# Joshua Achiam says fast email replies are why CEOs become CEOs

> Original title: Causal. This is why they're CEOs

- Source: Joshua Achiam
- Published: 2026-10-31T00:51:07.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ioy93bez9vkx11j6up6vnyzrd
- Original: https://x.com/jachiam0/status/2116332101381283952

## Summary

Joshua Achiam replies to a post claiming that large public-company CEOs answer emails within five minutes, saying this habit causes them to become CEOs. The post is brief and gives no supporting data.

## Post

Causal. This is why they're CEOs

## Quoted post @gabriel1

> literally every huge enterprise public ceo responds to emails within 5 minutes, insane how consistently this is true

https://x.com/gabriel1/status/2116331134191800772