Having a 'guy' for a blockchain gives it vulnerability. I actually don't think it's good to have a figure head for a blockchain because that is a major centralized point of attack.

As someone who used to work in the Cosmos ecosystem for a validator team, the 'guys' of those chains only made things worse and more corrupt over time. You don't necessarily see it on a community level, but if you are in the trenches, you know who they are, and they are mostly greedy pieces of shit to be honest. Again, I actually worked for over a year in that space, so I have some first hand experience with it. Not to mention that community is extremely toxic. I was there for so much drama it's not even funny, and that will really kill your spirits. To the point that I view all proof of stake chains, including Hive to be 'rich get richer' scams in most cases. DPoS is nothing but a popularity circle jerk. It's always the same guys at the top of the validator lists, which brings in a major centralization issue. And yes, that happens on Hive too with the top 20 witnesses. They actually do not want growth on the chain so they can keep raping the rewards pool without most of the top 20 really doing anything other than running a node, aside from people like Blocktrades, GTG, and a couple of others that are developers and actually contribute.

Anyway, that's my 2 satoshis on the subject. Take it as you will.