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<p>Then, according to the post which the above post responds to, 50% of the human beings on the Earth are among the less innovative half of the population just because of their gender.</p>
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There was an article circled around those working in Silicon Valley a few years ago. The author argues that the most companies (esp., startup companies) by and large could not hire minorities as CEOs because, if they do so, it would significantly reduce their chance to receive financing. This is especially true for younger CEOs (or executives) in these startup companies.</p>
<p>It is also said that even though some of the new startup companies are actually started by those minorities/immigrants, they would make sure that they would get a person who are more “presentable” as a CEO and therefore could increase their chance of getting financing.</p>
<p>An interesting comment from one of my coworkers: Those who grew up here and their parents/grandparents are NOT immigrants are very good at communications. They are therefore managers (and eventually CEOs.)</p>
<p>By the way, the main job of a CEO at many companies is not to talk to their employees. His main job is to talk to those in the finance people. He more often than not delegates the job of running all the internal operations to other executives as his expertise is often not related to the core business of his company. This is the reason why a CEO could often run one type of company and moves onto another company which is in a very different industry.</p>