Charisma and looks matter.

There are studies that show how CEO's are taller. Height for corresponds to increase in income after controlling for other variables like age and weight. For men it's 1.8 percent per inch.

http://www.timothy-judge.com/Height%20paper--JAP%20published...

Height of US presidents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heights_of_presidents_and_pres...