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He ran sales arms of SAP for 20 years, not SAP itself. After he became CEO of SAP itself he was fired after 2 years, then he joined HP amd he was fired from tha
by tinco 6y ago
He ran sales arms of SAP for 20 years, not SAP itself. After he became CEO of SAP itself he was fired after 2 years, then he joined HP amd he was fired from that after one year. Pretty rough end to his career there..
- Aloha 6y agoPromoted to the level of his incompetence perhaps.
- ido 6y agoBoth hp and SAP are absolutely gargantuan companies (try guessing how many employees each had by the end of his tenure- unless you actually know I'll bet you'll underestimate it). They are also old (for computer related companies at least) and have lots of products for lots of clients. Not to say he wasn't bad at it (I honestly don't know) but it's a hard job to get right.
- drewmol 6y ago... or maybe it's the perfect ending? I'm not sure about his SAP earnings, but he sold HP an 11 month CEO for upwards of 27.5M[0]. That sounds like the perfect way to end your sales career ;-) [0]https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/business/lets-stop-rewarding-failed-ceos-common-sense.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/business/lets-stop-reward...