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Who was the last president to:
1) Run a business of any real size (not necessarily Fortune 500, but bigger than, say, a law firm)?
2) Have enough business experience to be qualified at any reasonable management level at a major corporation?
Obviously the Bushes. Maybe Reagan (president of the SAG). Beyond that, you probably have to go back a ways to find one.
That just means that it is a different kind of job that requires different types of skills.
A good CEO needs to be a good manager, but a president needs to be a good leader. Each job needs some of both skills, but much more of one.
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