Steve Jobs Named ‘CEO of the Decade’

http://www.cultofmac.com/steve-jobs-named-ceo-of-the-decade/20572

by fogus • 17 years ago

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rooshdi• 17 years ago

I agree, nobody has orchestrated the development of products people want this decade more than Steve. He deserves the praise as well as all those working for Apple.

socratees• 17 years ago

He's one hell of a visionary, and he rightly deserves the praise.

tvon• 17 years ago

The actual story:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/04/technology/steve_jobs_ceo_de...

hop• 17 years ago

Starts here - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/steve_jobs/2009/index...

tybris• 17 years ago

That seems fair, but I wonder whether in the long run the cult of personality surrounding him is good for Apple. His ultimate achievement as a CEO would be if he can translate his efforts into continuity.

peoplerock• 17 years ago

As has been argued around the business web, Jobs' absence/incapacity for better part of a year - while Apple continued to develop dramatically better than the rest of the industry - may have been helpful as a demonstration of what the organization can do on its own.

oyving• 17 years ago

Maybe, but one year you might not need the kind of complete change of direction that he managed to pull off earlier and which made the company what it is today.

While Apple could probably be very successful with their current direction for quite some time, if the market changes under them the lack of Jobs might become more apparent.

elblanco2• 17 years ago

Hopefully the last example of his leaving is an aberration due to the circumstances. On top of that we have some lessons learned from the executives brought in post-Steve. e.g. the people who run a company should have some kind of understanding of the vertical.

Looking at this recent absence, it looks like Apple and Steve has done the kind of continuity planning we'd all like to see.

jasonwong• 17 years ago

Isn't the question really, that if Steve's gone, will there be another breakout hit, like the iPod / iPhone, or will you just see more evolutionary products, like Microsoft does?

padmanabhan01• 17 years ago

I don't think anyone else even comes close.

raganwald• 17 years ago

Oh come on, what about Ballmer? The man laughs at Steve and dismisses Apple's products as irrelevant on an ongoing basis.

pmorici• 17 years ago

Every hero needs a villain.

motters• 17 years ago

CEO of the century?

CEO of the anthropocene?

CEO of the universe?

watt• 17 years ago

... of all Time! Of All Time!

omouse• 17 years ago

It looks like eye-candy excuses tyranny...

Steve Jobs Named ‘CEO of the Decade’

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