1Ampex CEO
In the 1960s, the CEO of Ampex wanted his employees to take LSD to improve their creativity. The board of directors said "No" and then had to fire him after they discovered he had snuck off anyway on a mountain hike with 7 or 8 engineers and given them LSD.
2Walt Bettinger
Walt Bettinger, the CEO of Charles Schwab often conducts interviews over breakfast, asking the cook ahead of time to slightly mess up the candidate's order. He judges their reaction as a test of their character.
3Michael O'Leary
Michael O'Leary, the CEO of Ryanair airlines, has his own taxicab company with just one cab so that he can legally use the bus lanes and avoid traffic jams.
4Steve Madden
When Steve Madden was convicted of fraud and forced to resign as CEO of his own company, he created a new position for himself that paid $700,000 per year while he was in prison.
5Travis Kalanick
Travis Kalanick, the billionaire founder and CEO of Uber claims that he was the #2 ranked Wii Tennis player in the world.
6Mary Barra
Mary Barra, the CEO of GM changed the workplace dress code from a complicated 10-page document to two words: "Dress appropriately."
7Robert Hohman
Robert Hohman, the CEO and the co-founder of Glassdoor quit his job as a president of the Hotwire website to do nothing but play World of Warcraft for a year and only founded the company after hitting the maximum level in the game.
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8Mike Jeffries
Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch went on record as saying he does not want fat or unattractive people wearing his clothes or employed at his company.
9Indian CEOs
As of June 2020, the CEOs of Microsoft (Satya Nadella), Adobe (Shantanu Narayen), and MasterCard (Ajaypal Singh Banga) all went to the same high school (Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet) in India.
10Michael O'Leary
Michael O'Leary, the CEO of low budget airline Ryanair wanted to charge passengers £1 to use the onboard toilets. The policy was never implemented because it violated EU regulations.
