The end of the list is called Senior author and is very important and sometime a point of contention between collaborators. Still, if your name is on the list i

The end of the list is called Senior author and is very important and sometime a point of contention between collaborators. Still, if your name is on the list it’s because you presumably had a significant scientific contribution. So no, being a CEO is not an automatic qualification. It’s actually a good measure of how narcissistic a CEO is.