Top CEOs to Watch 2026
The Silicon Review
| Company | Management | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ASAP Semiconductor asapsemi.com |
Joe Faruqui CEO |
Joe Faruqui is recognized as a Top CEO to Watch in 2026 for building ASAP Semiconductor into a technology-enabled aerospace and defense supply chain business since founding it in 2009 with $5,000 in capital, expanding across five verticals aerospace and defense, civil aviation, IT hardware, industrial automation parts, and aviation hardware while serving customers including the U.S. Department of Defense, the Australian Department of Defense, RTX Corporation, and Austrian Airlines. |
| Sellers Dorsey sellersdorsey.com |
Kevin Seabaugh Chief Executive Officer |
Kevin Seabaugh is recognized as a Top CEO to Watch in 2026 for leading Sellers Dorsey, a healthcare impact strategy firm founded in 2000 that partners with hospitals, health systems, managed care plans, and government agencies across 50 states to design, fund, and implement programs expanding access to quality care for underserved communities through Medicaid optimization, rural health transformation, data analytics, and tech-enabled solutions. |
| Ashbury Global ashbury.global |
Zoe Jordan CEO |
Zoe Jordan is recognized as a Top CEO to Watch in 2026 for leading Ashbury Global, a regulatory compliance partner founded in 2011 that ensures product labelling and marketing claim accuracy across more than 90 international jurisdictions through a centralized team of over 150 food technologists and regulatory experts, having approved more than 500,000 products for global food, beverage, pet food, supplement, and cosmetics brands. |
| Botify botify.com |
Adrien Menard CEO & Co-founder |
Adrien Menard is recognized as a Top CEO to Watch in 2026 for leading Botify, an agentic AI platform founded in 2012 that empowers more than 500 enterprise and growth company customers across thirty countries to be found across search engines, answer engines, and AI bots through unified analytics, automated deployment, and expert consulting services. |
| Partake partakefoods.com |
Denise Woodard Founder and CEO |
Denise Woodard is recognized as a Top CEO to Watch in 2026 for founding Partake Foods, a certified B Corporation and top-nine-allergen-free snack brand whose cookies, grahams, and vanilla wafers are available in more than 18,000 stores nationwide including Kroger, Target, Whole Foods, Walmart, and Thrive Market, built on a mission to make snacking safe, joyful, and inclusive. |
