Wow ! Obviously sexual discrimination and workplace bullying are in favor at AOL.
Seriously, this sounds like another 'top notch tough businessman' appointed at immense salary.
My experience has been the first person normally claiming they are top notch is none other than themselves, and otherwise prosperous companies with generally good prospects seem to bleed money shortly after their arrival (normally into their pockets) and end up as burned out shells being sold off piecemean with some golden parachute to the outgoing top notch guy before he repeats the performance or retires to a recently purchased, by a tax haven based company, island in the Carribean.
And as proof of true sexual equality, there are examples where the he is a she.