Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers?
by lumost on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:53PM
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The top 5 entries on this list were all from founders who wrote a significant portion of their companies original code. Granted, Larry and Sergei maybe aren't able to code to the Google standard anymore - but they once did.
I don't see why it would be surprising that tech companies benefit from technical founders. When I see MBA/finance run companies my first thought is that they are almost certainly a finance, contracting, or marketing business even if on the outside they are a consumer product, mining, or manufacturing firm.
Many mature businesses benefit from a financial viewpoint as CEO as there are no major innovations or risks to be done that can't be reasoned about on a spreadsheet. Tech has been on the other end of that spectrum for the last few decades.
I don't see why it would be surprising that tech companies benefit from technical founders. When I see MBA/finance run companies my first thought is that they are almost certainly a finance, contracting, or marketing business even if on the outside they are a consumer product, mining, or manufacturing firm.
Many mature businesses benefit from a financial viewpoint as CEO as there are no major innovations or risks to be done that can't be reasoned about on a spreadsheet. Tech has been on the other end of that spectrum for the last few decades.