I am 6'2", very rarely not the tallest or close to the tallest people in groups I frequent - until I got invited to a c-suite meeting of the financial services

I am 6'2", very rarely not the tallest or close to the tallest people in groups I frequent - until I got invited to a c-suite meeting of the financial services executives for company I was at the time working for - I was a virtually midget in that room - first time in my life I was the 'short guy'; I found it quite humorous, and not a coincidence. Same company, one of the smartest, friendliest and hardest working guys I knew was short (maybe 5'6" and completely bald) - he deserved to be a VP or higher imo, but never made it very far up the chain and left - also not a coincidence.