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How CEOs Lead With Their Chins
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By Ben Levisohn, Edited by Deborah Stead
A strong chin, that Hollywood staple, may also be
a plus for aspiring CEOs. That's the conclusion
of New York plastic surgeon Darrick Antell, who
presented his highly anecdotal evidence at the recent
2007 World Congress on Liposuction Surgery and Advances
in Cosmetic Surgery in Dubai. Antell drew a line
from the nose tip to the chin on photos of 42 CEOs
from 2005's top 50 Fortune 500 companies. Some 90%
(including Carly Fiorina, then Hewlett-Packard's
(HPQ) CEO) showed nonreceding-to-prominent chins,
vs. 40% of the U.S. population. People equate such
jawlines with confidence and character, says Antell,
who performed 20 chin augmentations in 2007. (Topping
out at $7,500, the surgery's a bargain compared
with, say, a $92,000 MBA from Harvard.) Some dynamos
have "deficient" chins, Antell admits.
But most are entrepreneurs. When it's time to pick
a top manager, the one with the Superman jaw gets
the job.
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