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I worked at Apple when Steve Jobs was there. Yes he's amazing. But people like Avie Tevanian, Tim Cook, Bertrand Serlet, Bob Mansfield, Johnny Ive, Dan Riccio
by threeseed 5y ago
I worked at Apple when Steve Jobs was there. Yes he's amazing.
But people like Avie Tevanian, Tim Cook, Bertrand Serlet, Bob Mansfield, Johnny Ive, Dan Riccio etc. all played critical roles in turning Apple around.
iPhone simply isn't a success without all of the above functioning at a high level.
- WalterBright 5y agoOf course those people helped. But there's no doubt who was in charge and who set the direction. From everything I've read about Apple, it was Jobs who was in command, and everyone else followed.
- threeseed 5y agoWell I would suggesting looking a bit more into the company. Because it's never been the case that Steve Jobs was in charge and everyone just fell in line. It's always been consultative and has always been the leadership team making the decisions. It's in fact how most companies run. Especially given Steve was not 100% during most of his time at Apple.
- typ 5y agoThe point is there has to be someone to make the final decisions, be they talented or not. You could vote on everything, but I don't think that would be efficient or even make sense for all circumstances.
- magicalist 5y agoBut what does that have to do with that person having a majority interest in the company?