One of the most savage takedowns of the corporate mindset in American history is a Broadway musical “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.”
The hero’s first step to the top is to find a company that is so big that no one person has any idea of what is actually going on.
I can think of a dozen recent cases where someone simply lied their way into a billion dollars; the cyptocurrency bank guy and the blood test lady spring to mind.