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Ridiculous. That list of tremendous people are some founders that found success. There are plenty of tremendous founders we don't hear about that didn't do as well. There are plenty of tremendous people in regular jobs that can't act like iconoclastic dickheads because they'd be rightfully fired. More importantly hugely successful organizations have found a way to reproduce their own success despite specific people not because of them.

You want to build lasting success on good process, good organization and responsible management. People come and go. Organizations stick around.