50 CEOs to Watch in 2025

Profitable, efficient growth isn’t just a buzzword – it’s the defining challenge facing CEOs in 2025.

These visionary leaders are rewriting the playbook on what organizational success looks like.

They lead with purpose, prioritizing impact over short-term gains and setting a vision for a more resilient future.

We proudly present Pavilion’s CEOs to Watch in 2025...

Kareem Amin

CEO & Co-founder of Clay

Laura Behrens Wu

Founder & CEO of Shippo

Anis Bennaceur

CEO & Co-founder of Attention

Aaron Bird

CEO & Co-founder of Inflection.io

Megan Bowen

CEO of Refine Labs

Christina Brady

CEO & Co-founder of Luster

Rebecca Carr

CEO of SmartRecruiters

Karan Chaudhry

CEO & Co-founder of SproutsAI

Maria Christopoulos Katris

Founder & CEO of Built In

David Chun

Founder & CEO of Equilar

Caroline Clark

CEO & Co-founder of Arcade Software

Charlotte Dales

CEO & Co-founder of Inclusively

Melanie Fellay

CEO & Co-founder of Spekit

Cristina Flaschen

CEO & Founder of Pandium

Brent Grimes

Founder & CEO of Reef.ai

Adam Guild

CEO & Co-founder of Owner.com

Buğra Gündüz

CEO & Co-founder of HockeyStack

Julia Hartz

CEO & Co-founder of Eventbrite

Rich Hollingsworth

CEO & Co-founder of FyxerAI

Jen Igartua

CEO of Go Nimbly

James Isilay

CEO of Cognism

Jeremy Johnson

CEO & Co-founder of Andela

Amanda Kahlow

Founder & CEO of 1mind

Katherine Kostereva

CEO of Creatio

Dan Lee

CEO & Co-founder of Nooks

Howard Lerman

Founder & CEO of Roam

Linda Lian

CEO & Co-founder of Common Room

Sam Liang

Founder & CEO of Otter.ai

Oana Manolache

Founder & CEO of Sequel.io

Jennifer McCollum

CEO of Catalyst Inc.

Russell Mikowski

CEO of SurePeople

Abhijit Mitra

CEO of Outreach

Melanie Perkins

CEO & Co-founder of Canva

Roxanne Bras Petraeus

CEO & Co-founder of Ethena

Adam Robinson

Founder and CEO of RB2B & Retention.com

Guy Rubin

Founder & CEO of Ebsta

Kris Rudeegraap

Co-CEO & Co-founder of Sendoso

Mada Seghete

CEO & Co-founder of Upside

Varun Sharma

CEO & Co-founder of Enterpret

Jennifer Smith

CEO & Co-founder of Scribe

Bethany Stachenfeld

CEO & Co-founder of Sendspark

Leigh-Margaret Stull

CEO of Mural

Benjamin Tagoe

CEO of Objective Management Group

Rochelle Thielen

CEO of Traject Data

Elias Torres

Founder & CEO of Agency AI

You Mon Tsang

Founder & CEO of ChurnZero

David Walsh

Founder & CEO of Limelight

Paul Yacoubian

Founder & CEO of Copy.ai

Asad Zaman

CEO of Sales Talent Agency

Tim Zheng

Founder & CEO of Apollo

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