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I'd say that about several other CEOs too if their fanboys wouldn't jump down my throat about it. Zuckerberg is just universally unpopular enough that you can g

I'd say that about several other CEOs too if their fanboys wouldn't jump down my throat about it. Zuckerberg is just universally unpopular enough that you can get away with it

throwaway27448 3mo ago
What is a popular CEO? They're generally untrustworthy people.
- frenchtoast8 3mo ago
  Gabe Newell (president, not CEO) comes to mind
  - alyandon 3mo ago
    I really worry about what happens to Valve as a company after he steps down.
    - shimman 3mo ago
      Hopefully they'd stop introducing gambling to children.
- HWR_14 3mo ago
  Steve Jobs was. Elon Musk is. Outside of tech Warren Buffett seems popular.
  - jurip 3mo ago
    I don't know what the baseline is for CEO popularity (I guess most people don't know that many CEOs by name?) but I'd be hard-pressed to call a 37/50 favorable/unfavorable ratio popular: https://www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-polls-popularity-nate-silver-bulletin https://www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-polls-popularity-nate...
    - HWR_14 3mo ago
      Maybe he's no longer popular, but he had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and hosted SNL. That speaks to popularity. Also, is favorable/unfavorable a good measure of popularity?