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Pure nepotism, cronyism, favors, blackmail. That's the only rational explanation.
I've also met a few ivory tower CEOs who have the wit of a drunken uncle and the hubris of... a CEO.

>I spent the weekend at a get-together for my old rowing team at Princeton
>Yeah, we all attended Princeton together in 1972.
>Princeton was a great university
>My niece also went to Princeton and founded a charity to find homes for abused refugee women
>Are you going to start acting like you're impressed that I went to Princeton or what?
>You look like you're into cars, let's go look at my Porsche
>I keep a Porsche at each of my 3 homes. Great cars.
>I'm rich and connected, if you haven't figured that out yet, you dirty peasant.