The 100 Most Innovative Business Leaders In The U.S., 2019

MOVE over Tim Cook and Satya Nadella – Both “Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk” have been named as the most innovative business leaders in America, according to the Forbes magazine’s list for 2019. That’s right!

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk were tied for first place, with Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Benioff, and Reed Hastings rounding out the top five.

Magazine placed Satya Nadella in sixth on the list ahead of Shantanu Narayen, and Tim Cook.

Arne Sorenson and Larry Page & Sergey Brin round out the list at nine and ten, respectively.

Rodney Sacks took the No. 11 spot, followed by Jeffrey Leiden (No.12) and Jeffrey Leiden (No.13).

Meanwhile, Gary Guthart ranked No. 14 in Forbes’s ranking of the 100 most innovative business leaders in the U.S. for 2019.

Brad Smith of Intuit came in fifteenth place, followed by Scott Stephenson (sixteenth), Michael Mahoney (seventeenth), Ajaypal Banga (eighteenth), and Stephen Easterbrook, ranked nineteenth.

Out of 100 most innovative business leaders in the U.S. for 2019, George Yancopoulos and Leonard Schleifer of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ranked No. 20th.

The sole female to rank was Barbara Rentler, CEO of off-price retailer Ross Stores Inc. She held the No. 75 spot.

The 100 Most Innovative Business Leaders In The U.S., 2019

1. Jeff Bezos, Amazon
2. Elon Musk, Tesla
3. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
4. Mark Benioff, Salesforce
5. Reed Hastings, Netflix
6. Satya Nadella, Microsoft
7. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe
8. Tim Cook, Apple
9. Arne Sorenson, Marriott International
10. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Alphabet
11. Rodney Sacks, Monster Beverage
12. John Donahoe, ServiceNow
13. Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
14. Gary Guthart, Intuitive Surgical
15. Brad Smith, Intuit
16. Scott Stephenson, Verisk Analytics
17. Michael Mahoney, Boston Scientific
18. Ajaypal Banga, Mastercard
19. Stephen Easterbrook, McDonald’s
20. George Yancopoulos and Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
21. Mark Parker, Nike
22. Ronald Clarke, FleetCor Technologies
23. Michael Mussallem, Edwards Lifesciences
24. Jean-Jacques Bienaime, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
25. Bob Iger, Walt Disney
26. Miles White, Abbott Laboratories
27. Jeffery Yabuki, Fiserv
28. Jensen Huang, NVIDIA
29. Omar Ishrak, Medtronic
30. Robert Sands, Constellation Brands
31. Andrew Wilson, Electronic Arts
32. Hock Tan, Broadcom
33. Kevin Lobo, Stryker
34. Martin Mucci, Paychex
35. Richard Gonzalez, AbbVie Inc.
36. Christopher O’Connell, Waters
37. Lawrence Kurzius, McCormick
38. Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard
39. Benno Dorer, Clorox
40. James Meyer, Sirius XM Radio
41. Vincent Forlenza, Becton Dickinson
42. Kevin Sayer, DEXCOM INC
43. Donald Slager, Republic Services
44. Gary Norcross, Fidelity National Information
45. Matthew Farrell, Church & Dwight
46. Bruce Broussard, Humana
47. Fabrizio Freda, The Estée Lauder Companies
48. Stanley Bergman, Henry Schein
49. Richard Templeton, Texas Instruments
50. David King, LabCorp
51. Craig Menear, Home Depot
52. John Morikis, Sherwin-Williams
53. Richard Norwitt, Amphenol
54. Craig Jelinek, Costco Wholesale
55. Thomas Joyce, Danaher
56. Marc Casper, Thermo Fisher Scientific
57. Greg Creed, Yum! Brands
58. Patrick Gelsinger, VMware
59. William Wagner, Logmein
60. Douglas Baker, Ecolab
61. James Hill, Vulcan Materials
62. Steven Abramson, Universal Display Co
63. Andrew Florance, CoStar Group
64. Carlos Rodriguez, Automatic Data Processing
65. Michael Gianoni, Blackbaud
66. Antonio Pietri, ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC
67. Vincent Roche, Analog Devices
68. John Hayes, Ball
69. Howard Nye, Martin Marietta Materials
70. William Brown, L3 Technologies
71. Michael McMullen, Agilent Technologies
72. Thomas Rutledge, Charter Communications Inc.
73. Todd Vasos, Dollar General
74. Stanley Crooke, Ionis Pharmaceuticals
75. Barbara Rentler, Ross Stores
76. Daniel Florness, Fastenal
77. Stephen Angel, Linde
78. Scott Santi, Illinois Tool Works
79. Gregory Brown, Motorola Solutions
80. William Rhodes, AutoZone
81. Seifollah Ghasemi, Air Products & Chemicals
82. Jose Almeida, Baxter International
83. Stephen Rusckowski, Quest Diagnostics
84. Richard Barton, Zillow Class A
85. Brian Roberts, Comcast
86. Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson
87. Clay Siegall, SEATTLE GENETICS INC
88. Gary Dickerson, Applied Materials
89. Michael Lamach, Ingersoll Rand
90. Richard Wallace, KLA-Tencor
91. Blake Moret, Rockwell Automation
92. David Auld, D.R. Horton
93. Ernie Herrman, TJX Cos
94. Tarek Sherif, MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS INC
95. Alan Miller, Universal Health
96. Brian Goldner, Hasbro
97. Keith Allman, Masco
98. Thomas Williams, Parker-Hannifin
99. Oscar Munoz, United Continental Holdings
100. Devin Wenig, eBay

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