Many of the CEOs and executives I've worked closely with over the years were good people. In perspective, they weren't smarter or harder working than everyone, starting with their own team.
Their comipensation was disproportionate to the value they delivered compared to the value everyone else delivered. The profound inequalities are simply social agreements that they should be so, with all manner of specious rationalizations. Perhaps it's a call for a new class of senior leaders who gladly accept more payment equity while enjoying higher than normal levels of competency.