[TopQuark]

That's not what the CEO does. In fact, the athlete/actor is more comparable to the factory worker than the CEO. The team owner/production studio is the CEO in your analogy. The CEO's talent is not comparable to an athlete's or an actor's. And CEO's are not held responsible for poor performance monetarily. At least they haven't been over the past 2 decades.

I an not sure I understood this point. Could you please explain when you have a chance?

[optimistically_conservative]

Could you please explain when you have a chance?

An actor or athlete is less interested in the long term viability of the "corporation" than his own compensation based on his marketability as a celebrity - well that does describe the worst CEOs out there.

But the athlete/actor is not responsible for the high level management/financing of the entire organization, or the livelihood of the other employees. He is the product, or the producer of the product.

The CEO doesn't produce anything. He is the person responsible for the high level management/financing of the entire organization, AND the livelihood of all the employees.