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Bill and Steve were together on the board for a long time, but I think the pair is the exception rather than the norm.
by barkingcat 12y ago
Bill and Steve were together on the board for a long time, but I think the pair is the exception rather than the norm.
- nostrademons 12y agoEric Schmidt is still on Google's board. Pierre Omidyar is still on EBay's board. Reid Hoffman is still on LinkedIn's board. It does seem to be more of an exception when the ex-CEO is not also a founder (or someone very close to the founders, like Schmidt). Carly Fiorina is not on HP's board, Meg Whitman is not on EBay's board (although, ironically, she is on HP's). Lou Gerstner is not on IBM's board.
- georgemcbay 12y agoAlso besides just the pairing the circumstances were pretty different. It seemed pretty clear that Bill wanted out for a while before he left (as CEO) but I don't think Steve did, regardless of what the official story is.