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Apple Shareholder Meeting Notes: iPhone, iTunes Movies, Jobs' Successor

jonharris200 said:
Succession planning is quite normal for any large company.

I think the big mistake would be to look for a Steve Jobs clone - he is one of a kind.

Thankfully though Steve has imprinted innovation on the DNA of the company. Even with a very different personality at the top, those core values run deep enough to see Apple through, as and when the time eventually comes.

I don't expect Steve to step down any time soon.
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Ive does look like jobs a little...but I don't think they have the same personality. From what I hear, Ive is kinda shy. If he could get over that, I think I'd rather see him giving future keynotes than one of the suits. He's got that artistic charisma.
 
Cassie said:
I've gotta be honest. I won't shed a tear when Jobs leaves. I truly believe his usefulness at Apple is coming to an end, and I think he knows this too.
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Why do you think that? I'm just curious.
 
fluidedge said:
Jobs successor has to be Jonathan Ive doesn't it?!

He represents everything that is cool about apple, not some overweight financial executive who may have the knowledge/experience to run Apple, but wouldn't quite be the face we'd like to see giving the keynote at MW would he?

Ive would be my choice.
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I saw this kind of negativity on the Macdailynews website as well toward Tim Cook and Michael Oppenheimer and it kinda niggles at me when neither the person here or the person on the other website know who these people are.

Why make such generalisations over people you haven't met, just get a grip. I'm sure Steve Jobs knows what he's doing with his own company more so than us.

From the little insight I've learned about those 2 people they are solid characters to have and are not your typical financial types. Apple is known for its lack of levels in upper management and for a company its size it doesn't have as much bureaucracy as others do. Simply put, Apple won't be doing a Steve Ballmer like Microsoft did, something which Steve has commented on himself. Both of those people Steve Jobs mentioned have a firm grip on what Apple is I'm sure, so for the moment can we not show any negativity to people who so far have done a good job?

After all, it isn't Steve who is handling the financial side is it? He decided who he wanted by his side to take care of those aspects of the company.
 
As a shareholder, I voted against telling the company who should get paid what. I saw no reason to watch them as the company can figure that out for themselves.

After all, the company isn't small, having horrific problems, so why bother monitoring?
 
Of course Cassie is right. She MUST be an Apple employee and gets to see, firsthand, Jobs's influence and work ethic, on a day by day basis. I mean, no one is that brazen enough to make an informed judgement without knowing what they're talking about, right?
 
jasonklee said:
Of course Cassie is right. She MUST be an Apple employee and gets to see, firsthand, Jobs's influence and work ethic, on a day by day basis. I mean, no one is that brazen enough to make an informed judgement without knowing what they're talking about, right?
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have you seen her closet? She's obviously Steve's daughter.
 
mogzieee said:
"Steve Job's Successor"!?!?!
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I want Jony Ive to be the next CEO of Apple. He's cool guy. (not that i want Mr. Jobs to leave or anything).

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For those of you who don't know, that's Jony Ive
 
Play Ultimate said:
Let's not overlook the fact that SJ is not really a tech guy. Woz was the brains behind Apple whereas Jobs was the marketer.
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And what brings in sales? Marketing. :p Your giving too much credit to a man who practically now hates the company.
 
Ive would be cool but obviously there's more to that job than giving four keynotes a year so it's a little silly to say "Ive looks cool so he should be the one"

That said, he's probably very smart and able to direct Apple but I imagine Steve Jobs knows what he's talking about.
 
thejadedmonkey said:
a buyback shows confidence, and usually increases the price of the stock.
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Almost automatically, at least theoretically. A buyback reduces the amount of stock available to investors, so the market value of the company is divided across fewer shares. Conversely, when a company awards options to employees, the current stockholder's shares are diluted. I'm sorry that they're not even considering a dividend. I think that would go a long way towards restoring investor confidence.
 
Prof. said:
I want Jony Ive to be the next CEO of Apple. He's cool guy. (not that i want Mr. Jobs to leave or anything).

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For those of you who don't know, that's Jony Ive
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Yeah, I agree. Jony would be an awesome successor. He seems like a neat guy!
 
rhpixelfreak said:
Ive would be cool but obviously there's more to that job than giving four keynotes a year so it's a little silly to say "Ive looks cool so he should be the one"

That said, he's probably very smart and able to direct Apple but I imagine Steve Jobs knows what he's talking about.
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You could easily say that Apple may have never taken off like it has in recent years if it wasn't for Ive. He is largely responsible for designing three of the best selling Apple products. If he can have a lot of input on those, I feel he would be able to continue to create amazing products.
 
Ive could pass for Jobs's son.

But I hear Ive is reserved and doesn't like the spot light. But if he's got the credentials and capacity to be the successor to Jobs, well, that's cool.

Still, it'd be fun if they could pluck a hair from Jobs, and once cloning becomes mainstream, have some lady gestate Jobs v.2.
 
zombitronic said:
Ive does look like jobs a little...but I don't think they have the same personality. From what I hear, Ive is kinda shy. If he could get over that, I think I'd rather see him giving future keynotes than one of the suits. He's got that artistic charisma.
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My crazy thought was... how about someone like Laurence Fishburne for CEO, and let the others run the company? ;) They need someone who can make a splash in front of a crowd at the top, and lets face it, that's pretty rare among CEO types :)
 
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