What's so great about RCA?

[Sandy G]

Seems like so many companies thrived when they had a guy who was a definate "Personality" at the helm, usually the founder...Sarnoff was one. Paul Galvin at Motorola was another, as was Commander McDonald at Zenith. Billy Durant, the founder of GM was one. George Eastman was another. Sarnoff & McDonald reportedly couldn't stand each other, McDonald was the patrician WASP, Sarnoff the hardscrabble Jewish immigrant...Henry Ford was undeniably brilliant, but he was also, uhh, shall we say, a "half-bubble offa plumb"...