Qmed Staff

June 11, 2015

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The 3 Highest Rated Medtech CEOs

Three of the top 50 highest rated U.S. CEOs worked at medical device companies.

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Alex Gorsky

Alex Gorsky of J&J was one of the top-rated CEOs in a Glassdoor roundup.

Glassdoor recently announced its roundup of highest rated CEOs, which put Google's Larry Page in the top slot, winning the confidence of 97% of anonymous Google employees who ranked him on Glassdoor.

In the medtech world, Medtronic's Omar Ishrak took top honors in the Glassdoor roundup with a 91% approval ranking among the 306 employees who evaluated him.

Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson's CEO also had a 91% approval ranking in the Glassdoor roundup. Since that was compiled, however, his ranking has moved up to 94% while Ishrak's has fallen to 90%.  

The other medtech CEO to be featured in Glassdoor's list was Kevin A. Lobo of Stryker, who had an 89% approval ranking based on 245 reviews.

We asked our readers (poll still open below) who they thought was the best medtech CEO and here's the list of candidates we have thus far:

  • David Clapper at Minerva Surgical, Inc.

  • David Dvorak, Zimmer 

  • Aaron J. Emerson, CEGA Innovations

  • Alex Gorsky, J&J

  • Chip Hance, Creganna-Tactx

  • Brian Highley, CIRTEC Medical Systems

  • Omar Ishrak, Medtronic

  • Michael Mussalem, Edwards Lifesciences

  • Kevin Lobo, Stryker

  • Miles D. White, Abbott Labs

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