Steve Jobs Named 'World's Most Valuable CEO'

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[citation]Probably the world's most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, as shown by stock dips on news of his medical problems.[/citation]
Talk about a horrible misread. Jobs is a capable CEO, and to be certain, he has a commanding presence. However, while a CEO definitely captains the ship, the loss of that CEO should not be perceived as being so crippling to a company that it would immediately endanger the company by debasing its stock. If that is happening, then the CEO is doing too much micro-managing. The shareholders should be confident in not just the CEO, but their senior staff as well.
 
i believe that they will instead try to clone him rather then build a robot, it may prove impossible to fit that much smugness into a logic chip that would fit a human size robot....

of course with the iPad.... they might just attempt to build a giant size iJob, which would link nicely in with their patent protection system called iSmash
 
[citation][nom]warezme[/nom]There is no such thing as a valuable CEO. If we could harvest his organs for dying third world children he might have some value. Even then I would think he is to old for that.[/citation]

Livers don't age much. A 70 year old liver can still be used in a 10 year old kid..... and work perfectly. It is truly amazing. Your comment, however, is not.
 
So... Carlos Slim, the richest person on the planet who controls telephone usage in one of the fastest developing countries on the planet isn't on the list? Interesting.

My $3.83 says Slim would knock Jobs out in a fistfight. Now that is value.
 
This is news? Of course Jobs has a high valuation! It's based on the amount he's spent buying organs. It's known that he has $100k+ worth of liver in him. Do we know how much the organs of other CEO's are worth? NO! They grew their own, they didn't buy.
 
[citation][nom]andboomer[/nom]This is news? Of course Jobs has a high valuation! It's based on the amount he's spent buying organs. It's known that he has $100k+ worth of liver in him. Do we know how much the organs of other CEO's are worth? NO! They grew their own, they didn't buy.[/citation]

Organic Darth Vader comes to mind.
 
I wonder what the replies would have been like if jobs was chosen best CEO for his role as CEO at pixar.

It seems like the blind hate against apple or the be cool be anti attitude is strong as always.

Fact remains apple is depending on steve jobs and it has been ever since he came back to it. Without steve's leadership (or power to manipulate if you prefer) apple would be near to nothing or at least still running 68k based chips in grey boxes.

And if you could sell crap for 900 USD per scoop out of your can i bet you would set up shop in a fly ... no one really has a valid reason to hate you other then clients that find out your crap is not the crap they thought they would get and if you can get them to accept that lack of features is a feature you would be a genius CEO to.
 
I'm sorry and I know this is a negitive comment, however is it just me or is Steve Jobs just pissing people off lately, I can't really stand hearing his name anymore, he is being just plan greedy with all of his stupid lawsuits, and he is trying to keep all of what advancements his company does make away from the open source world, impeding technological advancement on the software side of things. I'm not even going to get started on the apple products individually there would be too much to say.... there are so many things I want to say about him but, I know they are inappropriate and so I refrain. anyway this is just my opinion... END RANT.
 
I don't think you really know the value of the CEO until they leave. If the company fails the CEO was skilled, but was incapable of creating an organization that could thrive without him. The more valuable CEO will be the one that leaves a prosperous company that continues to prosper without him because he put in place the people and organization for the long haul.
 
Some of these comments make me sad for humanity that seemingly intelligent people can say such stupid things. Richard Branson? Are you f'ing kidding me? The CEO from Ford just for not going bankrupt? Apple has been dealing with rumors of bankruptcy for decades, and when Jobs became CEO again, he single-handedly turned Apple around. But that's what I expect from biased opinions. Think what you want about Jobs and Apple, but the fact is without him, they wouldn't be where they are today and few CEOs are more recognized or influential. Ironically, I think he also holds them back in certain areas.
 
[citation][nom]kami3k[/nom]jellico how the hell is that a misread?What was stated is the truth and nothing else. Rumors popped up of him having medical problems that could endanger his life and stocks dropped by a good amount. You are trying to say reality is wrong, gl with that.[/citation]
Uh, no, I was talking about the fact that they were citing that situation as an example of why he is the world's most valuable CEO. I was saying that is a misread because the fact that the company's stock drops on news that Jobs has medical problems means that the company is to dependent upon him for their very imagine.

Bill Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft and that company doesn't skip a beat. If Steve Jobs left Apple, the outlook for that company becomes far more dubious. That means EVERYTHING is invested in Jobs and there is no confidence in his senior leadership. That is not world-class CEO leadership to allow that to happen.
 
Steve Jobs isn't my hero, but there's no doubt that he is brilliant at his job. While Ballmer could turn anyone off buying MS software (luckily he's not on the marketing team), Jobs sells big time. He knows how to market a product. He does everything right where other companies do it all wrong (like NVIDIA and their countless "prototype" shows, although I must admit I like Jen-Hsun for some reason, perhaps because he doesn't embody the stereotypical CEO).

While I have little respect for how the company deals with developers or their lock-in style licencing, I have respect for the man that has made Apple the success that it is in consumer electronics. Respect does not mean I like him, but then I don't actually know him personally.
 



I'd pretty much say that is spot on :)
 
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