AppleInsider Staff
This week Barron's released its annual list of the best CEOs in the world. Jobs returned to the list from last year, joining Jeffrey Bezos of Amazon.com, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard.
"Probably the world's most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, as shown by stock dips on news of his medical problems," the report said. "Apple recently hit a record, with a market value topping $200 billion, a reflection of the Street's confidence that a healthy Jobs (at least from what we can tell) continues to keep Apple ahead of the game. Jobs likely accounts for $25 billion or more of Apple's market value."
It said any list of the most respected CEOs must start with Jobs, whose "cinematic" return to the company from which he founded saw him "triumphantly rescue" it from the brink of death.
"The Mac was and remains brilliant, but it was just the beginning," the report said. "With the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and the App Store, Apple has forced dramatic changes in the music, movie and wireless businesses. With the iPad and the iBookstore, he's taking on the rest of the content industry, including textbooks, bestsellers and newspapers."
In January 2009, Jobs took a leave of absence from Apple due to health-related issues, leaving Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook at the helm. Jobs eventually returned to work in June after receiving a liver transplant.
While at the helm, Cook oversaw the launch of several key products, most notably the iPhone 3GS. Earlier this month, he was awarded $22 million for his performance.
Jobs is frequently lauded for his performance as the CEO of Apple. In December, the Harvard Business Review named him the world's best-performing CEO for increasing his company's market cap a whopping $150 billion in the last 12 years.
In November, Jobs was given the title "CEO of the Decade" by Fortune. The magazine lauded him for making Apple a groundbreaking technology leader and the most valuable company in Silicon Valley. He was also a finalist for Time magazine's 2009 "Person of the Year."
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Yea, in government, making the country money. IF Steve Jobs was running the country, we would have cash surplus of 40 trillion!!
SCRATCH CONGRESS!
STEVE JOBS FOR DICTATOR!!
note: substantially edited to avoid politics.
Yea, in government, making the country money, instead of the socialists we got now who dragged Freddie and Fannie into the sub-prime mortgage mess in the pursuit of socialized housing, costing us taxpayers trillions and hocking us to our eyeballs to the Chinese.
Now these morons have enacted a step towards socialized health care, with huge tax increases and a nice 3.5% penalty when you file your taxes if you can't afford health coverage, driving even more people to work under the table, all with the cry "the Federal Budget is going to be balanced in X years!!"
Talk about robbing Peter to pay Paul!IF Steve Jobs was running the country, we would have cash surplus of 40 trillion!!
SCRATCH CONGRESS!
STEVE JOBS FOR DICTATOR!!
If you actually did some research I suspect you would find SJ supported Barack. But this is an Apple Blog not the Tea Party Forum so enough of your political opinions please.
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STEVE JOBS FOR DICTATOR!!
Ever thought about running for office, I'd like the opportunity to vote against you. Your post has nothing to do with the topic--'Nuff already.
this news never gets old..
If you actually did some research I suspect you would find SJ supported Barack. But this is an Apple Blog not the Tea Party Forum so enough of your political opinions please.
Nobody knows for sure what party line Steve supports in the voting booth, but I tell you this though, there are a lot of company leaders that play in public whatever party is popular as to avoid losing leadership, but in private they vote what affects their bottom line.
Steve is obviously a opportunist capitalist and not a socialist, or else that $40 billion wouldn't have been created in the first place.
If the government decided that taking over Apple was in the best interests of the country, I'm sure he raise bloody hell.
http://static.businessinsider.com/im...-companies.jpgBy the way, you don't need to quote my whole post in your response you know.