People have been worried about this day, but it has finally come: Apple co-founder Steve? Steve Jobs announced today that he will formally resign as CEO and COO of Apple. Tim Cook succeeded him to lead the world's largest technology company.
Cook will become the seventh CEO in Apple's 24-year history. Although most of Apple's 24-year development is led by Steve Jobs, there are several other CEOs. The following is the introduction of Apple's previous CEOs:
1977 rpm 198 1 year-Michael? Michael Scott
1977 rpm 198 1 year-Michael? Scott
Mike, Apple's third employee? Under Mike Markkula's lobbying, Scott jumped ship from National Semiconductor Company to Apple Company. Because jobs and Steve at the time. Steve Wozniak was too young to take on a heavy responsibility, so he became the first CEO of the company.
It is reported that he once banned Apple from using printers internally and fired 40 Apple employees. Just after cutting off half the members of the Apple II development team, he also said: "I once said that being a CEO at Apple is boring. I want out. But now I have changed my mind-if I am bored, I will lay off employees until I am happy. "
198 1 turn 1983- Mike? Makula
198 1 turn 1983- Mike? Makula
Markkula used to be an investor in Apple. He invested $250,000 in the company (80,000 equity investment, 6.5438+0.7 million debt investment). He also became the third employee of 1977 company.
During his tenure as CEO of Apple, he helped Apple promote the first two computers and provided credit and venture capital for the company. He initially said that he would work at Apple for four years, but the actual time exceeded this plan. He served as the chairman of Apple from 1985 to 1997 until Jobs returned to Apple and set up a new board of directors.
It is reported that Apple co-founder Wozniak believes that Markkula's contribution to Apple is even higher than his own, although Wozniak created Apple's first two computers alone.
1985, Apple executives such as Markkula expelled Jobs from Apple.
1983 rpm 1993- John? John sculley (john sculley)
1983 rpm 1993- John? Sculley
Apple hired the former CEO of PepsiCo, hoping to use his marketing skills to help the company sell computers.
Sculley's differences with Jobs are well known. The latter began to lose control of the team at 1985, which led Sculley and other executives to deprive him of all operating rights at Apple. However, during his tenure as CEO of Apple, Sculley decided to use the PowerPC chip, and finally had to admit that he should have used the more popular Intel processor.
Unfortunately, Sculley ranked 14 in the list of the worst CEOs in the United States selected by the high-end business magazine Portfolio.
1993 rpm 1996- Michael? Spindler (Michael spindler)
1993 rpm 1996- Michael? Spindler
Spindler was originally in charge of Apple's European business, and later became the president of Apple Europe. Later, he succeeded Sculley as CEO at 1993.
During his tenure, he experienced the failure of Newton and Copeland operating systems. It is also reported that he led the negotiations with IBM, Sun and Philips until he resigned at 1996.
1996 rpm 1997- Jill? Gil amelio (gil amelio)
1996 rpm 1997- Jill? Amelio
Amelio was the CEO of National Semiconductor before 1996 joined Apple, but he was already a director of Apple.
Amelio helped Apple give up low-quality products, launched Mac OS 8, and later acquired Jobs' NeXT for $429 million. Within a year, Apple's share price fell to a new low of 12, which caused Amelio to lose his job and was succeeded by Jobs.
1997 to 20 1 1 year-Steve? Steve jobs
1997 to 20 1 1 year-Steve? Steve jobs
After 1997 was appointed as interim CEO, Jobs' main goal was to help the company make profits. He closed many projects, causing panic in the company.
Under the leadership of the new CEO, Apple developed Mac OS X and launched the iMac. It was not until 2000 that Jobs officially became the CEO of Apple. After that, iPod, iTunes and iPhone were launched one after another. Jobs, who was never satisfied with innovation, later released the iPad and made the Mac more elegant and slim.
Jobs announced his resignation on August 24, 20 1 1, and said that he could no longer fulfill the duties and expectations of CEO.