People who rise to the top are the best at managing their own PR* but not the best as being in the seat. You can say this about everything, actually. It's also

People who rise to the top are the best at managing their own PR* but not the best as being in the seat. You can say this about everything, actually. It's also true in tech companies. Also true for the "visionaries" that HN worships. These are the ones with good enough PR sense. Lots of smarter geniuses with zero PR in the shadows who end up working for the visionaries and getting no credit for it. *I know that will sound strange to you when you think about Bush and Trump, but remember that they did attract enough supporters to win the presidency.