I've worked for two startups and got to know their CEOs well. The first was probably not a psychopath but definitely a narcissist, and would do bad things if h

I've worked for two startups and got to know their CEOs well. The first was probably not a psychopath but definitely a narcissist, and would do bad things if he thought it was necessary to the health of his business, including lying to keep people in the company. He failed after spending millions on a launch party in the early 2000s, and his reputation never recovered. The second was an out-and-out psychopath: dishonest, manipulative, and hired worse people than him (to do his dirty work and keep him clean). He's still going strong.