XFactorAI founder and chief executive John Margerison says chief executives will outsource around a third of their workloads to “AI CEOs” by 2028, arguing that the shift will centre first on repeatable operational work rather than core strategic judgment. His intervention comes as reports continue to circulate that Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is developing a personal AI agent to take on some executive tasks, giving the debate a higher-profile real-world reference point.
Margerison said the role of the chief executive is poised to change “in very deep ways”, with data analysis, reporting, routine sign-offs, and other repetitive tasks among the areas most likely to be handed over. He said: “At least a third of this work will be outsourced to AI over the coming 18-to-24 months.” The claim is bold, but it follows a broader enterprise push to use AI not just for summarising information, but for supporting judgment, workflow design, and decision preparation inside leadership teams.
Margerison also argued that trust and regulation will be the main brakes on adoption, alongside what he sees as a misplaced dependence on stretched in-house development teams.
For now, the story sits less as settled reality than as a marker of how quickly the conversation about executive AI has moved.
