I hire a CEO who wants $250,00 a year and he generates $500,000 in revenue
I hire a CEO who wants $5,000,000 a year and he generates $23,750,000 dollars
Who would you hire?
Mic drop.
Bloviated diatribe, answer my question.
It illogical but obviously both - they both generate large profits why would I turn down a free 250 K as a side dish? Why just buy one golden swan when I can have one shiting out silver as well? I certainly can afford it from future revenues.
For that matter, I just keep hiring all the CEO'S on the world that generate more money than they cost and be the richest person of the year. My product is units of CEO since they piss out cash and shit gold.
Further reading from Harvard Business revue, the one who churns out these Golden Egg CEO's:
The recent removal of Danone’s CEO and chairman, Emmanuel Faber, has been seen by many as a clash between activist investors and stakeholder capitalism. But the actual implications aren’t that simple. Danone’s circumstances offer a much more important lesson: In the quest to design a corporate...
hbr.org
and quote of the day
CEOs Are Workaholics -BUSTED
The idea that CEOs have to work 100 hours a week or more isn’t true. “When I cut my hours, my business started to make more money,” says Andrea Goulet, cofounder and CEO of the software-remodeling firm
CorgiBytes. “My job as a CEO was not to work the most hours, it was to make the right decisions at the right time. In order to have a clear head and make good decisions, personal health and downtime had to come back.”
Andrew Newman, CEO and founder of the cybersecurity company
Reason Core Security, agrees. “I think it’s vital to unplug at times and reboot,” he says “Outside of the office, when I am not at home with my family, I am an avid snowboarder and black belt in karate. Being able to work out my body and my mind keeps me sharp. When not being extremely active, a little known fact is that I am a Lego collector. Growing up doesn’t mean you have to grow old.”
And there are industries where the CEO is the product.
Elizabeth Holmes comes to mind, she had no products to sell but her image.
and of course Entertainment : sex work, sports stars, movie stars. The person in this case IS the business.
Doctors no - with a few rare exceptions. Any doctor experienced in practice now would not be able to get close to medical school with the marks they have now - so the highest paid docotors are on first glance susstantively inferior to the worst medical cadet getting into med school. Of course, as with CEO myth there is more to the story.