[beachy]

All of these can be true.

1) Sam is a conniving weasel.

2) Sam has made many OpenAI employees rich.

3) The board knows that Sam is toxic and must be removed.

4) The board knows that removing Sam would mean the end of the company.

[imjonse]

It is not the first or the last company where people may despise their CEOs character but still stay for the advantages.

[aleph_minus_one]

> It is not the first or the last company where people may despise their CEOs character but still stay for the advantages.

Exactly. Most people are simply hypocrites.