Just the other day, VW's Winterkorn was accused of most of those things as well (well, maybe not of being super charismatic, but I don't think Ballmer would be

Just the other day, VW's Winterkorn was accused of most of those things as well (well, maybe not of being super charismatic, but I don't think Ballmer would be considered that either, nobody would've followed him into the woods for a suicide pact). My impression is that we'll notice it more in startups because they don't have the large and reliable power structure in place where these things don't become public, and their very nature of high-risk companies that are looking to go public puts them both more at risk for failing spectacularly and in the spot light.