Named by public criteria
Seats go to companies that meet criteria the council publishes first. Every fact comes from the company’s own annual report.
Home/The CEO seat
A seat reserved for every CEO who can make a fix.
Each fix the councils adopt goes to the chief executives who can make it, with the evidence and a seat at the table. Signing the fix takes the seat.
- Seats
- 15
- Letters sent
- 7
- Letters pending
- 8
- Replies received
- 0
Andy JassyAmazonLetter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 24 Aug · Day 71 awaiting reply
Tobias LütkeShopifyLetter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 24 Aug · Day 71 awaiting reply.jpg?width=480)
Enrique LoresPayPalLetter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 25 Aug · Day 71 awaiting reply.jpg?width=480)
Jack DorseyBlock (Square)Letter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 25 Aug · Day 71 awaiting reply
Jamie IannoneeBayLetter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 25 Aug · Day 71 awaiting reply
Kruti Patel GoyalEtsyLetter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 26 Aug · Day 71 awaiting reply.jpg?width=480)
John TernusAppleLetter sent 20 Aug 2026 · Delivered 26 Aug · Day 71 awaiting replyHow it works
From a fix to a signature
- 1Members adopt the fixOne clear standard, drawn from owners’ reports.
- 2The letter goes outFrom the council chair to the CEOs who set the rules.
- 3Signing takes the seatThe CEO signs, with a date the fix takes effect.
- 4Delivery is checkedAt 90 days, owners report whether it changed.
The rules
Fair to every CEO we invite
Fair notice, neutral record
Each company sees its file 14 days before the seat goes live. The record shows plain steps only, never words like “refused,” and replies are published in full.
A commitment, not a sponsorship
Signing costs nothing and buys nothing. It is not an endorsement of the company or its products.
Checked by owners
Ninety days after the delivery date, owners report whether it changed. Commitments that aren’t kept are marked as such.
Open to any company
Any company that meets the standard may sign, not only those invited. The seat is reserved, but the table is open.
Different from Fellows
Fellows are executives who advise the councils. CEO signatories commit their companies to a fix.
The Reseated Roundtable
Once a year, everyone at the same table.
Each year around 27 June, the United Nations’ Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, owners and the CEOs who signed meet at one table to report what changed and what didn’t.
They’ve already promised
We are dedicated to serving as good partners to the other companies, large and small, that help us meet our missions.
Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation, 2019 · Business Roundtable
Photo credits
- Andy Jassy: Lisi Mezistrano Wolf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tobias Lütke: Benjamin Forrest, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Enrique Lores: Scriptur, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Jack Dorsey: cellanr, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jamie Iannone: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0
- Kruti Patel Goyal: Courtesy of Etsy, Used with permission
- John Ternus: Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0
- Hayden Brown: Web Summit, CC BY 4.0
- Micha Kaufman: Courtesy of Fiverr, Used with permission
- John Caplan: Courtesy of Payoneer, Used with permission
- Travis Hess: Courtesy of Commerce, Used with permission
- Dax Dasilva: Moniquephoto55, CC BY 4.0
- Aman Narang: Courtesy of Toast, Used with permission
- Max Rhodes: David Fitzgerald/Collision via Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0
- Avishai Abrahami: Courtesy of Wix, Used with permission