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Are there any CEOs that reached such levels of success without being at least a bit nasty - nasty to their employees, friends and family? Makes me wonder if bei

• donkeyd 6y ago
  I see a lot of good about and from Mark Cuban. He seems like he's mostly a good person. There might be less positive stuff I'm not aware of though. Edit: my favorite is him donating money by saying f*ck while wearing a shirt with three commas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJjjAeob_Ms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJjjAeob_Ms
• laser 6y ago
  The CEO of Stripe, Patrick Collison, is pretty widely regarded as being a sweetheart, and at the age of 31 he’s already got almost 50% of the net worth Jobs had when he died. Arguably then, he’s far more successful for his age, and far kinder. There’s many other examples too, so this toxic “CEOs have to be assholes to succeed” trope should really die. Jobs was more likely successful in spite of his sometimes cruel idiosyncrasies, and almost certainly not because of them.
• fortran77 6y ago
  Andy Grove?