In the late great Douglas Adams' polyology, Zaphod Beeblebrox, with an ego the size of a galaxy, imagines himself to be the ruler of the galaxy, but that is only because he is living in a virtual universe.
The real ruler of the universe isn't even convinced that it exists.
Anyone with an ego large enough to imagine that they are the best candidate for the job thereby disqualifies themselves from being so.
From a fan page, "The Ruler of the Universe is a man living in a small shack on a world that can only be reached with a key to an unprobability field or use of an Infinite Improbability Drive. He does not want to rule the universe and tries not to whenever possible, and therefore is by far the ideal candidate for the job. He has an odd, solipsistic view of reality: he lives alone with his cat, which he has named "The Lord" even though he is not certain of its existence. He has a very dim view of the past, and he only believes in what he senses with his eyes and ears (and doesn't seem too certain of that, either): anything else is hearsay, so when executive-types visit to ask him what he thinks about certain matters, such as wars and the like, he tells them how he feels without considering consequences. As part of his refusal to accept that anything is true, or simply as another oddity, "he talked to his table for a week to see how it would react." He does sometimes admit that some things may be more likely than others – e.g. that he might like a glass of whiskey, which the visitors leave for him."
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