[gknoy]

> By staying you'll be enabling his behavior and you have nobody to blame but yourself for being in a hostile environment. By leaving, you not only will find a better opportunity (and you will), you hopefully will give the CEO a wake up call.

This also means that you should have a BATNA, such as an offer of a new job. It sounds very much like the CEO's response will be to ask/force you to leave, so make sure you're operating from a position of strength if at all possible.