Agreed on that front. Cook has done well, it's just trying to please Wall St can come back and bite Apple back. There is a reason why Jobs hated to do that. Not saying we should always ask WWSJD... but perhaps lessen the amount of buy backs and focus on other things.
It's probably happening and we just don't know it.
Steve Jobs wanted him to have it. Something to consider to answer your question.
Unlikely, a tell sign that it is indeed happening is that the potential successor starts getting exposure within events and such. We haven't seen that.
Well, there are so many shares outstanding of Apple stock that it takes a significant amount of money to buy enough back to move the share price meaningfully to give the impression that Tim Cook is doing a much better job of running Apple than he really is. As the stock price goes up, the board applaud Tim for an outstanding job and they award him tens of millions in additional stock. Rinse, repeat.
I'm not sure why he isn't doing that. You see Tim Cook everywhere alone. Steve was much more involved training and leading others. You would see him around with people all the time. With Tim Cook, he is just alone doing SOLO.
You are correct. It could be any of them on this list.
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Agreed, I don't see him training the next one and that's how good companies become bad. When external people come to run it and forget about the ideals that made Apple great in the first place.
Steve Jobs is influencing Time Magazine's editorial decisions from beyond the grave?
So get rid of him now just in case?
