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I like how it's possible to go from contributing nothing to Yahoo (whose value was basically proportional to their share in Alibaba minus a small bit) to being
by dokein 9y ago
I like how it's possible to go from contributing nothing to Yahoo (whose value was basically proportional to their share in Alibaba minus a small bit) to being a top contender for CEO at another company.
- smacktoward 9y agoOnce you're in the club, you have to work really really hard to get kicked out of it.
- naturalgradient 9y agoIt seems hard to accept but at this level there are actually only few people even being considered by virtue of a) name recognition in the industry b) past experience managing large companies Whether they failed or not is almost irrelevant. Boards would vote for an arguable incapable Marissa Mayer over some super successful but unknown higher middle manager from Google because she is perceived as less of a risk.
- r00fus 9y agoWell, let's just say this CEO is going to play the role of John Sculley or Gil Amelio as a placeholder CEO until Travis's glorious return, then maybe it makes sense. I mean, take a look at Leo Apotheker at HP - he was a complete fall-guy.
- hn_throwaway_99 9y ago> I mean, take a look at Leo Apotheker at HP - he was a complete fall-guy. What? Apotheker wasn't a fall guy - he made plenty of awful, horrible decisions all on his own, like the Autonomy purchase and his ruminations about divesting the PC business.