The success of a company rests on thousands of factors one of which is the CEO. Even the best CEO can’t ensure success when all other factors are against it, bu

The success of a company rests on thousands of factors one of which is the CEO. Even the best CEO can’t ensure success when all other factors are against it, but a mediocre CEO will sometimes fail when all favors are in their favor. Which is to say. When trying to figure out if a CEO is ‘worth it’ don’t like at company success as a metric. You need to look across the industry and find “big obviusly avoidable but extremely costly mistakes” and see how much they cost, and ask: is it worth it if they can avoid all thoses issues.