> So Apple is not the best example if you're trying to show "CEOs don't matter." I wasn't try to show that they don't matter, but that they are replaceable. An

> So Apple is not the best example if you're trying to show "CEOs don't matter." I wasn't try to show that they don't matter, but that they are replaceable. And few companies need to have "the greatest mind in Operations that history has ever known" to function well. Does Eli Lilly, Unitedheath, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Home Depot, Pepsico, Walmart, Coca Cola, Accenture, Intuit, Caterpillar, Lowes, Nike? * https://www.slickcharts.com/sp500 https://www.slickcharts.com/sp500 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S%26P_500_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S%26P_500_companies Heaven knows that the last few CEOs of Boeing mattered as they have completely screwed the pooch and basically wrecked that company—all the while making a whole lot of money.