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When it comes to job searching, recruiting and retention,diversity has increasingly become part of the conversation.

Amid the recent Black Lives Matter protests, more companies are pledging to diversify workplaces by hiring more people of color, and CEO's canplay a vital role in making sureit happens. Chief executives can also set the stage for a safe, supportive and inclusiveenvironment for minority workers after they'rehired.

So which business leadersdo it best?

The heads of Microsoft, RingCentral and Google, according to results from a workforce surveycompleted bythe compensation, culture and career-monitoring websiteComparably.

India-born Sataya Nadella is at the helm of the software giant Microsoft. Ukraine-born Vlad Shmunis cofounded the cloud communications company RingCentral and Sundar Pichai, who was also born in India, leadsthe search giant Google.

Comparably unveiled its annual"Best CEOs for Diversity" list on Monday to underscore leaders who create inclusive work cultures based on ratings from employees of color.

"We need to point out when a company is falling and see what we can change to make better, but we also need to point to great examples of leaders of companies that are fantastic for people of color," Comparably CEO Jason Nazar told USA TODAY.

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Each CEOon the list hasa top 5% approval rating by employees of color.

Comparably asked employees of color to anonymously rate their chief executive officers over a 12-month period (June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2020). So the results include sentiments held by workers as protests for racial equality gripped the nation.

Ranked highest to lowest

(Photo: Microsoft)

1.Satya Nadella - Microsoft

2. Vlad Shmunis - RingCentral

3. Sundar Pichai - Google

4. Eric Yuan - Zoom Video Communications

5. Carlos Rodriguez - ADP

6. Steve Bilt - Smile Brands

7. Sid Sijbrandij - GitLab

8. Tim Cook - Apple

CEO Tim Cook holding the billionth iPhone.(Photo: Apple)

9. Mike Walsh - LexisNexis

10. Chris Caldwell - Concentrix

11. Doug Mack - Fanatics

12.Shantanu Narayen - Adobe

13.Vishal Garg - Better.com

14. Jim Loree - Stanley Black & Decker

Accenture (US) CEO Julie Sweet(Photo: Comparably)

15. Julie Sweet - Accenture (US)

16. Manny Medina - Outreach

17. Annette Brls - Medela

18. Charles Butt - H-E-B

19. Brian Niccol - Chipotle

20. Kenneth Frazier - Merck

21. Hirokazu Hamada - Anritsu

22. Robert Frist Jr. - HealthStream

Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta(Photo: Comparably)

23. Apoorva Mehta - Instacart

24. Jorge Gonzalez - City National Bank of Florida

25. Mark Mader - Smartsheet

Ranked highest to lowest

Centrical CEO Gal Rimon(Photo: Comparably)

1. Gal Rimon -Centrical

2. Robert Sadow - Scoop Technologies

3. David Cancel - Drift

4. Giuseppe Incitti - Sitetracker

5. Ganesh Shankar - RFPIO

6. Paddy Spence - Zevia

7. Elizabeth Cholawsky -HG Insights

8. Mark Faggiano - TaxJar

9. Pedro Chiamulera - ClearSale

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Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett(Photo: Comparably)

10. Chris Bennett - Wonderschool

11. Neha Sampat - Contentstack

12. Alex Austin - Branch

13. Payam Zamani - One Planet Group

14. Peter McKay - Snyk

15. Alex Goode - GoSite

16. Amit Jnagal - Infrrd

17. Rahul Kashyap - Awake Security

18. Karl Mehta - EdCast

19. Tim Chen - NerdWallet

20. Shiv Gaglani - Osmosis

21. Christian Gormsen - Eargo

22. Cesar Carvalho - Gympass

23. David Woodhouse - NGM Biopharmaceuticals

24. Brandon Rodman - Weave

Snapdocs CEO Aaron King(Photo: Comparably)

25. Aaron King -Snapdocs

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