Expert: Russian top executives lead by gadget use skills

MOSCOW, Jan 31 (PRIME) -- Heads of large Russian companies believe themselves the most advanced gadget users among international CEOs with a share of 69%, consulting company PwC said in a research, seen by PRIME on Tuesday.

Russian CEOs are 7 percentage points ahead of their U.S. colleagues, 62% of whom think they are advanced gadget users. The world’s average level amounts to 55%.

The auditors said 89% of polled Russian top executives said they use digital mass media as compared to 76% of their U.S. peers.

Over a third of Russian CEOs are active in social networks and 52% use automatized home systems as compared to 33% and 71% respectively in the U.S.

PwC interviewed 1,379 heads of key companies in 79 countries, including 88 executives in Russia.

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