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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I’m asking who you think should be the Cloud Wars CEO of the Year.
Highlights
00:01 — On Tuesday, December 5, I’m announcing the CEO of the Year for 2023. I want to get an idea of who you think deserves that award, so share your pick with us. Who should be the Cloud Wars CEO of the Year?
00:50 — Vote here and we will disclose your votes in about a week or so after our announcement.
01:10 — Here are the candidates, ranked in order as they are on the Cloud Wars Top 10: Microsoft, Satya Nadella; Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian; AWS, Adam Selipsky; Oracle, Safra Catz (she won our award in 2022).
01:20 — SAP, Christian Klein; ServiceNow, Bill McDermott; Workday, co-CEOs Aneel Bhushri and Neil Blustery and Carl Eschenbach; Salesforce, Marc Benioff; IBM, Arvind Krishna; Snowflake, Frank Slootman.
01:51 — So again, cast your vote in the comment section below. Let us know who you think is deserving of this award of the cloud where CEO of the Year for 2023. Hope you have a great day and don’t forget to vote.