CEO timelines at top tech companies

What this quiz covers

CEO changes shape products, culture, and strategy—so knowing the timelines is a great way to understand Big Tech history. You’ll identify leaders by company and place them in the correct era, including founders, interim CEOs, and long-running tenures.

Each question is multiple-choice with 4 options and no timer, so you can think through close calls without rushing. Before you start, pick your preferred question count and difficulty to match how deep you want to go.

Skills you’ll practice

• Matching CEOs to the correct company and time period
• Ordering successions (who preceded and who followed)
• Spotting overlapping eras across competing companies
• Separating founders, interim leaders, and long-term executives
• Using context clues from major product and industry shifts

Common pitfalls and how difficulty is balanced

A frequent trap is confusing similarly named executives or mixing up adjacent handoffs where tenures are short. Another is assuming a founder stayed CEO longer than they actually did, or forgetting interim appointments.

Difficulty is mixed on purpose: easier items anchor you with well-known CEO eras, while harder ones focus on shorter tenures, less-publicized transitions, and “between two famous leaders” questions. Adjusting difficulty and question count lets you keep it quick for a refresher or longer for serious practice.