Money | CEOs Most-Loved CEOs Aren't Who You Think Elon Musk comes in at No. 8 By Arden Dier Posted Jun 21, 2017 11:33 AM CDT Copied Elon Musk speaks in Hawthorne, Calif., on April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) It's not much of a surprise that Travis Kalanick was left off Glassdoor's list of the top 100 CEOs, based on opinions from the employees they manage. But what may come as a surprise are those on the top of the list, who inched past Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. The 10 highest rated CEOs and their approval rating: Benno Dorer, Clorox Company: 99% Jim Kavanaugh, World Wide Technology: 99% Michael F. Mahoney, Boston Scientific: 99% Craig B. Thompson, Memorial Sloan Kettering: 99% Martin Rankin, Fast Enterprises: 99% Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA: 99% Bob Bechek, Bain & Company: 98% Elon Musk, SpaceX: 98% Brian Halligan, HubSpot: 98% Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: 98% Click for the full list or see which executives pull in nine figures. (Compare to last year's list here.) Read These Next It started with failure to say 'thank you,' ended with murder. White House isn't happy about the pick for the Nobel Peace Prize. Freak accident kills a woman as she cleans her car. Multiple people are dead or missing after an explosion in Tennessee. Report an error