The cult of the chief executive exists, although whether or not it is overblown depends on the chief executive.
"I've never seen risk aversion this intense," says the chief executive of a large European bank.
Tengzhong's chief executive, Yang, Yi, described Hummer as a name "synonymous with adventure, freedom and exhilaration".
A big part of the reason is the outsized appetite of Larry Ellison, Oracle's flamboyant chief executive.
“In feng shui, the tortoiseshell represents a strong back, protection and security,” explained Gerald Ronson, Heron's chief executive.
"We're far and away the leading English language publisher in India," says Penguin chief executive John Makinson.
What prevents the internal investigators from airbrushing the facts or, say, omitting evidence that might implicate the chief executive?
Indra Nooyi, born in India, came up as No 1. The chairperson and chief executive of PepsiCo was followed by Chinese-Canadian Andrea Jung, chairperson and chief executive of Avon Products.
The chief executive of Fiat Group has been alone in seeing an extraordinary opportunity in the meltdown in Detroit.
And Democrat Jerry Brown will return to the California governor's office after nearly 30 years, defeating the former eBay chief executive, Republican Meg Whitman.
"It would be a travesty for the solar industry," said Tom Zarrella, a former chief executive of GT solar, a New Hampshire supplier of the manufacturing equipment.
In its place would spring up honest boards in which the chief executive would be accountable to the directors, acting on behalf of a firm's shareholders.
And if the trials with the special forces go well, says Graham Murphy, RDT's chief executive, versions of the new device could be provided for civilian paramedic use.
Which seems odd, given that only months earlier, former Sun editor Rebekah Wade, a graduate of a similar management course, was appointed chief executive of News International.
During the town hall meeting, she tried to make clear that she thinks she would be a chief executive with enough fortitude to confront any danger facing the country.
Its chief executive, Jesús Reyes Heroles, a former PRI minister, has been replaced by Juan José Suárez Coppel, who has a private-sector background But also has ties to a different PRI faction.
Alison Cooper was not intimidated when presented with the daunting task of filling the shoes of Gareth Davis, Imperial Tobacco's former chief executive, who had served in the role for 14 years.
Svati Bhogle, chief executive of TIDE, said the award "gives us the motivation to venture into uncharted terrain, to first break new ground and then develop it into a beaten track".
Another important shift is the advent of female chief executives.
On the face of it, this presidential reaction, though traditional among chief executives, is rather puzzling.
International regulators have been issuing warnings to chief executives about a return of irrational exuberance.
Most world-class chief executives possess charisma – really a captivating blend of charm and wit.
For example, its authors abhor Congress's recent decision to give shareholders a say in how much chief executives are paid.
Advocates of temping also argue that the traditional market for managers-and particularly for chief executives-is hopelessly inefficient.
These were designed to dismantle the clubby boardroom culture in which directors did the chief executive's bidding.
Regulators did not push for the ouster of any chief executives, or demand any specific board shake-ups.
Even as ordinary investors look forward to the prospect of larger dividend payouts by the big Banks, another group is poised for a rich payday: bank chief executives.
But she cautioned that an inordinate focus on the wealth of the top 1 percent, including populist demands for pay limits on chief executives, probably would not help the other 99 percent.
According to the head of a hedge fund that does a lot of business with large Banks, their lending desks are now being stripped of risk-management responsibilities by livid chief executives.
Some cannot bring themselves to wield the axe: big disposals are often triggered only when a new boss takes over or a financial crisis forces a chief executive's hand.
Many Wall Street chief executives took a big pay cut for 2009. But their real value may have been in deflecting attention from their troops — who enjoyed the largest collective payday on record.
