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What about this article has to do with his drive? It's about Yahoo paying him $81MM to retain him for the next four years.

• cliveowen 13y ago
  Think about it: you spent years upon years building a blogging platform, which I guess pretty much anyone would agree is not that much captivating, and you finally got an exit. And we're talking about Yahoo, with that scale you can be sure that whatever the future needs of the company might be those will be satisfied. Basically you brought the company/platform where you wanted it to be, so $81MM or not I think anyone would be about done with the whole thing. Retire, find some hobby, move on to better things. Yet he remained, so I guess he must be very driven and passionate about blogging, that's all I'm saying.
  • shawabawa3 13y ago
    > so I guess he must be very driven and passionate about blogging Or he just wants to retire in 4 years $80 million richer
    • ChuckMcM 13y ago
      Or take it easy for the next 4 years. A couple of acquired CEO's I met at Google when I was there seemed a bit useless if you know what I mean. Great people but basically putting in their time until their retention clause was met, or at least it seemed that way. I don't discount the possibility that I was just envious though.