Top CEOs on LinkedIn in 2026: 20 Executives Ranked by Data

#20 · Harsh Goenka, 1,190 median likes

Harsh Goenka is the chairman of RPG Enterprises, based in India. He is the smallest account in the top 20 (75k followers) and holds its second-highest engagement rate, 1.59%. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"Scrolling LinkedIn, I can’t tell who’s written what anymore. It’s the same structure, same rhythm." His most liked post of the year: 5,524 likes and 477 comments. Read it

#19 · Albert Bourla, 1,324 median likes

Albert Bourla is the chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer, based in the United States. His best post earned 3 times his median, the smallest gap in the top 20: his rank rests on consistency. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"Only in America could a scientist from Greece rise to lead one of the world's great scientific companies." His most liked post of the year: 4,009 likes, the smallest best post in the top 20. Read it

#18 · Ola Kaellenius, 1,326 median likes

Ola Kaellenius is the CEO of Mercedes-Benz, based in Germany. One theme carries his feed in our data: 36 Automotive posts at a 1,336 median, right on his overall figure. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

His most liked post of the year, a German-language open letter addressed to Oliver Zipse: 14,374 likes, almost 11 times his median, the widest gap among the CEO titles in the top 20. Read it

#17 · Roland Busch, 1,338 median likes

Roland Busch is the president and CEO of Siemens AG, based in Germany. His AI Ethics posts earn a 1,532 median, ahead of his AI posts (1,287) and his Digital Transformation posts (993). Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"No recurring meetings. No paper on my desk. Most emails answered with two letters." His most liked post of the year, written around a Business Insider interview: 7,985 likes and 485 comments. Read it

#16 · Joaquin Duato, 1,359 median likes

Joaquin Duato is the chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson, based in the United States. He has the lowest median comment count in the top 20 (26) and its fourth-highest engagement rate (1.24%).

His Biotechnology posts earn a 2,560 median, more than 2.5 times his Healthcare posts (990).

"Today marks an important milestone for Johnson & Johnson and for Pennsylvania." His most liked post of the year, on a new manufacturing site: 10,850 likes, 8 times his median. Read it

#15 · Yann LeCun, 1,374 median likes

Yann LeCun is based in the United States, and his headline in our data reads VP and Chief AI Scientist at Meta. His AI Ethics posts earn a 2,210 median, twice his AI posts (1,097). Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Executive Chairman at Advanced Machine Intelligence - AMI Labs!" His most liked post of the year: 39,173 likes and 2,656 comments, the most comments on any post in the top 20, more than 28 times his median. Read it

#14 · Vas Narasimhan, 1,401 median likes

Vas Narasimhan is the CEO of Novartis, based in Switzerland. His Leadership posts earn a 1,656 median, ahead of his Healthcare posts (1,533) and his AI posts (1,257). Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"You need to restore your energy to give energy to your teams." His most liked post of the year: 8,180 likes, almost 6 times his median. Read it

#13 · Claire Mounier-Vehier, 1,526 median likes

Claire Mounier-Vehier is a cardiologist at CHU Lille and a professor of vascular medicine at the University of Lille, based in France; her headline also names Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes. She has the second-highest posting volume in the top 20 (272 posts analyzed).

Her Mental Health posts earn a 3,758 median, almost 4 times her Healthcare posts (1,000). Her yearly median went from 1,940 in 2024 to 1,725 in 2025, then 1,516 so far in 2026.

Her most liked post of the year, a French-language post on the feeling of getting everything wrong: 9,319 likes, 6 times her median. Read it

#12 · Mustafa Suleyman, 1,535 median likes

Mustafa Suleyman is the CEO of Microsoft AI, based in the United States. His yearly median went from 1,272 in 2024 to 1,265 in 2025, then 1,466 so far in 2026. His AI Ethics posts earn a 1,716 median, ahead of his AI posts (1,535).

"Today is a very big day for the Microsoft Superintelligence team. We're announcing our Maia 200 inference chip." His most liked post of the year: 10,934 likes and 352 comments, 7 times his median. Read it

#11 · Mary Barra, 1,560 median likes

Mary Barra is the chair and chief executive officer of General Motors, based in the United States. She has the fewest posts analyzed in the top 20 (37), and her Automotive posts earn a 1,981 median, above her overall figure. Our yearly data on her covers 2026 only.

"Long before I became the CEO of General Motors, I loved cars. I owe that to my dad." Her most liked post of the year: 10,440 likes and 411 comments. Read it

#10 · Rachel Mitchell, 1,604 median likes

Rachel Mitchell is an executive producer, IP investor and AI advisor, based in the United States. She has the most posts analyzed in the top 20 (380) and its third-highest median comment count (229).

Her Leadership posts earn a 1,694 median, ahead of Psychology (1,519) and Personal Branding (1,451). Her yearly median went from 1,783 in 2025 to 1,590 so far in 2026.

"You can trust the timing and let go of control." Her most liked post of the year: 15,767 likes and 1,032 comments, almost 10 times her median. Read it

#9 · Jean-Marc Jancovici, 1,723 median likes

Jean-Marc Jancovici is the founding partner of Carbone 4 and the president of The Shift Project, based in France. His posts run 474 words on average, the longest in the top 20 among the profiles we hold writing data for.

His yearly median held near 1,600 for three years (1,694 in 2023, 1,585 in 2024, 1,575 in 2025), then rose to 2,046 so far in 2026.

His most liked post of the year, a French-language post on events then unfolding in south-western France: 36,116 likes and 1,243 comments, 21 times his median. Read it

#8 · Christian Klein, 1,772 median likes

Christian Klein is the CEO of SAP SE, based in Germany. His AI posts earn a 1,761 median, well ahead of his Digital Transformation posts (1,250). His yearly median barely moved: 1,718 in 2025, 1,772 so far in 2026.

"Welcome to the Autonomous Enterprise!" His most liked post of the year: 7,967 likes, 4.5 times his median. Read it

#7 · Maziar Mike Doustdar, 1,840 median likes

Maziar Mike Doustdar is the president and CEO of Novo Nordisk, based in Denmark. On 125k followers he holds the third-highest engagement rate in the top 20, 1.47%. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"We are taking an important step in Novo Nordisk’s next chapter." His most liked post of the year: 6,572 likes, under 4 times his median, the second-smallest gap here. Read it

#6 · Matt Garman, 1,904 median likes

Matt Garman is the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), based in the United States. His Cloud Computing posts (2,265) and his AI posts (2,221) both earn more than his overall median. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

"As NASA's Artemis II crew returns to Earth after a historic journey around the Moon, I'm proud of the role that AWS played in supporting that mission." His most liked post of the year: 11,808 likes, 6 times his median. Read it

#5 · HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 2,165 median likes

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is, as his profile states, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE. With 3.9M followers he is the third-biggest account in the top 20, and his 177 median comments rank fourth.

His Philanthropy posts earn a 4,045 median, almost twice his overall figure. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

His most liked post of the year, honouring a flydubai pilot: 64,961 likes, the biggest post in the top 20 and 30 times his median, the widest gap here. Read it

#4 · Marcelo Noronha, 2,211 median likes

Marcelo Noronha is the CEO of Bradesco, based in Brazil. His Finance posts earn a 3,617 median, well above his overall 2,211, and his feed runs on few posts: 43 analyzed. Our yearly data on him covers 2026 only.

His most liked post of the year, a Portuguese-language video on Bradesco's first-quarter results: 9,249 likes, 4 times his median. Read it

#3 · Bill Gates, 2,478 median likes

Bill Gates is the chair of the Gates Foundation and the founder of Breakthrough Energy, based in the United States. He has the biggest audience in the ranking, 40.7M followers, its lowest engagement rate (0.01%) and its highest median comment count (350).

His yearly median went from 4,230 in 2025 to 2,520 so far in 2026. Renewable Energy (2,450), Healthcare (2,367) and AI Ethics (2,339) earn him almost the same.

"Happy birthday, Warren Buffett!" His most liked post of the year: 43,164 likes and 2,239 comments, 17 times his median. Read it

#2 · Rafael Juan, 3,044 median likes

Rafael Juan is the CEO of Vicky Foods, based in Spain. On 142k followers he holds the highest engagement rate in the top 20, 2.14%, and he is the only top-20 name in the efficiency cut below.

His Organizational Development posts earn a 3,288 median, ahead of his Leadership posts (2,930). His yearly median went from 3,298 in 2025 to 3,044 so far in 2026.

His most liked post of the year, a Spanish-language post that asks leaders whether they would dare to hire someone better than themselves: 19,364 likes, more than 6 times his median. Read it

#1 · Satya Nadella, 5,354 median likes

Satya Nadella is the chairman and CEO of Microsoft, based in the United States. He tops this ranking with 5,354 median likes per post, 107 times the pool median, on 12M followers, and his 299 median comments rank second.

His median barely moved: 5,342 in 2025, 5,320 so far in 2026. AI is his main theme, with 43 posts at a 5,479 median.

"Thank you, PM Narendra Modi ji for an inspiring conversation on India’s AI opportunity." His most liked post of the year, which announced an investment in India: 27,564 likes, 5 times his median. Read it

Where do these cards come from? We computed every figure on this page from public posts with MagicPost's LinkedIn analytics: median engagement, engagement rates, themes and trajectories, across 698 executives. It works on your profile too, including a side-by-side with anyone on this list.

Which CEOs on LinkedIn have the highest engagement rate?

Raw like counts reward whoever has the biggest crowd. Engagement rate corrects for that: median likes per post divided by followers (accounts with 20k followers and over).

All five carry a CEO title in their headline. Frederico Trajano, CEO of Magalu in Brazil, leads on 31k followers. Only Rafael Juan also makes the top 20, where the rate runs from 2.14% down to 0.01% (Bill Gates).

Which executive on LinkedIn gets the most comments per post?

Comments relative to likes: the record in our executive pool is held by Dave Leaver, a startup CFOO based in the United Kingdom, at 108 median comments against 127 median likes, 0.85 comments for every like (counting accounts with 100+ median likes).

Jonathan Parsons, a senior marketing director at Estée Lauder (88 against 109), and Jason Moccia, CEO of OneSpring (93 against 134), follow. The typical top-20 executive gets one comment per 27 likes.

What do the top CEOs on LinkedIn post about?

AI is the theme they share most: seven of the top 20 count it among their main themes, and six count Healthcare. Nine are based in the United States, three in Germany and two in France.

Seven of the twenty most liked posts above carry company news: two investments, a chip, quarterly results, a space mission, a product vision and a new chapter.

Several of the others are personal: a father, a birthday wish, a daily routine, a career that began in Greece.

If you came for writing about leadership rather than for the leaders, our ranking of the top leadership creators on LinkedIn and the top thought leadership creators rank the people who write about it.

The people who started their companies have a page of their own: the top founders on LinkedIn.

And if commenting under these executives' posts is how you plan to learn from them, an engagement feed keeps it to a five-minute daily habit.

How we ranked the top CEOs on LinkedIn

All of this is MagicPost's own research. We went through the last 12 months of posts from 698 executives and ranked them by median likes per post.

Who counts as an executive: a profile enters the pool when our own creator classification files it as an executive. That archetype is our classification of each profile, not a label the person chose, and the same rule applies to every profile in the pool.

So the pool holds more than CEOs. Thirteen of the top 20 carry a CEO title in their headline. The other seven:

• Chairs

• A founding partner

• A chief AI scientist

• An executive producer

• A cardiologist

• The Crown Prince of Dubai

Titles on this page are given as each profile states them.

Only creators with at least one post in the last 60 days are ranked. The method:

• Floors: at least 5,000 followers and 30 posts in the window; deleted posts excluded.

• Median rather than average: no single viral post can buy a place.

• Posts analyzed: the posts our dataset holds per executive, sometimes fewer than they published.

• Per executive: themes, yearly trajectories, engagement rates and conversation ratios.

Rankings refresh as the data does. No placement here was sponsored; every rank comes straight from the median.

Study them, then study yourself. With MagicPost you can analyze any executive's LinkedIn profile the way we just did (median engagement, engagement rate, themes, trajectory) and benchmark your own against this pool. The data on this page is the product.