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I'm rather surprised that amongst the speculation in the comments, no one is really considering that maybe Iribe's comments are true. Maybe he really did miss b
by theschwa 10y ago
I'm rather surprised that amongst the speculation in the comments, no one is really considering that maybe Iribe's comments are true. Maybe he really did miss being more involved in the product and engineering part of the job.
The company has grown up very quickly, and I have to imagine at this point as CEO, he was spending most of his time in high level business talks and not doing what he loves and what he's best at.
- flashman 10y agoIribe is thought to be worth $2bn. He doesn't need CEO money, he needs something that he's passionate about.
- adventured 10y agoHow do you get to $2 billion? All of Oculus was purchased for $2 billion. Facebook's stock has roughly doubled since the acquisition. Iribe didn't own 50% of the company. Neither Bloomberg nor Forbes list him as a billionaire. Given their access & skill at measuring such well-known wealth, it's overwhelmingly likely they'd have those numbers pegged.
- flashman 10y agoYou're right, I mistook the Oculus number for his wealth. Nevertheless I think he's still probably in the realms of what they call "fuck-off money".
- erikpukinskis 10y agoThey specifically mention his focus on PC and his replacement was head of mobile before. The obvious explanation to me is that the company has decided to focus on mobile, since that's the mass market play. That would've required Iribe to devote a large portion of his time to mobile. Maybe he just wasn't the right person for that job.
- bratsche 10y agoThe first job I had after graduating from school was at Scaleform, which was Brendan's first company. I certainly wouldn't say I got to know him all that well or anything, but he definitely was into the code and the product. I could see him missing being more involved in the product and engineering.