Another reason - 90% (my guess) of founders end up with nothing but a good story about the business they tried to launch. 90% of the guys who try to climb the

Another reason - 90% (my guess) of founders end up with nothing but a good story about the business they tried to launch. 90% of the guys who try to climb the corporate ladder to become CEO do distasteful work, and lots of it, and ends up a 50 year old middle to upper management type who gets made redundant the minute his company restructures, and hasn't got the skills to do anything else. Also, moralising prigs (especially journalists and high school teachers) dissuade a lot of people from seeking a high paying job (unless it's in medicine), so the few people (many of whom are quite greedy) who do go for the top job get paid more money.