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I bet if we mapped out the relationships between various CEOs and boards of directors we could predict these selections rather well...
Which I get - I'm starting the candidate gathering stage for a fairly senior role and the pool of candidates I have to choose from is already quite small given the requirements and niche product and of course I am going to defer to those I have worked with in the past as I know what they can do. I just find it funny that when faced with a very specific issue that unity picked someone who has a track record of fumbling that exact issue
The role being filled must not be for CEO, as they rarely seem to care what their background is (or the track record, for that matter.)