Ever wondered who leads technology at the world’s biggest tech companies?
As an athlete, you know the other athletes in your field. As a musician, you know the other musicians in the field. You know their accomplishments. You know their strengths and weaknesses. You know their stories. As CTOs, whe don’t know our colleagues in the field!
Here they are.
Big Tech & Cloud Giants
The CTOs and technical leaders driving innovation at the largest technology companies in the world.
| Company | CTO / Tech Leader | Title |
|---|
| Apple | Craig Federighi
[source] | SVP, Software Engineering |
| IBM | Manish Gupta
[source] | CTO |
| Samsung Electronics | Yoon Jang-hyun
[source] | CTO & President (DX) |
| AWS | Dr. Werner Vogels
[source] | VP & CTO |
| Azure (Microsoft) | Mark Russinovich
[source] | CTO, Azure |
| Google | Prabhakar Raghavan
[source] | Chief Technologist |
| Microsoft | Kevin Scott
[source] | CTO |
| Meta (Facebook) | Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth
[source] | CTO & Head of Reality Labs |
| NVIDIA | Michael Kagan
[source] | CTO |
| Oracle | Larry Ellison
[source] | Chairman & CTO |
| Salesforce | Parker Harris
[source] | Co-Founder & CTO (Slack) |
| OpenAI | Jakub Pachocki
[source] | Chief Scientist (Lead Technical Executive) |
Major Industry Players
Technology leaders at other influential tech companies shaping the industry.
| Company | CTO / Tech Leader | Title |
|---|
| Airbnb | Aristotle Balogh
[source] | CTO |
| Adobe | Ely Greenfield
[source] | CTO |
| AMD | Mark Papermaster
[source] | CTO & EVP, Technology and Engineering |
| Atlassian | Rajeev Rajan
[source] | CTO |
| Cisco | Jeetu Patel
[source] | President & Chief Product Officer |
| Intel | Lip-Bu Tan (Interim)
[source] | CEO (Interim Head of AI & Tech) |
| Netflix | Elizabeth Stone
[source] | CTO |
| Tesla | Lars Moravy
[source] | VP, Vehicle Engineering |
| Uber | Praveen Neppalli Naga
[source] | VP & CTO (Mobility & Delivery) |
| Cursor (Anysphere) | Arvid Lunnemark
[source] | Co-founder & CTO |
European Tech Leaders
Technology leaders at major European companies driving innovation across the continent.
| Company | CTO / Tech Leader | Title |
|---|
| SAP | Dr. Philipp Herzig
[source] | CTO |
| Siemens | Peter Koerte
[source] | CTO & CSO |
| ASML | Marco Pieters
[source] | EVP & CTO |
| Audi | Geoffrey Bouquot
[source] | Board Member (Innovation & SDV) |
| Spotify | Gustav Söderström
[source] | Co-President, CPO & CTO |
| Nokia | Pallavi Mahajan
[source] | Chief Technology and AI Officer |
| Booking.com | Rob Francis
[source] | SVP & CTO |
| Ericsson | Erik Ekudden
[source] | Group CTO |
European Scaleups & Unicorns
Technology leaders at Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies.
| Company | CTO / Tech Leader | Title |
|---|
| SoundCloud | Steve Abrams
[source] | CTO |
| Klarna | Yaron Shaer
[source] | CTO |
| Revolut | Vlad Yatsenko
[source] | Co-founder & CTO |
| Wise | Harsh Sinha
[source] | CTO |
| Bolt (Mobility) | Oliver Leisalu
[source] | Co-founder & CTO |
| N26 | Gino Cordt
[source] | CTO |
| Delivery Hero | Benjamin Mann
[source] | CTO |
| Zalando | Jeremy Schwartz
[source] | CTO |
| Mistral AI | Timothée Lacroix
[source] | Co-founder & CTO |
| Adyen | Tom Adams
[source] | CTO |
| Celonis | Martin Klenk
[source] | Co-Founder & CTO |
| DeepL | Sebastian Enderlein
[source] | CTO |
| Checkout.com | Mariano Albera
[source] | CTO |
| Monzo | Matej Pfajfar
[source] | Group CTO |
| Personio | Stephan Micklitz
[source] | CTO |
| Helsing | Dr. Antoine Bordes
[source] | Chief Scientist (VP AI) |
| Trade Republic | Thomas Pischke
[source] | Co-Founder & CTO |
| Doctolib | Jessy Bernal
[source] | Co-Founder & CTO |
| N8N | Jan Oberhauser
[source] | Founder & CEO (Lead Architect) |
| Mistral AI | Timothée Lacroix
[source] | Co-founder & CTO |
Automotive
Technology leaders driving the future of mobility and automotive innovation.
| Company | CTO / Tech Leader | Title |
|---|
| Volkswagen (CARIAD) | Manuel Birke
[source] | CTO (In-House ADAS Stack) |
| Mercedes-Benz | Jörg Burzer
[source] | CTO |
| Renault | Luca De Meo
[source] | CEO, Renault Group |
| Stellantis | Ned Curic
[source] | CTO |
| BYD | Sun Huajun
[source] | CTO |
| BMW | Joachim Post
[source] | CTO (Board Member for Development) |
| Volvo Cars | Henrik Green
[source] | CTO |
Last updated: December 2025. Data sourced from official company pages and press releases.
