The Top 9 Tech CEOs Of 2012, As Rated By Employees: Glassdoor Survey

How well do you now your company's CEO? A recent Career Builder survey found that one-fifth of American workers don't know what their CEO looks like, while 40 percent say they had never met him or her. But do those who know their CEO well enough approve of the job he or she is doing? Glassdoor.com, a career review and rating site, surveyed employees at the country's top tech companies to determine the approval ratings of their respective chiefs.

According to a press email, the site asked a simple question of employees working at some of the biggest tech companies: Do you approve of the way your CEO is leading the company? The survey results reflect data gathered between March 16, 2011 and March 15, 2012.

Since Glassdoor.com released its 2011 survey, quite a few faces and companies have changed or been kicked off the list completely. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, for example, received an approval rating of 96 percent last year, but he has since been replaced by Larry Page, who sits at number three on the list with a slightly lower approval rating of 94 percent. And Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was kicked down to number 10 after his approval rating dropped five percentage points from 84 percent to 79 percent. GeekWire notes Bezos' drop with surprise, pointing out that he has helped up Amazon's stock by 417 percent in just five years.

The highest-rated CEO (see slideshow) earned the approval of 97 percent of his employees -- two percentage points higher than his predecessor earned in 2011.

Flip through the slideshow below to check out the top nine CEOs who made Glassdoor.com's list of the top-rated tech chiefs of the past year. Then, take a look at last year's list to see what's changed.

Are you surprised by any of the CEOs who made the list this year? Do you thin anyone's been snubbed? Let us know in the comments!

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[brandon20678]

06:24 AM on 03/31/2012

No surprise Tim Cook is at the top. The Sheep at Apple thinks he's God.

[bc906]

11:37 AM on 03/30/2012

Tim Cook is sitting on way too much cash to be considered a top CEO, give a bigger dividend and build some new factories/offices in the USA TIM. He is still calling Steve Jobs plays

[jflorish]

08:08 AM on 03/30/2012

I agree with most on this list.

[Vballboy60]

05:10 AM on 03/30/2012

Grammar police for the headline.....

Survey....not SUVEY?

[Mr-Larry]

06:14 AM on 03/30/2012

You would think that they could afford spell check.

[Grant Hensel]

11:46 PM on 04/09/2012

Spelled Larry Ellison's name wrong - they only have one 'l'...

[chuckerpated]

10:46 AM on 03/30/2012

Grammar police for the lead sentence:
"How well do you *now your company's CEO?"
Should be: *know

[Mr-Larry]

11:09 AM on 03/30/2012

Oh brother, I didn't see that one. I would say "Head will role at HP" but I don't think they would get the joke.

[cheepseat]

05:08 AM on 03/30/2012

All the products we get from China and not one Chinese CEO made the list. Hmmmmmmmmm
I"d say this study is biassed.

[Vballboy60]

05:11 AM on 03/30/2012

too funny

[AladinSane]

03:02 AM on 03/30/2012

Yea, wow, its amazing to think a company's stock value rose 417%, which might please SHAREHOLDERS who are only interested in profit, doesn't necessarily mean EMPLOYEES were happy with how that rise was implemented. I can't seem to get my head around the discrepancy...

[Infinitytomorrow]

02:46 AM on 03/30/2012

GEE Apple at #1? Who woulda thunk?

[gdatomic]

01:31 AM on 03/30/2012

This is a pretty silly study.