[bsder]

The primary point of clawing your way to a CEO slot is power.

Once you are in that position:

1) You are going to exercize that power that you finally have.

2) You lose most negative feedback mechanisms as everybody now wants to gain your favor.

Consequently, you continue do things until you do the one that is a bridge too far and get burned.

[Consultant32452]

Those are some pretty strong allegations to make so broadly.

[dboreham]

But extensively covered in literature. E.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice