I have no idea where the idea came from that says a CEO is required to know the business. This position is the same as many top level executive. He/she runs the company, not does the work. Here are the duties of the position, and the lack of being a physician is in there.
https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/2013/chapter-439/statute-439.130/
The position doesn’t require a doctor. It requires a manager. Just someone to utilize the pieces of the company to do their job. Don’t misconceive that a doctor is the answer. They are not taught to handle an executive position, or run a corporation. They heal people. And they are told by numerous groups how to do even that. An education in science doesn’t make you a mathematician....or a CEO.
rwood
which is why we have too few ventilators, why we can't use known drugs to treat covid, and why people in Italy are being cut off at age 60.