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Looks like lot of top level changes at apple. If rumors/reports are to be believed, just this year -- 1. Steve Jobs out of action for a while 2. Jonny Ive not

by npalli 16y ago

Looks like lot of top level changes at apple. If rumors/reports are to be believed, just this year -- 1. Steve Jobs out of action for a while 2. Jonny Ive not wanting to extend his stay in the US and going back to England 3. Oppenheimer out, looking for a new CFO with deal making capabilities 4. Bertrand Serlet out and an internet veteran taking his place [2] http://www.tuaw.com/2011/02/27/ive-due-30m-stock-windfall-may-seek-relocation-back-to-uk/ http://www.tuaw.com/2011/02/27/ive-due-30m-stock-windfall-ma... [3] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/apple-s-overture-to-blackstone-s-cfo-may-signal-desire-for-more-dealmaking.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/apple-s-overture-to...

runjake 16y ago
#2 may have been shot down by Apple this week. I'd assume if he were going to leave Apple, they'd keep mum. Or maybe he was going to bail but they offered him more money. Or offered to let him work from the UK. Also: TUAW rivals the National Inquirer on reliability of their news. You shouldn't cite them if you want your points taken seriously.
- rimantas 16y ago
  Regarding #2 — when I first saw that rumor my thought was: where would he go? My take is that Ive is in some kind of lock-in — nowhere else would he get the culture, resources, help, anything he needs to be what he is.
  - Hov 16y ago
    Alternatively, he could start his own company.
  - Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
    The Ive thing is / was apparently about wanting to move back the UK and have his children educated here rather than work. I'm guessing that he's set for life financially and that he'd basically have his pick of jobs or freelance work so while it might not be Apple, he's going to do fine. But a recent newspaper article (it was the Daily Mail so I use the term newspaper loosely) said he wasn't looking to move back here and there was no truth to the rumour. No idea what their source but probably about as reliable / unreliable as the source of the original rumour which was pretty speculative to say the least.
  - glhaynes 16y ago
    Yeah. My [utterly speculative, outsider] feeling is that Ive wants to leave Apple to pursue other things about as much as Jobs does. The only thing I'd imagine could outweigh that would be family considerations.
  - forgottenpaswrd 16y ago
    With $18M/year salary I think he could go anywhere he wants and use his own resources, and create his own culture.
  - jonhendry 16y ago
    He'd probably do well in the auto industry.

by npalli 16y ago

runjake 16y ago

#2 may have been shot down by Apple this week. I'd assume if he were going to leave Apple, they'd keep mum. Or maybe he was going to bail but they offered him more money. Or offered to let him work from the UK. Also: TUAW rivals the National Inquirer on reliability of their news. You shouldn't cite them if you want your points taken seriously.

rimantas 16y ago
Regarding #2 — when I first saw that rumor my thought was: where would he go? My take is that Ive is in some kind of lock-in — nowhere else would he get the culture, resources, help, anything he needs to be what he is.
- Hov 16y ago
  Alternatively, he could start his own company.
- Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
  The Ive thing is / was apparently about wanting to move back the UK and have his children educated here rather than work. I'm guessing that he's set for life financially and that he'd basically have his pick of jobs or freelance work so while it might not be Apple, he's going to do fine. But a recent newspaper article (it was the Daily Mail so I use the term newspaper loosely) said he wasn't looking to move back here and there was no truth to the rumour. No idea what their source but probably about as reliable / unreliable as the source of the original rumour which was pretty speculative to say the least.
- glhaynes 16y ago
  Yeah. My [utterly speculative, outsider] feeling is that Ive wants to leave Apple to pursue other things about as much as Jobs does. The only thing I'd imagine could outweigh that would be family considerations.
- forgottenpaswrd 16y ago
  With $18M/year salary I think he could go anywhere he wants and use his own resources, and create his own culture.
- jonhendry 16y ago
  He'd probably do well in the auto industry.