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What does his life expectancy have to do with anything? You think he's still gonna be CEO in his 70s?
by harryh 11y ago
What does his life expectancy have to do with anything? You think he's still gonna be CEO in his 70s?
- ape4 11y agoStill wearing the same gray T-shirt.
- coldtea 11y agoWhy not? Many people have been the CEO up to their seventies...
- wlesieutre 11y agoBesides which, life expectancy is an averaged value, not a guarantee. He could get hit by a bus at 40 for all we know. Given how much Facebook is worth, it makes plenty of sense to plan for where the voting power goes.
- wpietri 11y agoWhy not? There are plenty of CEOs in their 70s: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/06/the-14-oldest-ceos-in-america-how-much-they-make/58375/#slide1 http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/06/the-14-o... And there are a number of CEOs with multi-decade tenures: http://fortune.com/2015/05/05/14-longest-serving-ceos/ http://fortune.com/2015/05/05/14-longest-serving-ceos/ The Bell System had something like a 70-year monopoly, and it's certainly possible that Facebook has staked out something equally enduring.
- fma 11y agoWarren Buffet is 85.