What can a "Managing Director" do that his underlings in the hierarchy can't that allows the MD to make 7 figures?

There is a big pay difference between the "Managing Director" and the "Vice President", "Associate", "Analyst".

What knowledge/abilities does a "Managing Director" have that an "Analyst/Associate" don't have that justifies the MD making 7-figures? 

What can the MD do that is impossible for an Analyst to physically do?

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What can the MD do that is impossible for an Analyst to physically do?

Down 10 muscle relaxers, 3 Viagra pills, 2 old fashioneds then walk a straight line out of the deal close dinner and somehow see straight enough to subject his 3rd wife (mid 30s) to mediocre missionary sex. 

I'd like to see you snotty Zoomers try THAT. That's why big dog brings home the big bucks.  

 

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