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Originally Posted by jswinden
The greediest man in the world.
I bet they kept in as Chairman of the Board just to keep the stock from tanking, which it might have done if he resigned completely. I don't think it takes much to read between the lines and see he is losing his battle with cancer, otherwise he would not have given up the CEO position. The man is too damn greedy and power hungry to let go of anything unless he had no choice.
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Why do you say he is greedy? I think it's more an extreme case of "do what you love and the money will follow."
Why do you see him as power hungry? I see him as having a kind of technological artistic vision at the level of genius, and being so intensely focussed on that vision that he has neither time nor patience for anything that does not help him reach that vision. But from what I've read, if you can understand his objective, he gives you all the power you can use to pursue it with him.
Of course he doesn't let go unless he has to. But it has nothing to do with greed or power - it has to do with being driven to achieve his vision. If he were a writer, he'd have to write. If he were a muscian, he'd have to make music. If he were a painter, he'd have to paint. But he's a Steve Jobs, so he has to Apple.