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The Definitive Monthly Ranking of Private-Sector Growth Leaders

November 2026 This month our editors looked at what leaders delivered in the last 90 days, from results at Databricks and Figma to the launch of Warp Sciences. Read the notes
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The Executive List

November 2026 · Updated Monthly

99 private-sector operators chosen by our editors — every C-suite discipline intermingled and ranked one through 99. Filter by discipline above; tap any name for the full profile.

Top 10

  1. 1
    Parker Conrad
    Parker Conrad
    Co-Founder and CEO · Rippling
    CEO 99.2
  2. 2
    Andrej Karpathy
    Andrej Karpathy
    AI Researcher, Pretraining · Anthropic
    CTO 99.2
  3. 3
    DJ Patil
    DJ Patil
    Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer · Warp Sciences
    CDO 98.9
  4. 4
    Atif Rafiq
    Atif Rafiq
    Co-founder and CEO · Ritual
    CIO 98.6
  5. 5
    Maia Josebachvili
    Maia Josebachvili
    Chief Revenue Officer, AI · Stripe
    CHRO 98.1
  6. 6
    Kyle Parrish
    Kyle Parrish
    Partner · Craft Ventures
    CSO 97.7
  7. 7
    Michael Tannenbaum
    Michael Tannenbaum
    Chief Executive Officer · Figure Technology Solutions
    CFO 97.6
  8. 8
    Ali Ghodsi
    Ali Ghodsi
    Co-Founder and CEO · Databricks
    CEO 97.5
  9. 9
    Sam Blond
    Sam Blond
    Co-founder and CEO · Monaco
    CRO 97.4
  10. 10
    Sangram Vajre
    Sangram Vajre
    Co-Founder and CEO · GTM Partners
    CMO 97.3

The Rest of the List

  1. 11
    Mira Murati
    Mira Murati
    Founder and CEO · Thinking Machines Lab
    CTO 96.8
  2. 12
    Brad Lightcap
    Brad Lightcap
    Former Chief Operating Officer · OpenAI
    COO 96.5
  3. 13
    Nathalie Scardino
    Nathalie Scardino
    President & Chief People Officer · Salesforce
    CHRO 96.2
  4. 14
    Latane Conant
    Latane Conant
    Chief Marketing Officer · Parloa
    CRO 95.2
  5. 15
    Monica Caldas
    Monica Caldas
    Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer · Liberty Mutual Insurance
    CIO 95.1
  6. 16
    Judson Althoff
    Judson Althoff
    CEO, Commercial Business · Microsoft
    CSO 95.1
  7. 17
    Usama Fayyad
    Usama Fayyad
    Senior Vice Provost for AI and Data Strategy · Northeastern University
    CDO 95.1
  8. 18
    Amy Hood
    Amy Hood
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Microsoft
    CFO 95.0
  9. 19
    Matt MacInnis
    Matt MacInnis
    President and Chief Product Officer · Rippling
    COO 94.9
  10. 20
    Alexandr Wang
    Alexandr Wang
    Chief AI Officer · Meta
    CEO 94.7
  11. 21
    Pedro Franceschi
    Pedro Franceschi
    Co-Founder and CEO · Brex
    CTO 94.7
  12. 22
    Ryan Longfield
    Ryan Longfield
    President of Go-to-Market · PolyAI
    CRO 93.7
  13. 23
    Dylan Field
    Dylan Field
    Co-Founder and CEO · Figma
    CEO 93.6
  14. 24
    Josh Wills
    Member of Technical Staff · DatologyAI
    CDO 93.4
  15. 25
    Mark Kosoglow
    Mark Kosoglow
    Co-Founder and CEO · Operator
    CSO 93.3
  16. 26
    Bret Taylor
    Bret Taylor
    Co-Founder and CEO · Sierra
    CIO 93.1
  17. 27
    Susan Li
    Susan Li
    Chief Financial Officer · Meta
    CFO 93.1
  18. 28
    Beth Galetti
    Beth Galetti
    Senior Vice President, People eXperience and Technology · Amazon
    CHRO 93.1
  19. 29
    Naveen Rao
    Naveen Rao
    Founder · Unconventional AI
    COO 92.4
  20. 30
    Kevin Scott
    Kevin Scott
    Chief Technology Officer · Microsoft
    CTO 92.2
  21. 31
    Meagen Eisenberg
    Meagen Eisenberg
    Chief Marketing Officer · Samsara
    CMO 92.1
  22. 32
    Stevie Case
    Stevie Case
    Chief Revenue Officer · Vanta
    CRO 91.0
  23. 33
    Claire Hughes Johnson
    Claire Hughes Johnson
    Former Chief Operating Officer · Stripe
    COO 90.7
  24. 34
    Nenshad Bardoliwalla
    Senior Vice President, AI Products · ServiceNow
    CDO 90.7
  25. 35
    Melanie Perkins
    Melanie Perkins
    Co-Founder and CEO · Canva
    CEO 90.6
  26. 36
    Dave Morton
    Dave Morton
    Chief Financial Officer · Intapp
    CFO 90.4
  27. 37
    Tim Campos
    Tim Campos
    Chief Information Officer · Apple
    CIO 90.3
  28. 38
    Tomer London
    Tomer London
    Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer · Gusto
    CTO 90.0
  29. 39
    Lori Beer
    Lori Beer
    Global Chief Information Officer · JPMorganChase
    CIO 90.0
  30. 40
    Holly May
    Holly May
    Chief Human Resources Officer · Petco
    CHRO 90.0
  31. 41
    Patrick Collison
    Patrick Collison
    Co-Founder and CEO · Stripe
    CEO 89.8
  32. 42
    Jeremey Donovan
    Jeremey Donovan
    Executive Vice President, Revenue Operations and Strategy · Insight Partners
    CSO 89.6
  33. 43
    Javier Olivan
    Javier Olivan
    Chief Operating Officer · Meta
    COO 89.4
  34. 44
    Camille Ricketts
    Camille Ricketts
    Partner and Head of Marketing · XYZ Venture Capital
    CMO 89.3
  35. 45
    Kevan Parekh
    Kevan Parekh
    Chief Financial Officer · Apple
    CFO 88.8
  36. 46
    Harrison Chase
    Harrison Chase
    Co-Founder and CEO · LangChain
    CTO 88.6
  37. 47
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
    Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
    Co-Founder and CEO · Grounded Work
    CRO 88.4
  38. 48
    Ari Lightman
    Ari Lightman
    Distinguished Service Professor of Digital Media and Marketing · Carnegie Mellon University
    CDO 88.1
  39. 49
    Lexi Reese
    Lexi Reese
    Co-Founder and CEO · Lanai
    CHRO 87.7
  40. 50
    Dave Gerhardt
    Dave Gerhardt
    Founder · Exit Five
    CMO 87.2
  41. 51
    Jeb Blount
    Jeb Blount
    Founder and CEO · Sales Gravy
    CSO 87.0
  42. 52
    Catie Ivey
    Catie Ivey
    Chief Revenue Officer · GrowthZone
    CRO 85.9
  43. 53
    Henry Ward
    Henry Ward
    Co-Founder and CEO · Carta
    CEO 85.3
  44. 54
    Guillermo Rauch
    Guillermo Rauch
    Founder and CEO · Vercel
    CTO 85.1
  45. 55
    Anna Baird
    Anna Baird
    Venture Partner · Madrona
    COO 85.0
  46. 56
    Hilary Mason
    Hilary Mason
    Co-Founder and CEO · Hidden Door
    CDO 84.9
  47. 57
    Sarah Friar
    Sarah Friar
    Chief Financial Officer · OpenAI
    CFO 84.8
  48. 58
    Amjad Masad
    Amjad Masad
    Co-Founder and CEO · Replit
    CEO 84.7
  49. 59
    Jim Routh
    Jim Routh
    Chief Trust Officer · Saviynt
    CIO 84.5
  50. 60
    Gianna Driver
    Gianna Driver
    Chief People Officer · One Workplace
    CHRO 84.4
  51. 61
    Sabih Khan
    Sabih Khan
    Chief Operating Officer · Apple
    COO 84.3
  52. 62
    Mark Roberge
    Mark Roberge
    Co-Founder and Managing Partner · Stage 2 Capital
    CRO 84.1
  53. 63
    Jason Lemkin
    Jason Lemkin
    Founder and CEO · SaaStr
    CSO 84.1
  54. 64
    Shishir Mehrotra
    Shishir Mehrotra
    Chief Executive Officer · Superhuman
    CTO 84.0
  55. 65
    Maria Pergolino
    Maria Pergolino
    Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer · SPS Commerce
    CMO 83.9
  56. 66
    Lars Schmidt
    Lars Schmidt
    Recruiting Transformation · Anthropic
    CHRO 82.5
  57. 67
    Harjeet Taggar
    Harjeet Taggar
    Managing Partner · Y Combinator
    CFO 82.3
  58. 68
    Jonathan Mildenhall
    Jonathan Mildenhall
    Chief Marketing Officer · Rocket Companies
    CMO 82.3
  59. 69
    Gwynne Shotwell
    Gwynne Shotwell
    President and Chief Operating Officer · SpaceX
    COO 82.3
  60. 70
    Arif Janmohamed
    Arif Janmohamed
    Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CDO 82.3
  61. 71
    Mark Settle
    Mark Settle
    Former Chief Information Officer · Okta
    CIO 82.2
  62. 72
    Sahil Mansuri
    Sahil Mansuri
    President & COO · Wander
    CSO 82.0
  63. 73
    Ravi Mhatre
    Ravi Mhatre
    Co-Founder and Partner · Lightspeed Venture Partners
    CFO 81.8
  64. 74
    Dennis Lyandres
    Dennis Lyandres
    Board Director and Advisor · CaptivateIQ
    CRO 81.5
  65. 75
    Howie Liu
    Howie Liu
    Co-Founder · Airtable
    CEO 80.8
  66. 76
    Avon Puri
    Avon Puri
    Chief Digital and Information Officer · Sequoia Capital
    CIO 80.3
  67. 77
    Elena Grewal
    Elena Grewal
    Founder · Data 2 the People
    CDO 79.7
  68. 78
    Astasia Myers
    Astasia Myers
    General Partner · Felicis
    CTO 79.4
  69. 79
    Amy Spurling
    Amy Spurling
    Founder and CEO · Compt
    CHRO 79.3
Nos. 80–99

Rising Executives

Capable operators who are less widely known.

Those marked New joined this month, have no score yet and are placed alphabetically by last name.

  1. 80
    Monica Barry
    Monica Barry
    Chief Human Resources Officer · Watts Water Technologies
    CHRO New
  2. 81
    Cindi Evans
    Cindi Evans
    Chief Revenue Officer · Crescent Electric Supply Company
    CRO New
  3. 82
    David Fall
    David Fall
    Chief Growth and Strategy Officer · Advantage Solutions
    CSO New
  4. 83
    Kirk Ferrier
    Kirk Ferrier
    Chief Revenue Officer · Matlen Silver
    CRO New
  5. 84
    Tom Henry
    Tom Henry
    Chief Data and Information Officer · Schnucks
    CDO New
  6. 85
    Scott Hudler
    Scott Hudler
    Chief Marketing Officer · Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
    CMO New
  7. 86
    Mel Hudson-Nowak
    Mel Hudson-Nowak
    Chief Technology Officer · Keller Logistics Group
    CTO New
  8. 87
    Joe Kelley
    Joe Kelley
    Chief Operating Officer · Associated Wholesale Grocers
    COO New
  9. 88
    Scott A. King
    Scott A. King
    President and Chief Executive Officer · The Gorman-Rupp Company
    CEO New
  10. 89
    Kathryn McKeon
    Kathryn McKeon
    Chief Marketing Officer · Vital Farms
    CMO New
  11. 90
    Sam Ramahi
    Sam Ramahi
    Chief Operations Officer · Protolabs
    COO New
  12. 91
    Jamie Richardson
    Jamie Richardson
    Chief Marketing Officer · White Castle
    CMO New
  13. 92
    Surya Sagi
    Surya Sagi
    Chief Data and AI Officer · IRIS Software Group
    CDO New
  14. 93
    Raj Singh
    Raj Singh
    Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer · Diebold Nixdorf
    CIO New
  15. 94
    Taylor Sommer
    Taylor Sommer
    Chief Sales Officer · QXO
    CSO New
  16. 95
    Trisha Trautman
    Trisha Trautman
    Chief Human Resources Officer · Midrex Technologies
    CHRO New
  17. 96
    Liz Wallace
    Liz Wallace
    Chief Information Officer · Kimball Midwest
    CIO New
  18. 97
    Daniel Weltzien
    Daniel Weltzien
    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Badger Meter
    CFO New
  19. 98
    Jennifer Wolfenbarger
    Jennifer Wolfenbarger
    Chief Financial Officer · Franklin Electric
    CFO New
  20. 99
    Kory White
    Kory White
    Regional President / CRO Equivalent · Verizon Cellular Sales (Former) / PulseRevOps.com
    CRO 76.4
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