Which CEOs are actually worth keeping around?

Video game industry will collapse in on itself when Gabe Newell dies, and enshittification creeps into Steam.

Think the CEO of Costco did a similar move with the hot dogs

CEO of Ben &Jerry's. They are not just posting the black square on their insta and then moving on, like half their posts are about fighting inequity, encouraging people to vote for actual human rights, openly pro abortion, pro immigrant rights, pro black rights, pro women's right, about fighting climate change etc. they are walking the walk, conservative dollars be damned

GabeN has been pretty cool.

This CEO, Gabe Newell, and (if he was still alive) the founder of Little Caesars, who, if I recall correctly, secretly paid for Rosa Parks apartment until her death.

CEOs should just be elected by the employees

Couple of British examples of what should be the standard for modern business:

Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds (hifi store in the UK), seems like one of the better capitalists around. He signed over majority control of the company to an employee trust when he turned 60, donates 15% of their profit to charity, runs a nonprofit dedicated to exposing corporate tax avoidance, campaigns against zero hours contracts, and devotes company resources to promoting unsigned bands: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Richer

James Timpson recently stepped down as CEO of Timpson, another UK retailer that specialises in things like key cutting, shoe repairs, passport photos etc. He made it company policy to hire people who had been to prison and help them get back on their feet, and his campaign for prison reform saw him step down from the company to become Minister for Prisons in the current government. The company has a "Director of Happiness" who is paid to keep the front line staff happy, resulting in policies like getting the day off work on your kid's first day of school, compassionate leave for the death of a pet, etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpson_(retailer)

Is the CEO of costco still a decent guy?

Craig Jelinek the (CEO of costco until recently) was always considered a good guy for putting his employees first and concentrating on keeping a high bar for product quality.

Newman's Own salad dressing. Privately owned and all profits go to charity.

Sam Reich of Dropout TV

Any CEO that champions OpenSource software is good enough to me

All of them

at minimum wage

Any CEO that is willing to part with 50% or more of their wealth before they die and not to their family or close friends, should be good. No idea about names

Bill Penzey would be safe in my book. Penzey's spices are a fantastic product, but he's an activist who very vocally supports equality, respect, and human dignity.

Shortly after the election I received a blanket from them with a very kind note. Apparently they had a promotion where you could submit the name and address of someone who is struggling and could use a hug. I have no idea who nominated me, but I'm so grateful. Penzey's didn't change any money for this, which is crazy to me.

The ones without public shareholders.

The ones that are vocal about issues and on the right side of history.

My company's owner/CEO can stay, gives us all sizeable profit share bonuses. During covid people didn't get layed off, even though there was no work. Sure hours were reduced, but work was found around the shop to keep people busy as much as possible.

In other words, small business owners that care about employee and their clients.

Well I know for sure ain't nobody mentioning the Nestle CEO, Laurent Freixe, on here 🤣

I know he's not American, but Hidetaka Miyazaki of FromSofware

Maybe all CEOs get a yearly review. If they are good, they continue working. If something doesn't add up, they get to choose to quit or they get executed right on the spot by placing their head between two large metal plates. The top plate is then dropped from 3 stories high.

can't decide yay or nay for Mozilla but

Valve and CloudFlare.

Bill Long (now retired), who helped to transition WinCo into an employee owned business.

I would rather focus on billionaire and millionaire than CEO since both are not automatically interchangeable.... .

You can be a CEO In a small business without being a millionaire of the same category as the one of United HealthCare

Spains Mercadonas CEO. They follow a very respected model where the consumer is the first priority, then the employees. Works great and they still make a shitton of money. Things like closing sundays because employees should have a life, etc. Employee rotation is super low.

It’s $1.29 now printed on the can here

we decide who lives

and who dies

our whimsey controls the future

we have become the CEOs

What is "the People's Cookout"

The Patagonia CEO seems like a genuinely good dude

Been decades since I saw one of those cost a dollar

As long as keeping them around doesn't mean not taxing the shit out of their extant assets, I think a few are probably worth being spared.

Where are the CEO's that lead with fair income distribution and implement company policies that follow the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or Finnish labor laws and lifestyles?

Crickets...

Mike "My Pillow" Lindell... HEAR ME OUT... I don't agree with his politics, but the dude is hilarious.

Only the ones who relinquish all of their wealth and offer to become a rank and file worker.

Shane Te Pou maybe ? (from mega.nz)

None

What's also crazy thing that no one mentions that these money numbers are just a digital stamp. There's no real currency or value backing it

not those of VW + BMW :( imho the problem is the stock price + dividend focused madness that is going on at stock listed companies... (Microsoft is another good example) = it's suicide also for those companies... because if the company does not build what customers want (small electric cars) and customer is is not king = products get shitty = sooner or later they gonna collapse unto their own corruption = no one is going to buy anymore cars that break exactly after 10 years = throw away buy new, wtf? while in SYRIA and Southamerica + Africa OLD MERCEDES bus + cars still run)

Management is a skill. You can collectivize property relations and keep the positions of Capital Managers. Moreover, in underdeveloped sectors, Markets are a good way to rapidly develop a framework that can then be folded into the public sector and centrally planned by the degree to which it has developed.

Do we need Capital Owners? No, we don't need any. We will still need managers and directors of Capital, even within Communism, ie Central Planners. If the question is how many Capitalists do we need, the answer is 0. If the question is how many Capital managers and planners do we need, the number is much higher than 0.

none of them. you don't need a CEO to keep a drink at $1 a can. I know it's a meme but y'all libs will go too far with it and coopt it into "awww we can't hurt Elon musk he's too uWu smol bean" by the weekend. I saw what you did with brat summer.

Not a single fucking one

Lower on the list, but still on the list.

Discussion not worth having tbh

He's not a CEO any more, but Bill Gates is on a mission to die a mere millionaire, and I think has already given away more than half his net worth.

BofA is totally worth keeping around