EP33: The Chair, the Man, and the Vessel — The Ferryman Series (Pt 1)

The Syndicate Room · Aug 17, 2026 · 1m

Drew and Reese open The Ferryman Series with the question every board eventually asks and every founder secretly avoids: is the CEO the ship, a plank, or a temporary rivet? We trace Steve Jobs 1985, Adam Neumann 2019, Travis Kalanick 2017, Netflix's co-CEO architecture, and Disney's 2024 proxy fight to land on why titles are hypotheses, not proof. Read the cover article — Part 1 of six in The Ferryman Series: https://gp.advalorem.io/insights/2026-08-17-ferryman-succession-ceo-era.html. Follow the whole series: https://gp.advalorem.io/insights/?category=the-ferryman-series. More from…