He got to where he is now because the visionary put him there. Like all reductionism, Horowitz thesis looks good in a business book, it makes the world simple.

He got to where he is now because the visionary put him there. Like all reductionism, Horowitz thesis looks good in a business book, it makes the world simple. Reality is complex and that statement ("a company works only well with the visionary at the top") it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy (the company is doing good. His CEO must be a visionary, then, since he anticipated the needs of the market).