> Because she joins a long line of failed female CEOs I wonder: how many appointed CEOs, as opposed to founders, succeed? And how many of them them are appoint

> Because she joins a long line of failed female CEOs I wonder: how many appointed CEOs, as opposed to founders, succeed? And how many of them them are appointed to floundering companies, versus say the transition that happened at Microsoft and/or Google? Heck, even Ballmer was a disaster. How much of the history of failed female CEOs is likely because they get much, much less of the Bezos/Brin/Page/Gates initial growth, I am unsure, but I'd be interested to know.