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Apple CFO Luca Maestri and Jony Ive Reportedly Candidates for Ferrari CEO Position
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No they wouldn’t, and I don’t think even many in the actual sport would want that poisoned chalice either. The Scuderia need more than a new CEO, they need a total restructure. The car company side is not too detached either but a CEO needs to be heavily involved in Italian politics and corruption. Not sure that is Jony’s style.
i don't know what experience Mr Ive has with running an F1 team but the cars are going to look amazing .. ;-)
Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri and former Chief Design Officer Jony Ive are reportedly candidates to be Ferrari's next CEO, reports Reuters, citing Italian media.
Former Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri departed the company last week citing personal reasons, and potential successors have since emerged, among those reportedly being Maestri and Ive. Additionally, former Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao was allegedly in the running for the position, but Reuters says a source close to Colao has called the claim "groundless."
It remains to be seen if Maestri or Ive would be interested in pursuing such a position. Maestri has held the position of Apple's CFO since 2014 and previously served as the company's Corporate Controller. Ive left Apple in 2019 to form an independent design company named LoveFrom, and Apple said it would remain one of Ive's primary clients.
It's not uncommon for Apple executives to be named as potential candidates for a CEO position. Johny Srouji, Apple's chipmaking chief, was reportedly on Intel's list of candidates for its CEO position in 2019. The position was ultimately filled by Bob Swan.
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They generally represent the company. I would expect someone that has aspirations of being a CEO to also be the sort of person that would have been on stage for the Apple keynotes where they unveiled designs. Instead Ive almost certainly by choice was relegated to doing voice overs and rarely made public sightings. If you were lucky he’d show up in the press hands on time after an event.
I really don’t see it happening. I can see him taking a chief design role at the company, especially given cars are apparently an interest of his, but I can’t see him wanting to be the CEO. They aren’t just a figurehead, or at least the good CEOs aren’t.
Besides he has his new company that he’s formed with his good friend. Being the CEO would be very different to being on the Ferrari board, which perhaps would make more sense. I doubt he can juggle CEO and his own company, where he can probably do his own company and be a board member elsewhere.
Johnny Ive designed Ferrari will be something really interesting to see. Because, he won’t be using the same principles used to design computer products into cars. Computer hardware should be a blank canvas to allow unlimited functionality and capability. However, cars don’t have that requirement.
Don't forget aerodynamic too, I think it's possible I've making beautiful design, but making car body having less drag is more important for sports car.
They would have butterfly switch all over the instrument panel and glued hood to make the engine inaccessible. After the warranty expires you just throw away the whole car if you have some problem.
Jokes a part, a personally don't like him and his arrogance. Steve Jobs was smart enough to get from him only the best and to domesticate his "know-it-all" attitude he started to show under Tim Cook.
I really hated his pompous talking while repeating continuosly the word "distraction" in any new product while he explained that he removed them for our alleged benefit.
I love what they are becoming the Macs now whithout this guy, I was so close to give up to all the Apple ecosystem because of him.
I think he should stick forever working for his own company only.
Jokes a part, a personally don't like him and his arrogance. Steve Jobs was smart enough to get from him only the best and to domesticate his "know-it-all" attitude he started to show under Tim Cook.
I really hated his pompous talking while repeating continuosly the word "distraction" in any new product while he explained that he removed them for our alleged benefit.
I love what they are becoming the Macs now whithout this guy, I was so close to give up to all the Apple ecosystem because of him.
I think he should stick forever working for his own company only.
Luca is excellent at what he does. It's only a matter of time before someone offers him the top job. Ferrari could be tempting if he still has most of his family back in Italy.
Either would be a terrible choice. As a CEO you have to live and breath the core of what your company stands for. Only then will you guide the company to create what your customers desire and thus make it successful.
It gets better if you also have a true passion for the other elements, and that was Steve’s exceptional quality. But a designer and a CFO have way too specific a focus and at the same time way too general: both can be applied to any product and the result will be that you drop/overlook aspects relevant for this particular type of product category.
But I don’t want to talk bad about Ive. His work has changed the technology world so much as a whole. The attention to design that is now generally given is largely due to what he and Jobs did. His late works may not have resonated with everybody, but there is also a limit to creativity and reading stories about Jobs you can see that an important aspect for Steve’s success was to be challenged by others. Otherwise he would have stepped right into some puddles as well.
But in essence, Steve had the right CEO mix and the right people to realize the vision but also challenge him.
It gets better if you also have a true passion for the other elements, and that was Steve’s exceptional quality. But a designer and a CFO have way too specific a focus and at the same time way too general: both can be applied to any product and the result will be that you drop/overlook aspects relevant for this particular type of product category.
But I don’t want to talk bad about Ive. His work has changed the technology world so much as a whole. The attention to design that is now generally given is largely due to what he and Jobs did. His late works may not have resonated with everybody, but there is also a limit to creativity and reading stories about Jobs you can see that an important aspect for Steve’s success was to be challenged by others. Otherwise he would have stepped right into some puddles as well.
But in essence, Steve had the right CEO mix and the right people to realize the vision but also challenge him.
Obviously you don’t. He did not run away, he just did not bring in the desired results and they won’t miss him.
thats fine, ferrari has became a sorry excuse of it's former self, not a fan of a cheating team anyway 😂
bizarre statement to make about the person whose industrial design is top-tier award winning globally for decades and is a great deal responsible for apple's success.
You clearly don’t know what you are talking about, educate yourself before talk a topic next time, do it for yourself.
I think Ive could be good for Ferrari the car manufacturer, I think some of their designs could use a little more subtlety. Leave the loud stuff to Lamborgini I say. I'm not sure what influence he would have on the Formula 1 team but It wouldn't be surprising to me if he could sort out their behind the scenes issues as well. They need an outsider to come in and asses things objectively rather than an insider looking to protect some arcane system that they've fallen in love with or benefits them personally.
You are so right. He is clueless without a strong superior. I've never heard or read one sentence with substance by him.
Jobs knew how to use him. Cook not. And when Cook finally realised that and had amassed enough power within Apple – not an easy task after taking over from Jobs and being doubted from all sides –, he fired him (in a way where both sides could keep their faces). It took Apple a few years to overcome the Ive disasters, but now Apple seems to be back on track. Ive is overrated and poison for a company.
Interesting. Everyone here seems to know exactly what his position is and what he is capable of. You all know him or worked with him? For sure, he did a few things i wouldn't describe as a good decision. But that just happens if you create and work that long in this field. But you secret geniuses from the internet (probably no one even working as an industrial designer) know better? Let me guess: All of you are working as leading head designer of the most valuable brands in the world?
This years Ferrari, we made it thinner and lighter than ever before. Taking only 1 passenger with no cargo space. We used 95% composite material so that we can reduce the size of the fuel tank by 70%, achieving lightning fast accelerations and the best fuel economy of its class.