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Plotting the share of CEOs of S&P 1500 companies (a stock market index covering 90% of the market capitalisation of US stocks) by CEO name, John came out on top at 5.3%, followed by David at 4.5%, followed by all women at 4.1%.
The most common CEO name in the First Round Community is David – there are 11 Davids.
De Datta (awesome big-data CEO name, by the way) tells me his clients were having trouble with mobile.
First Round Capital is releasing its 2012 year in review, which delves into hard data, such as how much the seed fund invested in the year and the most common CEO name within the firm's portfolio.
By country, Howard took the top CEO name in the U.S., Ray won in Canada, Charles for the U.K., Tony for Ireland, Gilles for France, Wolfgang for Germany, Guido for Italy, Xavier for Spain, Rajiv for India, Mike for New Zealand, Bruce for Australia and Roberto for Brazil.
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