Comment by cogman10

How did your CEO become CEO? Mine got there because he was golfing buddies with another CEO that was golfing buddies with another CEO that was golfing buddies with the company that ultimately bought out my old CEO.

How does that make them "worth it"?

> but I am sure I will be the most terrible CEO in the history of the company

Look, I've interacted with CEOs and frankly the job isn't nearly as hard as you are making it out to be. The most important aspect of the job is socializing, not managing the company like you might assume. It's putting on a good show and making potential clients like you. It's every bit just being a good salesperson.

There's a reason, for example, my CEO currently lives in California even though his company is halfway across the country and has no offices in CA.

Now, that isn't to say the Job of a founder CEO isn't a lot more difficult, it is. However, once a company is established the CEO job is a cakewalk. There's a reason companies like FedEx had a CEO literally in his 80s that gave up the reigns right before he died.

If you have the ability to schmooze, sit through meetings, and read power-points. Congratulations, you have what it takes to be a CEO.