Masimo CEO abruptly quits - just in https://www.phonearena.com/news/CEO...-sales-and-features-resigns-abruptly_id163049 and Masimo investor relations confirms this: https://investor.masimo.com/news/ne...-Leadership-and-Business-Updates/default.aspx
I'm guessing he overplayed his hand:
- Apple made a settlement offer.
- He felt they were lowballing him and waited for them to increase the offer.
- His bet: US Apple Watch customers were going to be annoyed enough to not have a feature for months and months that it would start making a dent into Apple's revenues.
- But… it didn't. In part because Apple Watch is, for Apple, a relatively minor business (wearables in total is 9% of revenues, and much of that is AirPods, and we're only talking US customers, and most Apple Watch functionality is fine). So Apple saw no point in increasing the offer.