John Sculley, Apple's most maligned CEO, was ousted 33 years ago
It took a little while for John Sculley to actually leave Apple, but his reign as CEO ended on June 18, 1993, bring to a close his story of financial hits and disasters, plus driving Steve Jobs out of the company. John Sculley in 2015 — image credit: Web Summit If you can just stick around long enough, your reputation is likely to change. Today it's common to see ex-Apple CEO John Sculley praised, or at least described as having been unfairly treated by history. There are reasons to back that up, most specifically to do with how he didn't actually fire Steve Jobs as years of rumors would have it. That's a little bit hair-splitting, though, because the situation between the two men had deteriorated so badly, but it is true. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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It took a little while for John Sculley to actually leave Apple, but his reign as CEO ended on June 18, 1993, bring to a close his story of financial hits and disasters, plus driving Steve Jobs out of the company. John Sculley in 2015 — image credit: Web Summit If you can just stick around long enough, your reputation is likely to change. Today it's common to see ex-Apple CEO John Sculley praised, or at least described as having been unfairly treated by history. There are reasons to back that up, most specifically to do with how he didn't actually fire Steve Jobs as years of rumors would have it. That's a little bit hair-splitting, though, because the situation between the two men had deteriorated so badly, but it is true. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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It took a little while for John Sculley to actually leave Apple, but his reign as CEO ended on June 18, 1993, bring to a close his story of financial hits and disasters, plus driving Steve Jobs out of the company.
John Sculley in 2015 — image credit: Web Summit If you can just stick around long enough, your reputation is likely to change.
Today it's common to see ex-Apple CEO John Sculley praised, or at least described as having been unfairly treated by history.
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