It looks like Jeff Bezos may return. This brings up a few different leaders who had to make big and hated decisions to keep the company afloat. The company tanks a little, and the new CEO gets blamed, then the former CEO returns to glory. Articles connected to these companies talk about the triumphant return and not how most of the policies are kept.

This means the new CEO was never expected to win, and probably knew it going in. They get a nice contract that lets them be paid, and keep mum about it. The investors think they won, and the people in general think it worked.

It's a scummy trick, but it appears to work.