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

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.