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

CEO: Facebook

Approval rating: 99 per cent

Overall rank: 1

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Image: Co-CEOs Bill McDermott, right, and Jim Hagemann Snabe, left, of software giant SAP in Mannheim, Germany.
Photographs: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters

Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe

Co-CEOs: SAP

Approval rating: 99 per cent

Overall rank: 2

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Image: Dominic Barton at the Thomson Reuters building in New York.
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Dominic Barton

CEO: McKinsey & Company

Approval rating: 97 per cent

Overall rank: 3

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Image: Jim Turley.
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Jim Turley

CEO: Ernst & Young

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 4

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Image: John E Schlifske.
Photographs: Source: northwesternmutual.com

John E Schlifske

CEO: Northwestern Mutual

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 5

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Image: Frank D'Souza, inset.
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Frank D'Souza

CEO: Cognizant Technology Solutions

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 6

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Image: Joe Tucci, right, in, Washington, DC.
Photographs: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Joe Tucci

CEO: EMC

Approval rating: 96 per cent

Overall rank: 7

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Image: Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs in Las Vegas.
Photographs: Rick Wilking/Reuters

Paul E Jacobs

CEO: Qualcomm

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 8

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Image: Richard K Davis.
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Richard K Davis

CEO: US Bank

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 9

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Image: Pierre Nanterme in Paris.
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Pierre Nanterme

CEO: Accenture

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 10

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Image: Larry Page at Google's headquarters in New York.
Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Larry Page

CEO: Google

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 11

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Image: Mark B Templeton.
Photographs: Source: citrix.com

Mark B Templeton

CEO: Citrix Systems

Approval rating: 95 per cent

Overall rank: 12

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Image: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at a Dreamforce event in San Francisco, California.
Photographs: Robert Galbraith/Reuters

Marc Benioff

CEO: Salesforce.com

Approval rating: 94 per cent

Overall rank: 13

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Image: Carlos A Rodriguez, inset bottom.
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Carlos A Rodriguez

CEO: ADP

Approval rating: 94 per cent

Overall rank: 14

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Image: Jen-Hsun Huang in San Jose, California.
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Jen-Hsun Huang

CEO: Nvidia

Approval rating: 94 per cent

Overall rank: 15

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Image: Jeff Bezos in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Photographs: Richard Brian/Reuters

Jeff Bezos

CEO: Amazon.com

Approval rating: 93 per cent

Overall rank: 16

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Image: Hans Vestberg at the company's headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.
Photographs: Janerik Henriksson/Scanpix/Reuters

Hans Vestberg

CEO: Ericsson-Worldwide

Approval rating: 93 per cent

Overall rank: 17

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Image: Tim Cook in San Francisco, California.
Photographs: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters

Tim Cook

CEO: Apple

Approval rating: 93 per cent

Overall rank: 18

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Image: Howard Schultz at the National Press Building in Washington, DC.
Photographs: Larry Downing/Reuters

Howard D Schultz

CEO: Starbucks

Approval rating: 92 per cent

Overall rank: 19

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Image: American Express Chairman and CEO Ken Chenault, right, with Chairman and CEO for UBS Group Americas Robert Wolf, left, in Washington, DC.
Photographs: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Ken Chenault

CEO: American Express

Approval rating: 92 per cent

Overall rank: 20