There is a great deal of hype around the power of chief executives to create change. More often than not, though, chief executives are products of their times, rather than the other way around. The hype serves mostly to justify huge pay packages. Sergio Marchionne, on the other hand, deserved to be called a leader. He had a vision of what needed to be done to return a troubled company and industry to health, worked relentlessly to realise it, and brought many others along with him. His death leaves a void at Fiat Chrysler and in the auto industry.
有大量关于首席执行官们革新能力的炒作。不过，更多情况下，首席执行官是他们所处时代的产物，而非相反。炒作主要是为了证明他们值得天价的薪酬。然而，塞尔焦•马尔基翁内(Sergio Marchionne)却是一个当之无愧的领导者。他设想了如何令陷入困境的公司与行业复苏，并坚持不懈地努力实现这一目标，还凝聚了许多志同道合的人。他的离世给菲亚特克莱斯勒(Fiat Chrysler)和汽车行业都留下了一个空白。