Zuckerberg's luck is what makes him CEO of one of the FANG companies and not just another engineer at any random tech company. We can all point to minor changes

Zuckerberg's luck is what makes him CEO of one of the FANG companies and not just another engineer at any random tech company. We can all point to minor changes in someone's life path that if changed would not put them where they are today. If Yahoo had purchased Google Larry Page and Serge Brin would also likely just be engineers at some random company and not leaders of one of the largest/richest companies in the world. Reading Creativity Inc, about Catmull and Pixar there was so much luck. Catmull was president of Pixar and now President of Disney Animation but Pixar would probably never have existed if Lucas had sold them to someone other than Steve Job. It also wouldn't exist if Jobs had been unwilling to lose 70 million on trying to make them a computer company and then giving them a chance to pivot to animation and instead shut it down. Catmull would likely have been a successful engineering manager but he would not likely be in his current top position. I don't at all agree with the other statements in this thread that suggested people in these positions are top level skilled vs others. People see these people's skills through rose colored glasses of their success.