Pat Gelsinger: The Best CEO In America
When not out climbing mountains in Africa to raise money for those in need, VMware’s CEO is beloved by his employees. The highly charitable technology visionary was voted best CEO in America this year by Glassdoor among all U.S. large companies. Gelsinger receiving an astonishing 99 percent approval rating from users on Glassdoor, the popular employment website where employees and former employees anonymously review companies and their management.
“If you think about it: we spend more of our discretionary time with our work families than we do our personal ones; it is important to me that our team enjoys that time we have together,” said Gelsinger.
Gelsinger rose from being ranked No. 78 in Glassdoor’s 2018 list to the top spot in the 2019 Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards. The award includes reviews by current and former employees with CEOs being rated based on consistency, quantity and quality of the reviews.
Just a few weeks before receiving the award, Gelsinger was participating in a 50-mile charity bike ride to raise money to fight diabetes in the Bay Area where he was the No. 1 fundraiser.
