Apple arguably the most successful company ever. They've been deliberately since at least Tim Cook diversifying, and as someone who follows them pretty closely, you'll notice over the years that their launch events and videos feature a more and more diverse group of VP's, c-suite, etc. Again, can't state enough how successful Apple has been over this time, becoming the first trillion dollar company, for example.<p>Apple might be the most extreme example, but if you look at virtually all of the leading tech companies, which are also some of the most successful companies literally in history, they are diverse. Perhaps the smartest move Microsoft made since buying DOS was to elevate Satya who came in and basically did something it's hard to picture especially Ballmer, but virtually any of the previous MS people do, and that's shift the strategy away from Windows. Now I'm not saying that this is just because "diverse" but it would be pretty dumb to not realize/consider that other people with a vastly different experience in life might have different ideas about business.