Pao doesn't deserve that label at all -- later info showed she probably fought for free speech on reddit as much as anyone -- but that doesn't come from the wor

Pao doesn't deserve that label at all -- later info showed she probably fought for free speech on reddit as much as anyone -- but that doesn't come from the world's bias, merely reddit's. It was after all Alexis Ohanian who made the decision[1] that got Ellen Pao fired. Holmes, on the other hand, isn't a bad CEO, she's a scam artist. So if those are the "bad CEOs" you've been hearing about, you've been hearing from some pretty misinformed people. Arguably the founders of Sun were pretty bad businessmen (but excellent engineers). Tim Cook's reign at Apple has been questionable. Eric Schmidt is remembered more for being some sort of Machiavellian New World Order type who is way too friendly with the State department. Steve Ballmer is sort of like Meyer in that he was blamed for not saving a company whose market was simply getting smaller. It's possible that you don't hear about bad male CEOs as much because male CEOs aren't notable simply for being CEOs. I think that Meyer missed an opportunity to beat Google at privacy by taking it seriously. Yahoo was excellently situated for that. Once they're part of Verizon, though, it's too late. On the other hand, Ellen Pao's primary mistake was being both female and famous on reddit. [1] - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/details-emerge-about-victoria-taylors-dismissal-at-reddit/?_r=0 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/details-emerge-abou...