
Happily Ever Apple?
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some prospective engineers in the fall of 1997, Jobs was asked how long
he planned to stay at Apple, to which he replied, “I’m either going to be
CEO or chairman of the company forever. I turned Apple over to a bozo
once.” When asked the same question in mid-1998, Jobs replied, “Several
months ago, I woke up and decided that…I will do as best as I can for as
long as I can and not worry about what other people think. My focus is
on my family, Apple, and Pixar, in that order.” Jobs even turned down the
board’s offer of eight percent of the company (then worth $270 million)
in exchange for accepting the role of CEO.
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