← Back to context Comment by throwaway27448 3 months ago What is a popular CEO? They're generally untrustworthy people. 6 comments throwaway27448 Reply frenchtoast8 3 months ago Gabe Newell (president, not CEO) comes to mind alyandon 3 months ago I really worry about what happens to Valve as a company after he steps down. shimman 3 months ago Hopefully they'd stop introducing gambling to children. HWR_14 3 months ago Steve Jobs was. Elon Musk is.Outside of tech Warren Buffett seems popular. jurip 3 months ago I don't know what the baseline is for CEO popularity (I guess most people don't know that many CEOs by name?) but I'd be hard-pressed to call a 37/50 favorable/unfavorable ratio popular: https://www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-polls-popularity-nate... HWR_14 3 months ago Maybe he's no longer popular, but he had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and hosted SNL. That speaks to popularity.Also, is favorable/unfavorable a good measure of popularity?
frenchtoast8 3 months ago Gabe Newell (president, not CEO) comes to mind alyandon 3 months ago I really worry about what happens to Valve as a company after he steps down. shimman 3 months ago Hopefully they'd stop introducing gambling to children.
alyandon 3 months ago I really worry about what happens to Valve as a company after he steps down. shimman 3 months ago Hopefully they'd stop introducing gambling to children.
HWR_14 3 months ago Steve Jobs was. Elon Musk is.Outside of tech Warren Buffett seems popular. jurip 3 months ago I don't know what the baseline is for CEO popularity (I guess most people don't know that many CEOs by name?) but I'd be hard-pressed to call a 37/50 favorable/unfavorable ratio popular: https://www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-polls-popularity-nate... HWR_14 3 months ago Maybe he's no longer popular, but he had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and hosted SNL. That speaks to popularity.Also, is favorable/unfavorable a good measure of popularity?
jurip 3 months ago I don't know what the baseline is for CEO popularity (I guess most people don't know that many CEOs by name?) but I'd be hard-pressed to call a 37/50 favorable/unfavorable ratio popular: https://www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-polls-popularity-nate... HWR_14 3 months ago Maybe he's no longer popular, but he had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and hosted SNL. That speaks to popularity.Also, is favorable/unfavorable a good measure of popularity?
HWR_14 3 months ago Maybe he's no longer popular, but he had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and hosted SNL. That speaks to popularity.Also, is favorable/unfavorable a good measure of popularity?
Gabe Newell (president, not CEO) comes to mind
I really worry about what happens to Valve as a company after he steps down.
Hopefully they'd stop introducing gambling to children.
Steve Jobs was. Elon Musk is.
Outside of tech Warren Buffett seems popular.
I don't know what the baseline is for CEO popularity (I guess most people don't know that many CEOs by name?) but I'd be hard-pressed to call a 37/50 favorable/unfavorable ratio popular: https://www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-polls-popularity-nate...
Maybe he's no longer popular, but he had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and hosted SNL. That speaks to popularity.
Also, is favorable/unfavorable a good measure of popularity?