Steve Jobs Named 'World's Most Valuable CEO'
In a list of the most respected CEOs in the world, Steve Jobs has been labeled as the most valuable of them all.
It's a well-known fact that Apple shares are extremely sensitive to news about CEO Steve Jobs. Is almost seems as though the minute Steve Jobs is photographed looking a bit peaky, Apple shares start to drop.
Barron's recently released its annual list of the 30 most respected CEOs in the world and among them was Steve Jobs. According to AppleInsider, the financial magazine said any list of respected CEOs must start with Steve Jobs. Barron's goes on to say Jobs' "cinematic return" to Apple "triumphantly rescued" the company and "America could use 1,000 more like him."
"Probably the world's most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, as shown by stock dips on news of his medical problems. Apple recently hit a record, with a market value topping $200 billion, a reflection of the Street's confidence that a healthy Jobs (at least from what we can tell) continues to keep Apple ahead of the game. Jobs likely accounts for $25 billion or more of Apple's market value."
A third of the CEOs on the list represent technology companies and aside from Steve Jobs, RIM CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis were listed, credited with "starting the BlackBerry obsession." Amazon CEO, Jeffrey Bezos; Head of Netflix, Reed Hastings; Mark Hurd, CEO of HP; Fujio Mitarai from Canon; IBM's Samuel Palmisano; Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle; John Chambers, Cisco; and Ma Huanteng from Tencent.
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WHEN are people going to wise up to apple? Agghhh
Cock.
Sent from my Hackintosh
Me or Steve Jobs?
Sent from my VMWared OSX install.
Apple are still tools and even you must see that as you run OSX from your cheaper Hackintosh?
He meant Steve.
I'd have to agree with this one - Apple would not be in the position it's in without Steve and his uncanny, almost divine, ability to pull the wool over people's eyes.
Do I like it? No. Do I agree with this "accolade"? Yes.
Apple named: "World's most expensive computer"
This reminds me of the movie "The Gamer". Steve is that CEO young buck guy whos rich, powerful, and owns all the virtual thingys. Ofcourse, Steve's ultimate goal is to control us all...just like the movie. Problem is, alot of us are too stupid to realize that. One day...I tell ya, one day...Steve Jobs will click on that switch - Global Mac Peons. Its just sad...really sad.
This is being reported as if its a good thing - it doesn't show much respect for the design team etc... at apple if 1 man is responsible for £25b of the company. And also it isn't a very healthy position for a company to be in when the inner workings of 1 mans body is responsible for the share price of a £200b company. They need to let him take more of a back seat in the public eye (like Bill Gates) so the market will be ready for his inevitable demise.