Britain is an unusual place, with its executive drawn from the legislature.
But supporters of Rice's appointment have also been making their views known on the blog post by Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston that announced the appointment.
Another telecommunications executive drew an analogy to a company that leases office space with the intention of subletting that space to potential clients.
The new chief executive drew criticism from staff for saying he would be changing the company's pay and pension scheme, cutting premium pay for Sundays.
UKIP's membership actually fell between the two votes (see chart).In response its executive drew up a five-year plan to professionalise the party in time for 2015.
Oona King, the former Labour MP who is now Channel 4's diversity executive, drew up the Diversity Charter after discovering that there were fewer BAME people working in television now than 5 years ago.
The group includes Dropbox's chief executive, Drew Houston; Logan Green and John Zimmer of Lyft; Airbnb's chief executive, Brian Chesky; and founders of public companies such as Katrina Lake of Stitch Fix.
After the Branson announcement, Ron Dennis, the McLaren chief executive, drew attention to the major new deals and renewals throughout the series, pointing out that Virgin was not the only new one.
Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, drew criticism on Sunday when he said his company's sampling of water had suggested that all the leaking oil was coming to the surface, despite several reports from independent researchers that underwater plumes were stretching for miles.
"A year after the town meeting wars of last summer, a striking 36% of seniors said that the law 'allowed a government panel to make decisions about end of life care for people on Medicare', and another 17% said they didn't know," Kaiser Family Foundation chief executive Drew Altman wrote.
