Why Steve Jobs Is So Important to Apple

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Squilliam said:

Joelcool7 said:

Squilliam said:

So he took Apple from a record low to a record high. Not just any one executive could have done that.

Again Jobs is a brilliant man a great CEO. Not any exec can do what he does. But recal that prior to the 12 year low and another CEO in charge of Apple Jobs was the head. Jobs was at Apple since the beginning being a co-founder and Apple was never as successful as it is today.

Also if you note my comparison I compared him to Iwata and Bill Gates both of which are really great Presidents and CEO's. I never belittled Jobs I just said Apple could probubly survive without him. Just like Microsoft is surviving without Gates and Nintendo without its past presidents and CEO's.

Yeah they could survive without Jobs but at present the Jury is still deliberating on the concept that they could thrive without Steve Jobs. He has a powerful personality, infact hes a cult of one. Steve Jobs is more to Apple than Iwata is to Nintendo, Balmer is to Microsoft. It has been argued that Jobs = Apple as it exists today and without Jobs that Apple would cease to exist. He isn't any regular employee, he is as irreplaceable to Apple as Miyamoto is to Nintendo. We all know that there are better executives out there who could replace Balmer or Iwata though they are good at what they do. However Jobs isn't merely an executive, hes the litteral front and centre beating heart of Apple and he defines more than just their strategy he is also front and centre a part of their image.

That's true. It's hard to replace the charisma and authority that he commands.

I recall a story about a newspaper exec at the NYT who got fired because Jobs hated the NYT iPad app. It's hard to imagine anybody getting sacked because they pissed off Tim Cook.