambers, who became the chairman | 2017-11-14 |
Citigroup | Jane Fraser | CEO [33] | 2021 | Succeeded Michael Corbat | 2022-02-03 |
Coca-Cola | James Quincey | Chairman and CEO [34] | 2008 | Previously the firm's COO | 2017-11-14 |
Comcast | Michael J. Cavanagh | Chairman and CEO [35] | 2025-03-18 | ||
Credit Suisse | Thomas Gottstein | CEO [36] | 2015 | Formerly with Prudential | 2017-11-14 |
Daimler AG | Ola Källenius | Chairman of the board of management [37] | 2019 | Also head of Mercedes-Benz | 2020-08-08 |
Dell | Michael Dell | Chairman and CEO [38] | 1984 | Founder of the firm | 2017-11-14 |
Delta Air Lines | Ed Bastian | CEO | 2016 | Formerly with Acuity Brands | 2021-11-11 |
Deutsche Bank | Christian Sewing | CEO | 2018 | Former head of private and commercial banking at Deutsche Bank, replaced John Cryan | 2018-12-19 |
DHL Group | Tobias Meyer | CEO [39] | 2019 | Previously with McKinsey & Company | 2024-07-19 |
Dow Chemical Company | Edward D. Breen | CEO [40] | 2015 | Previously CEO of Tyco International | 2017-11-14 |
eBay | Devin Wenig | President and CEO [41] | 2015 | Third CEO of the company, after Meg Whitman and John Donahoe | 2017-11-14 |
Ericsson | Börje Ekholm | President and CEO [42] | 2017 | On the boards for the Alibaba Group, Nasdaq, Trimble, and the Royal Institute of Technology. | 2017-11-14 |
ExxonMobil | Darren Woods | Chairman and CEO [43] | 2017 | Replaced Rex Tillerson who became United States Secretary of State | 2017-11-14 |
Ernst & Young | Carmine Di Sibio | Global chairman and CEO [44] | 2019 | Succeeded Mark Weinberger | 2017-11-14 |
Mark Zuckerberg | Chairman and CEO | 2004 | Co-founded Facebook in 2004 | 2017-11-14 | |
FedEx | Raj Subramaniam | President and CEO | 2022 | Replaced founder and long-time CEO Fred Smith | 2024-10-20 |
Fiat | Sergio Marchionne | CEO [45] [ failed verification ] | 2004 | Also chairman of CNH Industrial, Ferrari, Maserati, Chrysler and SGS S.A. | 2017-11-14 |
Fidelity Investments | Abigail Johnson | Chairman, president and CEO | 2014 | Granddaughter of the firm's founder, Edward C. Johnson II | 2017-11-14 |
Ford | James Hackett | President and CEO [46] | 2017 | Previously CEO of Steelcase, succeeded Mark Fields | 2017-11-14 |
Foxconn | Terry Gou | Chairman and CEO [47] | 1974 | Founder of the firm | 2017-11-14 |
Fox Corporation | Lachlan Murdoch | Executive chairman and CEO | 2019 | Son of Rupert Murdoch | 2020-03-05 |
GameStop | Ryan Cohen | Chairman and CEO [48] | 2023 | Previously founded Chewy, activist investor, self-appointed to CEO | 2023-09-28 |
General Dynamics | Phebe Novakovic | Chairman and CEO [49] | 2013 [50] | Worked for the Central Intelligence Agency [50] and the United States Department of Defense [51] | 2017-11-14 |
General Electric | H. Lawrence Culp Jr. | Chairman and CEO | 2018 | Prior to joining GE, Culp worked at Danaher Corporation in Washington, D.C. | 2018-10-01 |
General Motors | Mary T. Barra | Chairwoman and CEO [52] | 2014 | First female CEO of a major global automaker | 2025-03-18 |
GlaxoSmithKline | Emma Walmsley | CEO [53] | 2017 | Replaced Andrew Witty upon his retirement | 2017-11-13 |
Goldman Sachs | David M. Solomon | CEO [54] | 2018 | Previously with Proskauer Rose and Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine | 2019-05-09 |
Sundar Pichai | CEO [55] | 2015 | Former director of Jive Software from 2011 to 2013 | 2017-11-13 | |
HCL Technologies | C Vijayakumar | President and CEO [56] | 2016 | Joined the firm in 1994, previously the COO | 2017-11-13 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Antonio Neri | President and chief executive officer [57] | 2015 | 25 years with HP | 2021-04-11 |
Honeywell | Darius Adamczyk | Chairman, president, and CEO [58] | 2017 | Succeeded David M. Cote (now the executive chairman) | 2017-11-13 |
HSBC | Noel Quinn | Group CEO [59] | 2019 | Succeeded John Flint. | 2017-11-13 |
IBM | Arvind Krishna | Chairman, president and CEO [60] | 2020 | Succeeded Ginni Rometty. | 2020-04-06 |
Infosys | Salil Parekh | Interim CEO and MD [61] | 2018 | Previously on the board of Capgemini | 2018-02-20 |
Intel | Lip-Bu Tan | CEO [62] | 2025 | 2025-03-18 | |
JP Morgan Chase | James Dimon | Chairman and CEO [63] | 2004 | Also on the board of the New York Federal Reserve | 2017-11-13 |
KLM | Pieter Elbers | CEO and president | 2000 | Previously CEO of Transavia France | |
Koch Industries | Charles G. Koch | Chairman and CEO [64] | 1967 | Son of co-founder Fred C. Koch | 2017-11-13 |
Lockheed Martin | Marillyn Hewson | Chairman, president and CEO [65] | 2013 | Also serves on the board of Sandia National Laboratories and DuPont | 2017-11-13 |
Marks & Spencer | Steve Rowe | CEO [66] | 2016 | Joined the firm in 1989, previously executive director of General Merchandise | 2017-11-13 |
McDonald's | Chris Kempczinski | President and CEO [67] | 2019 | With the company since 2014 | 2017-11-13 |
McKinsey & Company | Bob Sternfels | Global managing partner [68] | 2021 | Succeeded Kevin Sneader | 2023-12-08 |
MetLife | Steven A. Kandarian | Chairman, president and CEO [69] | 2011 | Previously executive director for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | 2017-11-13 |
MGA Entertainment | Isaac Larian | CEO | 1979 | Co-founded the company | 2017-11-13 |
Microsoft | Satya Nadella | CEO [70] | 2014 | Was executive vice president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group | 2017-11-13 |
Morgan Stanley | James P. Gorman | Chairman and CEO [71] | 2010 | Formerly with Merrill Lynch | 2017-11-13 |
NBCUniversal | Michael J. Cavanagh | CEO a.i. [72] | 2023 | CEO ad interim since departure of Jeff Shell in 2023 | 2025-03-18 |
News Corp | Robert James Thomson | CEO [73] | 2013 | Previously managing editor of The Wall Street Journal | 2017-11-12 |
New York Times Company | Mark Thompson | President and CEO [74] | 2012 | Succeeded Janet L. Robinson and was previously director-general of the BBC | 2017-11-12 |
Nike | Mark Parker | Chairman and CEO [75] | 2006 | Third CEO of the company | 2017-11-12 |
Nokia | Pekka Lundmark | President and CEO [76] | 2020 | Previously president and CEO of Fortum | 2020-08-16 |
Novartis | Vasant Narasimhan | CEO | 2017 | Former engineer for Public Service Enterprise Group | 2017-11-12 |
Nintendo | Tatsumi Kimishima | Representative director and president [77] | 2015 | Succeeded Satoru Iwata after his death | 2017-11-12 |
Oracle Corporation | Safra Catz | CEO [78] | 2014 | Co-CEO following Larry Ellison | 2017-11-12 |
PepsiCo | Ramon Laguarta | Chairman and CEO [79] | 2018 | Succeeded Indra Nooyi | 2025-03-18 |
Pfizer | Albert Bourla | Chairman and CEO [80] | 2019 | Succeeded Jeff Kindler and Henry McKinnell | |
Procter & Gamble | David S. Taylor | President and CEO [81] [ failed verification ] | 2015 | Succeeded A.G. Lafley | 2017-11-12 |
Prudential Financial | John Strangfeld | Chairman and CEO [82] | 2008 | With the firm since 1977 | 2017-11-12 |
Qantas | John Mullen | CEO and board chair [83] | 2008 | Formerly with Aer Lingus and Ansett Australia | 2017-11-12 |
Reliance Group | Anil Ambani | Chairman [84] | 2006 | Son of founder Dhirubhai Ambani | 2017-11-12 |
Reliance Industries | Mukesh Ambani | Chairman and MD [85] | 2002 | One of India's wealthiest people | 2017-11-12 |
Renault | Luca de Meo | CEO [86] | 2005 | Former CEO of Nissan | 2017-11-12 |
Royal Bank of Canada | David I. McKay | President and CEO [87] | 2014 | Succeeded Gordon Nixon | 2017-11-12 |
Royal Bank of Scotland | Ross McEwan | CEO [88] | 2013 | Succeeded Stephen Hester | 2017-11-12 |
Royal Dutch Shell | Wael Sawan | CEO [89] | 2023 | Joined Shell in 1997 | 2025-03-18 |
Ryanair | Michael O'Leary | CEO [90] | 1994 | One of Ireland's wealthiest businessmen | 2017-11-12 |
S&P Global | Douglas L. Peterson | President and CEO | 2013 | 2018-10-01 | |
Samsung | Oh-Hyun Kwon | Chairman and CEO [91] | 2012 | Joined the firm in 1985 | 2017-11-12 |
SAP | Christian Klein | CEO [92] | 2019 | Succeeding Bill McDermott in 2019 | 2019-11-18 |
SC Johnson | Herbert Fisk Johnson III | Chairman and CEO [93] | 2004 | Great-great grandson of company founder Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. | 2017-11-12 |
Schneider Electric | Jean-Pascal Tricoire | Chairman and CEO [94] | 2006 | Replaced Henri Lachmann | 2017-11-12 |
Schroders | Peter Harrison | Group chief executive [95] | 2016 | Replaced Michael Dobson | 2024-02-27 |
Singtel | Chua Sock Koong | Group CEO [96] | 2007 | Joined the firm in 1989 | 2017-11-12 |
SoftBank | Masayoshi Son | Chairman and CEO [97] | 1981 | Founder of the firm, also chairman of Sprint Corporation | 2017-11-12 |
Solera Holdings | Tony Aquila | Chairman and CEO [98] | 2005 | Previously COO of Mitchell International | 2017-11-12 |
SpaceX | Elon Musk | Founder, chairman, CEO, CTO | 2002 | 2024-10-19 | |
Southwest Airlines | Robert E. Jordan | President, CEO, vice-chair [99] | 2022 | Replaced former CEO Gary C. Kelly; joined Southwest in 1988 [100] | 2023-02-21 |
Sonic Corporation | J. Clifford Hudson | Chairman, CEO and president [101] [ failed verification ] | 1995 | Also a trustee for the Ford Foundation | 2017-11-12 |
Starbucks | Brian Niccol | Chairman and CEO [102] | 2024 | Previously CEO of Chipotle; succeeds Laxman Narasimhan | 2024-08-27 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties | Raymond Kwok | Chairman and MD [103] | 2011 | Has been with the firm since 1978 | 2017-11-11 |
SunTrust Banks | William H. Rogers Jr. | Chairman and CEO [104] | 2011 | Succeeded James M. Wells, III | 2017-11-11 |
Target Corporation | Brian Cornell | Chairman and CEO [105] | 2014 | Succeeded Gregg Steinhafel | 2017-11-11 |
Tata Consultancy Services | Rajesh Gopinathan | CEO and MD [106] | 2016 | Replaced N Chandrasekaran | 2017-11-11 |
TCL Corporation | Li Dongsheng | CEO and founder [107] | 1981 | Been with the company since the beginning | |
Telstra | Andy Penn | CEO [108] | 2015 | Previously CFO | 2017-11-11 |
Tesco | Dave Lewis | Group CEO [109] | 2014 | Previously with Unilever | 2017-11-11 |
Tesla | Elon Musk | CEO [110] | 2008 | Previously board member of Tesla | 2018-11-11 |
The Travelers Companies | Alan D. Schnitzer | Chairman and CEO [111] | 2015 | Previously over the firm's Business and International Insurance segment | 2017-11-11 |
Toyota | Akio Toyoda | President and director [112] | 2009 | Son of Shoichiro Toyoda, the former chairman | 2017-11-11 |
United Airlines | Scott Kirby | CEO [113] | 2020 | Previously with American Airlines | 2021-11-11 |
UnitedHealthcare | Brian Thompson | CEO [114] | 2021 | Previously with PwC, killed December 2024 | 2024-12-30 |
UBS | Ralph Hamers | Group CEO [115] | 2020 | Previously with ING Group | 2017-11-11 |
Verizon Communications | Hans Vestberg | Chairman and CEO [116] | 2018 | Replaced Lowell McAdam | 2019-03-31 |
ViacomCBS | Robert Bakish | President and CEO [117] | 2019 | Has been with the firm since 1997 | 2020-03-02 |
Visa Inc. | Ryan McInerney | President and CEO [118] | 2023 | Has been with Visa since 2013 | 2024-10-04 |
Vodafone | Vittorio Colao | CEO [119] | 2008 | Also director at Unilever | 2017-11-11 |
Volkswagen Group | Herbert Diess | Chairman of the management board/CEO [120] [ failed verification ] | 2018 | Succeeded Matthias Müller | 2017-11-11 |
Walt Disney Company | Robert Iger | CEO [121] | 2022 | Previously led Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; previously CEO (2005–2020) | 2020-03-02 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance | Stefano Pessina | Executive vice chairman and CEO [122] | 2015 | Holding company of Walgreens and Boots UK | 2017-11-11 |
Walmart | Doug McMillon | President and CEO [123] | 2014 | Previously lead for Sam's Club | 2017-11-11 |
Warner Brothers | Ann Sarnoff | Chairwoman and CEO [124] | 2019 | First woman to hold the position at the company; succeeded Kevin Tsujihara | 2019-10-10 |
WarnerMedia | Jason Kilar | CEO [125] | 2020 | Previously with Hulu and Amazon | 2020-11-19 |
Wells Fargo | Charles Scharf | CEO and president [126] | 2019 | Succeeded John Stumpf, previously COO | |
Whole Foods Market | John Mackey | CEO [127] | 1980 | Co-founder | 2017-11-11 |
Zillow Group | Rich Barton | CEO [128] | 2019 | Co-founder and previously was Zillow's CEO for nearly a decade. Succeeded Spencer Rascoff. | 2018-12-10 |