>Current, sure, but he showed up after Google was already successful. Becoming the CEO of Google made him successful, but he didn't make Google successful.

And the previous CEO of Google was Eric Schmidt, also not a software developer, and successful before taking the role at google.

>True but he co-founded it with a software engineer (Wozniak) who was arguably influential enough that he had the influence of a CEO if not the title.

Just about every "CEO" has people with outsized influence. Saying that Woz had the influence of a CEO but not the title kind of misses the point.

>He may not have held the title or had the function, but apparently he had the knowledge.

I know how to make a woodshed (I even did last year!). I don't think anyone would confuse me with a carpenter.