| Because they are more likely to have psychopathic traits than the general population, but much less so than criminals. But not really enough to worry about. The vast majority of psychopaths are in prison and regular jobs. And the vast majority of CEOs display no psychopathic tendencies. "Roughly 4% to as high as 12% of CEOs exhibit psychopathic traits, according to some expert estimates, many times more than the 1% rate found in the general population and more in line with the 15% rate found in prisons. " https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackmccullough/2019/12/09/the-p... https://hbr.org/2004/10/executive-psychopaths https://psychopathyis.org/stats/ The key aspect of CEOs that make for success is aligning people with vision and some measure of bravery to eschew "traditional" and "safe" to pursue that vision. That can be either because you are a master manipulator and driven by ego-mania, or because you are genuine and compelling and understand your industry, or both. Physiologically, you should try to be tall, good looking, outgoing, confident, somewhat narcissistic, and infected with Toxoplasmosis. http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/toxoplasmosis-entrepreneuri... |