[frosting1337]

"He stayed on top by having the foresight to buy up anyone he could that even smelled like a competitor and had the luxury of still being under the radar at that time."

While it's easy to shit on such a strategy, that does in-fact make him a great CEO.

[BobaFloutist]

But it does somewhat rely on luck to operate in a regulatory environment that allows it. I don't know that anti-competitive behavior requires any particular genius.