[tejohnso]

The best performing founder / ceo in the 21st century is someone who is unlikable and promotes / develops unlikable products.

That seems impossible. What does that say about us?

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that most of the products being promoted are actually highly treasured by a large number of people.

[nemothekid]

Key word "performing". If you want feel warm feelings about your heroes, don't make your heros CEOs who are ultimately judged on how large of a return they can give their shareholders.

[jjulius]

>... CEOs who are ultimately judged on how large of a return they can give their shareholders.

At first, sure. The more time passes, however, the less CEOs are judged solely on monetary returns.

Hell, IMO, to judge a CEO solely on monetary returns in the present is selective reasoning at best.

[Nevermark]

Were highly treasured. Were.

Zuck is the poster boy for enshittification [0]. The dark pattern business model involves companies making money long after their users stop loving their offerings.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification