This kind of reasoning after-the-fact is easy. If it was the opposite, it would also not really be rocket science: "Good CEO's have immense values for companie

This kind of reasoning after-the-fact is easy. If it was the opposite, it would also not really be rocket science: "Good CEO's have immense values for companies. So of course companies would pay a lot more for those CEOs that do a good job -- it is worth so much to the company." You can't really make useful predictions with that kind of reasoning.