CEO of Mercedes was born in Sweden to Swedish parents; has blue eyes. CEO of
Adidas has a Norwegian father and grew up in Norway; has pale skin,
reddish-blonde hair and blue eyes. CEO of Bayer was born and raised in the US.
Last name is "Anderson". Has pale skin and blue eyes. Two of them could pass as German (at least until they started talking): most Norwegians don't really look like Germans and the CEO of Adidas is no exception.
Now let's do the top 5 companies in the US (by market cap). CEO of NVidia was born in Taiwan to Chinese parents and immigrated to the United States as a child.
CEO of Google was born in India to Indian parents, came to the US after college.
ditto CEO of Microsoft. CEOs of Apple and Amazon are a white men who grew up in the US.
Yeah, my wife speaks German and can easily understand Swedish (and probably Norwegian). There’s not a big cultural and linguistic for a Norwegian to come into a German company. It’s like an Australian coming into an American company.
Now let's do the top 5 companies in the US (by market cap). CEO of NVidia was born in Taiwan to Chinese parents and immigrated to the United States as a child. CEO of Google was born in India to Indian parents, came to the US after college. ditto CEO of Microsoft. CEOs of Apple and Amazon are a white men who grew up in the US.