Well, he might have taken the most risk, but let's be real, it was everyone else who did the work.
The CEO is the one who makes the most important/difficult/risky decisions and the company's fortunes rise or fall depending on how good is his or her judgement. That's called leverage.
That's why CEOs and founders are so highly compensated, they can earn their entire paycheck with one good decision. Funnily enough they don't always personally lose if they make bad decisions at the helm.
The CEO is the one who makes the most important/difficult/risky decisions and the company's fortunes rise or fall depending on how good is his or her judgement. That's called leverage.
That's why CEOs and founders are so highly compensated, they can earn their entire paycheck with one good decision. Funnily enough they don't always personally lose if they make bad decisions at the helm.