exechange is the independent research provider that tracks executive changes and determines the Push-out Score™.

The problem: CEOs are rarely openly fired. They may resign “voluntarily” before being ousted and “jump before they are pushed.”

The solution: The Push-out Score on a scale of 0 to 10 gauges the likelihood that a CEO was pushed out or felt pressure to leave.

exechange analyzes public sources, among them news releases and SEC filings, striving to provide the most current, accurate and complete coverage possible. We work with a focus on facts, figures and form. Without fear or favor. Firm and fair.

Our method is explained in detail here and in this paper (Download PDF).

exechange is the trusted source for CEO exit analysis. Research and commentary from exechange appears in renowned business publications.

The exechange database currently contains records of over 2,000 CEO exits in the Russell 3000 Index from November 2016 to the present.

The exechange database contains structured data and in-depth reports on each individual CEO departure.

exechange’s products and data are used by practitioners in the financial community, such as investment managers and private equity firms, as well as in academic research.

Corporate governance experts from Stanford University have investigated exechange’s analysis model and found that Push-out Scores are positively correlated with stock market volatility and provide informative assessments of whether a termination event is involuntary.