Yeah what translation are you going off of there, cause if it isn't the original Hebrew I'm gonna say you are already several steps down in the biblical game of telephone.
And was too stupid to inherit running it, they put him in charge of IT and he even did that job poorly. I remember him asking all sorts of IT related questions on the PC board back in the day.
Everyone feeling meh on Jack Ryan should check out The Recruit. I found it much more enjoyable with a different feel of the company, and the MC is a new lawyer rather than an agent.
Do not underestimate Ranking of kings. It deals with very adult themes, the characters have many motivations, and there is quite a bit of graphic violence. I think there is even attempted genocide.
Funny they are doing this when his character from homecoming was already a villain that would have more recognition due to being in spiderverse, Prowler.