I'm not saying everyone is. I'm just saying the people I know who are, or have the ambition to become, CEOs etc are that way. My sample size is low, and does not include FAANG. Perhaps FAANG is more meritocracy and less politics (and I'm talking about management, not ICs). In finance and healthcare admin (CEO) it seems it's about image and politics, with the ones I know being pretentious assholes.