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[quote=Rockjaw]FWIW:   My DW of 25yrs is an EVP of a large publicly listed firm and runs a business of about $2B in annual revenue.  We married after she and I  finished grad school and waited 10 yrs before doing the family thing. I recently retired after 30 yrs in technology Prof Svcs and we have two precollege teens...   I was a CPA before grad school and played Div1 FB for a well known university in the NE.  Although I dated all sorts of women before marriage, I was very specific that I wanted/needed a partner that was not only my equal intellectually and career-wise, but was also socially, politically, athletically, sexually.... you name it, along with, of course, the necessary physical and psychological attributes...
I discovered this perfect mate whilst interviewing candidates for a role in a firm that my then employer had just recently acquired - suffice it to say that I decided that I did not want to hire this person, but rather, I wanted to date her.  I subsequently gave her CV, along with an emphatically positive recommendation, to a senior executive that I worked with.  3 months later I saw her in this local airport, struck up a conversation only to find out that she was now one of my colleagues.  6 months later we were engaged, married 6 months thereafter.

I urge you - Do Not fall for the BS that most men are intimidated by successful, powerful females.

That said, I do know highly successful men, CEOs of well known firms, that are very accomplished (CPA/MBA/JD, etc), that have had 3 or 4 failed marriages (the ex’s are still our friends)... in one example, the marriages failed b/c my “boyhood/HS/College/Fratbro/best man in my wedding”, is just a complete and total azz - arrogant, narsistic, self-absorbed, vain, etc.... Always-Was, Always-Will-Be...the key is to understand that people do not change, so choose wisely.  Good luck

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