You are planning to set up your own startup and you have to select a CEO for your startup. Your
startup is a data analytics firm and your focus is on technical skills but you also need someone
with good leadership qualities. You shortlist two candidates with the same technical
qualifications and abilities, both have a proven career track record. Make your choice from the
below details on the two candidates:

CANDIDATE A
1) Candidates A is a graduate from a Top B school with a background in Data science. She
started her career as a Data science manager in a consulting firm and received 2 promotions in a
short period of time. She has climbed up the ladder easily and managed to bring in new clients
with her exceptional technical skills. After a couple of years, she was assigned to handle a huge
overseas project with a team of 20 members. The team had people from different backgrounds
and they all were equally competent with a proven track record. Candidate A and her team did a
good job however, few of the members were not really happy in the team. The project was a
success despite of all this and Candidate A did achieve the project goals in time.
Candidate A is known to be Ambitious, Goal focused, Time bound and Practical by her team
members.

CANDIDATE B
2) Candidate B is a graduate from a Top B school and has a Data science background. He started
his career as an IT manager and moved up the ladder in a few years. He switched to a data firm
in a few years and worked at the senior management level. He was able to complete all project
within time and his team members are his greatest strength. He was able to keep all his team
together and took up a client project equally with his subordinates than heading the project single
handedly. This did create problems in in the initial stages but the project went off well.
Candidate B is known to be Benevolent, People Person, Caring and Ambitious by his team
members.