"I've met very few good plumbers, it takes a special person of talent to be a great plumber." "I've met very few good truck drivers, it takes a special person

"I've met very few good plumbers, it takes a special person of talent to be a great plumber." "I've met very few good truck drivers, it takes a special person of talent to be a great truck drivers." ... There is a whole premise in many post about this story that it's somehow a very rare thing to be able to run a company well and that the person filling the role of the CEO is the main driving factor of success. (Instead of economic factors, outside forces, performance of other employees... oh! I know! The other employees performs solely because the great CEO makes them do so.) I think there's a lot of egotism being expressed in this thread... (Especially by VCs who basically say they're impervious to misjudging someone's abilities and its true influence on success.)