Five Notoriously Angry Leaders

In Joe Solmonese's latest book, he speaks about the power of anger as a force to motivate a person to action, but a lot depends on channeling that anger in useful and productive ways because anger for the sake of anger achieves little.

Unfortunately, these five leaders of major organizations got only one-half of the equation right. They are known for their notorious tempers but doing something productive with those tempers? Not so much.

1. Harvey Weinstein: the founder of Miramax and now the Weinstein Company is a major Hollywood player responsible for some of the most successful films and actors. However, Weinstein's bursts of anger are legendary and there are ample stories of his temper including many by ex-employees.

2. Mark Pincus: The head of Zynga is anything but fun and games (what his company specializes in). Pincus has been known to be incredibly harsh and demanding and entirely unforgiving of lapses. He also enjoys scathing reviews of his management style on public forums. Analyst Michael Pachter explains this behavior by indicating that Pincus is "driven to the point of a madman."

3. Scott Rudin: He's an established name as a film and theater producer but Scott Rudin is also well-known as one of the most temperamental people to work for. Rudin has gone through almost 250 assistants in just five years because they just can't keep up with his abuse.

4. Jonathan Ornstein: The CEO of Mesa Air Group, an airline that subcontracts with larger airlines to handle their shorter routes, has a terrible temper. His own assistant admitted that the leader is "in a bad mood about 60% of the time." U.S. Airways head Scott Kirby describes Jonathan as "...loud, volatile, insulting, and doesn't listen to the other perspective."

5. Tilman Fertita: The founder of Landry's and the owner of the Rainforest Cafe and Morton's chains likes to have a hand in everything his companies do and can get very upset if he is not consulted. A Forbes profile called him "ruthless and controlling."