There are disturbing company reports of pathologically destructive leadership behaviour —poor governance, discernible fudging, intemperate language, overweening ambition, perpetually boastful talk and so on. To my simple mind, being psychopathic is like behaving in a toxic, megalomaniac or narcissistic manner. Not every founder’s behaviour is psychopathic, but as the cases keep coming, one wonders whether founder-chief executive officers (CEOs) are prone to this malaise —for example, BharatPe, Paytm, and Zee. Other examples have been Rotomac Pens, Pan Parag, RDAG, Kingfisher, Gitanjali Gems, Café Coffee Day, and Housing.com. Sometimes, the funders drive the founder into psychopathy.
During my career, I served
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