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Because he's 56 years old and wants to start living a well deserved retirement? He's already on leave. So it isn't like there's a great strain on his health n

Because he's 56 years old and wants to start living a well deserved retirement? He's already on leave. So it isn't like there's a great strain on his health now. I would think no more than there will be when he remains on as chairman of the board. Which is the real point. If health were forcing him to step down he wouldn't be staying on as Chairman. There are significant duties to being Chairman of the Board. You have to appear in public, you have to go to official functions, and so on. You can't hide a serious illness and still be chairman of the board. Mark my words: This is all about Tim Cook (Which, if I might toot my own horn, I predicted here: http://tomstechblog.com/post/Ie28099m-Not-Sure-Steve-Jobs-Is-All-That-Sicke280a6But-That-Might-Mean-He-Isne28099t-Fully-Coming-Back.aspx http://tomstechblog.com/post/Ie28099m-Not-Sure-Steve-Jobs-Is...)

jacquesm 15y ago
I think health is the only reason that would force Steve Jobs to quit, he likes what he's doing. Being a Chairman of the board is a message to stockholders: "Don't panic, I'm still available", if he stepped down without an orderly transition Apple stock would probably really take a beating. The chairman of the board is fairly invisible from a public point of view.
webwright 15y ago
He's actually been on a leave of absence so he could focus on his health. This is after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (whose 5 year survival rate is sub-20%-- 6% if you count all stages). And toss a liver transplant on top of all of that. Of course it's about his health.
hugh3 15y ago
I wish you were right, but Steve Jobs is clearly not a well man, and he seems to have been getting worse for some time. On the offchance that he did stage a miraculous recovery and decide "Well shit, now I'm all better I think I'm gonna go buy a large tropical island!" he would have mentioned his miraculous recovery in his letter, since his health problems are well known.

jacquesm 15y ago

I think health is the only reason that would force Steve Jobs to quit, he likes what he's doing. Being a Chairman of the board is a message to stockholders: "Don't panic, I'm still available", if he stepped down without an orderly transition Apple stock would probably really take a beating. The chairman of the board is fairly invisible from a public point of view.

webwright 15y ago

He's actually been on a leave of absence so he could focus on his health. This is after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (whose 5 year survival rate is sub-20%-- 6% if you count all stages). And toss a liver transplant on top of all of that. Of course it's about his health.

hugh3 15y ago

I wish you were right, but Steve Jobs is clearly not a well man, and he seems to have been getting worse for some time. On the offchance that he did stage a miraculous recovery and decide "Well shit, now I'm all better I think I'm gonna go buy a large tropical island!" he would have mentioned his miraculous recovery in his letter, since his health problems are well known.