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Huang Renxun (Jensen Huang), a Chinese CEO of Nvidia, a popular artificial intelligence chip company, is the most popular CEO in the United States, with an approval rating of 96%, according to a survey by Blind, a US technology company's workplace community, on October 9, Beijing time. Hard drive maker Western Digital CEO David Gekler (David Goeckeler) became the most annoying CEO with 0 approval rating.

Huang Renxun's approval rating is as high as 96%. In August, Blind conducted a national CEO survey of Silicon Valley technology employees, and a total of 13171 American employees voted anonymously. The results showed that Western Digital CEO Gekler did not get a single vote, with an approval rating of 0. In June, he laid off more than 200 Western Digital employees, affecting his impression score.

The most hated CEO, according to Western Digital's 2022 annual report, Gekler's annual salary is about $32 million, 3332 times the median salary of the average Western Digital employee of $9644. Western Digital has 62500 employees, many of whom work overseas. In May 2020, Gekler joined Western Digital to replace retired Steve Milligan as CEO. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco.

Geckler's approval rating is zero. Ironically, in an interview with McKinsey in April 2022, Gekler also vowed to create a work environment in which people are willing to join.

"I've spent my career changing jobs, and job-hopping is an old question: how are you going to attract talent and retain all these great employees? The answer is to create an environment in which they are willing to join, "he said at the time." I firmly believe that people want to be part of a greater mission than themselves. Now, we are facing the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. We must keep the business running normally, but if we don't take good care of the employees, the business won't work properly. So, how can we create a sense of belonging for our employees when everyone telecommutes? If you can do it, you will gain a lot of loyalty. "

Western Digital's share price has plummeted since Mr Gekler took over, from $77.17 in June 2022 to $46.40 over the weekend. Western Digital's share price has fallen nearly 15 per cent over the past five years.

But Gekler is not alone. Department store Nordstrom CEO Eric Nordstrom (Erik Nordstrom) also has an approval rating of zero. Elon Musk's newly appointed X CEO Linda Yakarino (Linda Yaccarino) has an approval rating of only 4 per cent. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, the developer of the instant Snapchat app, has an approval rating of just 3 per cent.

The most popular CEO has the worst and the best. Nvidia has skyrocketed with artificial intelligence, with a market capitalization of more than $1 trillion, and its CEO, Huang Renxun, has also received strong support from employees. According to Blind's 2023 CEO approval rating index, Huang Renxun's approval rate is as high as 96%, making him the only CEO to break through 90%. By contrast, CEO's average approval rating this year is 32 per cent.

The CEO list with the highest and lowest approval ratings other technology companies' CEO also performed well. Apple CEO Tim cook (Tim Cook) ranks fourth with an approval rating of 83%. AMD CEO Su Zifeng (Lisa Su) ranks eighth with an approval rating of 79%.

However, other traditional tech giants CEO have relatively low approval ratings. Facebook parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) defines 2023 as the "year of efficiency", shrinking spending and laying off tens of thousands of people, with an approval rating of 45 per cent. After cutting 12000 jobs at the start of the year, Google CEO Sandal Pichai (Sundar Pichai) has an approval rating of just 26%.

Us media have pointed out that CEO, the technology company with the highest approval rating, often has one financial thing in common: its share price rises sharply in 2023.

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