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So I remember there were studies and a book that showed successful CEOs are 4 times more likely than the general population to be psychopaths (i.e. dangerous ev
by softdev12 12y ago
So I remember there were studies and a book that showed successful CEOs are 4 times more likely than the general population to be psychopaths (i.e. dangerous evil predators).
One of the most successful CEOs was this guy Al Dunlop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_J._Dunlap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_J._Dunlap). They called him Chainsaw Dunlop because he fired so many people.
Here's a Forbes article from 2011 that talks about the book and why (some) psychopaths make great CEOs.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/06/14/why-some-psychopaths-make-great-ceos/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/06/14/why-som...