re: How did most C-Suite Execs get to that position?

I have a buddy that’s about my age (51). He’s VP and Chief Audit Executive at a major insurance company. He makes great money, but he’s always been working towards that CFO position to make real “vacation house in the Caribbean and vacation house in the mountains” type of money. He’s two promotions away but recently told me he just doesn’t have the stomach to do what it takes to advance any further in his organization. He said to make it above his level, and often even AT his level, you truly have to be a complete sociopath.