"Marissa Mayer's failure at Yahoo was caused by pure incompetence, negligence, and laziness of all involved. Nothing about it that deserves praise."
I just wanted to thank you for this comment, because it is important that we get the facts straight. There was not one thing she brought in the company that showed a hint to financial success.
She is overrated at an almost fraudulent level.
Fraud isn't a function of magnitude. A $2 fraud and $2 billion fraud are both fraud.
What matters is intent, the concealment of material facts and the victim's harm resulting from the foregoing.
None of which disagrees with you, it's just an interesting note for assessing what a hypothetical fraudulent CEO appointment would look like. Presumably it would factor in price in the sense of "could a reasonable person assess the CEO's worth at this value?"
Sorry to drag in politics, but I could not resist this cheap-shot.