It is funny, this would not be first time that fearless leader has managed to sneak around nepotistic (or cronyistic ?) practices. There was some legal fighting at Medtronic with him - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-mad-1_15-cv-10498/pdf/USCOURTS-mad-1_15-cv-10498-0.pdf
Of course this is not unheard of. It just goes mostly unnoticed as people with enough money and resources can hide their tracks pretty good so the rest of us do not 'catch' it.
For the C suite I guess 'This is the way'. Maybe they should wear mandalorian helmets too just to make things official.