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> But it does take a high salaried non-technical CEO to market the idea to more people, which brings in more funding for the project.

That's the same argument used to pay CEOs hundreds of millions ("they make us more money"). And then there are studies suggesting that the effect the CEO has on the success of the company is rather small - and of course, the CEOs who aren't successful still get paid unbelievable amounts of money.



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