You can just as easily say "only founding CEOs are worth the money" using this sort of analysis. It seems to me that the right CEO is worth way more than the 2

You can just as easily say "only founding CEOs are worth the money" using this sort of analysis. It seems to me that the right CEO is worth way more than the 2nd best. It's just that you might do a poor job of determining who is right. Kind of reminds me of the old joke "what do you call the guy who graduated last from med school? 'Doctor'!"