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Here's to the screaming ones. The chair-throwers. The death-threat makers. The imperious gazers. The ones who see things differently — and will stare you down until you do, too. They're not fond of rules, especially those outlined by the human-resources department on "treating your employees with respect." And they have no respect for conversational decibel levels. You can cower before them, hide from them, quote them behind their backs, or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they're so damn loud. They've worked at Google. Apple. Microsoft. AOL. They've ruled the industry — or they've failed, loudly. Below, we present you tech's 10 most tempestuous bosses — the ones who scream different. While some see them as sociopaths, Valleywag sees genius.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs: It's worse when he's not yelling

RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser: Screams to make the pain stop

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff: Flowers ... and handcuffs

VMware cofounder Diane Greene: Her only mistake was working for another tyrant

Ex-Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg: Hot head, hot lead

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates: Doesn't even love his mother

Ex-AOL sales chief David Colburn: Prepared to get biblical on your ass

TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington: Doesn't discriminate — he holds everyone in contempt

Google SVP Jonathan Rosenberg: He'll yell at Larry and Sergey, too

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Would like to "kill" Google and its "pussy" CEO