As I said, an actual CEO, not a puppet CEO that was hired to do all the dirty work for, but has none of the authority to control, Linus. The company hasn't burnt down and still has a significant audience which he could milk even further if he wanted to; they've fired some employees, but they're still a bloated company and an active investor would cull without mercy and to subsistence-level. At the Whale LAN, he basically called out all the sponsors of the event at the event in front of the whole crowd; his attitude towards sponsors is anything but groveling.