CDO Magazine proudly presents the inaugural Top 25 Boston Data & AI Leaders 2026, recognizing executives driving enterprise-wide impact through data, analytics and artificial intelligence across the Greater Boston region.

Long recognized as a global center for innovation, scientific discovery and business leadership, Boston is helping drive a new era of enterprise data and AI. Across the region, organizations are embedding data, analytics and AI into how they innovate, operate, make decisions and create value.

The leaders honored in this year’s list represent a distinguished group of Chief Data Officers, Chief Data & AI Officers, Chief Data & Analytics Officers, CIOs, AI executives and senior enterprise leaders responsible for data strategy, analytics, data science, AI, governance, platforms, engineering and digital transformation. Collectively, they lead these capabilities across organizations representing nearly $1.1 trillion in annual revenue, including 15 Fortune 500 or Global 500 companies.

Spanning financial services and insurance, healthcare and life sciences, consumer and retail businesses, industrial enterprises and critical infrastructure, these executives are scaling AI and GenAI, modernizing data foundations, strengthening governance, advancing analytics and machine learning, and translating data and AI investments into measurable business value.

The Top 25 Boston Data & AI Leaders 2026 will be recognized during the CDO Magazine Boston Leadership Summit on December 10.

Join us in celebrating the leaders advancing the future of enterprise data and AI across Greater Boston.