LinkedIn evaluated more than 100 million user profiles to come up with a list of the top names for CEOs around the world.
The most popular name for a male CEO is Peter, followed by Bob, Jack, Bruce and Fred.
LinkedIn attributes men's use of nicknames to "denote a sense of friendliness and openness."
The most popular CEO names for women are: Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia and Carolyn.
When it comes to women chief executives, they use their full names to "project a more professional image."
Long names of seven or more letters, Thierry, Philippe and Laurent were popular in the food-service industry.
Engineers also typically have longer names of six or more letters. Topping the list for engineers were Rajesh, Jeremy and Andrew.
The top name for a pro athlete: Ryan.
For a cop: Billy.
And for human resources manager: Emma.
Source: ABC News
2 comments:
hmm. looks like i'll need to change my name if i want to get higher up in life. ;) haha jk, i need to change jobs b/c i mean, there is only two people above me and they own the company...soooo
fun post! mase - i think you need to stay b/c there's only two people above you . .
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