Study from a couple years ago that found 21% of CEO's had clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits—the same rate as prisons see! findings were probably pretty conservative....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-psychopaths-australian-study-finds/
TIME magazine did a study on which american profession saw the highest rate of clinical psychopaths — #1 was CEO's of corporations.
Clinical Definition of psychopaths - Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial character, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality.
Business Insider did research and found that Ceo's often have psychopathic tendencies!
- - "Psychopaths thrive on chaos, and they know other people find it very stressful," ...... "They will purposefully create chaos in the environment because they find it easier to cope than other people."
"The brain of a psychopath is also very immature. ......and it functions similarly to a very immature, adolescent one. The limbic system — the part of the brain associated with bonding, emotion, and memory — in particular is damaged, and not at the stage it should be. "
https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-often-have-psychopathic-traits-2017-7
CNBC - apparently psychopaths make good ceo's— very good article on how they destroy companies! - https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/21/apparently-psychopaths-make-good-ceos.html