# The Top 100 Executives Of 2023

Here we present the CRN Top 100 Executives of 2023 list, the men and women who are setting the pace for the rest of the IT industry.


CRN’s annual Top 100 Executives list honors vendor and solution provider leaders across four key categories.

This year, our No. 1 Most Influential Executive, Palo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora, is transforming the company into a complete unified platform for modern cybersecurity.

Meanwhile, Nutanix’s Rajiv Ramaswami, our No. 1 Innovator, is redefining how customers will need to use data in the multi-cloud era.

Our No. 1 Channel Sales Leader, HP Inc.’s Kobi Elbaz, is driving crucial improvements around HP’s Amplify partner program.

Finally, our No. 1 Disrupter, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has become the human face of AI as ChatGPT sparks a wave of interest in generative AI.

Here we present the CRN Top 100 Executives of 2023 list, the men and women who are setting the pace for the rest of the IT industry.

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