•TRANSITION
CEO Transition Announced
Stepped down as President and CEO after 33 years and 7 months (12,274 days); Colette Kress named Interim CEO.
33 years 7 months
CEO Tenure Database — How Long Every CEO Has Served
CEOTenure.com provides the definitive, independently verified database tracking executive longevity and leadership duration across top public corporations worldwide. Anyone researching how long a chief executive has served can instantly examine verified ceo tenure records, historical milestone timelines, and transition data updated daily without automated news summaries.
Total Executives
31
Fully corroborated executive tenures
Average Tenure
21.3 yrs
Mean tenure across database leaders
Top 20 Longest-Serving CEOs in Global Business
Sorted descending by tenure days| Role | Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Leslie Wexner Founder & CEO | L Brands | Founder & CEO | Aug 1, 1963 | 56 years 6 months20,657 days | Former (Retired) |
| #2 | Warren Buffett Chairman & CEO | Berkshire Hathaway | Chairman & CEO | May 10, 1970 | 56 years 6 months20,640 days | Current |
| #3 | Fred Smith Founder & CEO | FedEx | Founder & CEO | Jun 18, 1971 | 50 years 11 months18,611 days | Former (Retired) |
| #4 | Ralph Lauren Founder & CEO | Ralph Lauren Corporation | Founder & CEO | May 1, 1967 | 48 years 6 months17,716 days | Former (Retired) |
| #5 | Bernard Arnault Chairman & CEO | LVMH | Chairman & CEO | Jan 13, 1989 | 37 years 9 months13,817 days | Current |
| #6 | Larry Ellison Co-Founder & CEO | Oracle | Co-Founder & CEO | Jun 16, 1977 | 37 years 3 months13,608 days | Former |
| #7 | Charles Schwab Founder & CEO | Charles Schwab Corporation | Founder & CEO | Apr 24, 1971 | 37 years 3 months13,606 days | Former (Retired) |
| #8 | Phil Knight Co-Founder & CEO | Nike | Co-Founder & CEO | Jan 25, 1968 | 36 years 11 months13,487 days | Former (Retired) |
| #9 | Jensen Huang Founder & CEO | Nvidia | Founder & CEO | Apr 5, 1993 | 33 years 7 months12,274 days | Former (Resigned) |
| #10 | Marc Benioff Co-Founder, Chair & CEO | Salesforce | Co-Founder, Chair & CEO | Mar 8, 1999 | 27 years 8 months10,111 days | Current |
| #11 | Jeff Bezos Founder & CEO | Amazon | Founder & CEO | Jul 5, 1994 | 27 years9,862 days | Former (Retired) |
| #12 | Bill Gates Co-Founder & CEO | Microsoft | Co-Founder & CEO | Apr 4, 1975 | 24 years 9 months9,050 days | Former (Resigned) |
| #13 | Mark Zuckerberg Founder, Chairman & CEO | Meta | Founder, Chairman & CEO | Feb 4, 2004 | 22 years 9 months8,317 days | Current |
| #14 | Jamie Dimon Chairman & CEO | JPMorgan Chase | Chairman & CEO | Dec 31, 2005 | 20 years 10 months7,621 days | Current |
| #15 | Elon Musk CEO (Technoking of Tesla) | Tesla | CEO (Technoking of Tesla) | Oct 15, 2008 | 18 years6,602 days | Current |
| #16 | Tim Cook CEO | Apple | CEO | Aug 24, 2011 | 15 years 2 months5,559 days | Current |
| #17 | Bob Iger CEO | The Walt Disney Company | CEO | Oct 1, 2005 | 14 years 4 months5,260 days | Former |
| #18 | Steve Jobs Co-Founder & CEO | Apple | Co-Founder & CEO | Sep 16, 1997 | 13 years 11 months5,090 days | Former (Resigned) |
| #19 | Mary Barra Chair & CEO | General Motors | Chair & CEO | Jan 15, 2014 | 12 years 9 months4,684 days | Current |
| #20 | Satya Nadella Chairman & CEO | Microsoft | Chairman & CEO | Feb 4, 2014 | 12 years 9 months4,664 days | Current |
Recent Transitions & Leadership Changes
Verifiable leadership milestones, resignations, and interim appointments.
•INTERIM START
Appointed Interim CEO
Nvidia Board of Directors appointed Colette Kress Interim CEO following Jensen Huang transition.
First day
•INTERIM END
Interim Term Concluded
Concluded 3-day interim CEO term during intense governance negotiations and restructuring.
3 days